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ATHENS,
Greece
August
19,
2004
–
The
USA
men’s
Olympic
volleyball
team
ran
into
a
Russian
road
block
Thursday
night.
Russia
used
its
considerable
advantage
in
size
to
thwart
multiple
American
attacks
and
the
result
was
a
3-1
victory
at
Peace
and
Friendship
Stadium
in
the
final
match
of
the
day.
Stanislav
Dineykin
scored
a
match-high
25
points
on
20
kills,
three
blocks
and
two
service
aces
as
the
Russians
posted
a
22-25,
25-20,
25-16,
25-23
victory
to
improve
to
2-1
in
Pool
B in
the
tournament.
Alexey
Kuleshov
was
the
biggest
barrier
for
Russia
as
he
added
18
points
on a
match-high
nine
blocks
and
nine
kills.
In
fact,
Kuleshov
outblocked
the
entire
USA
team,
9-8.
Overall,
Russia
registered
19
blocks
on
the
night.
Clay
Stanley
scored
a
team-high
22
points
while
Reid
Priddy
tallied
19
points
as
Team
USA
dropped
to
1-2
in
Pool
B.
Stanley,
who
has
scored
at
least
21
points
in
each
of
his
three
matches
during
the
tournament,
had
19
kills,
two
blocks
and
one
ace.
Priddy
had
17
kills,
one
block
and
one
ace.
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