Posted at 1:09 a.m., Sunday, November 25, 2007
Volleyball: U.S. beats Tunisia at Men's World Cup
Associated Press
OKAYAMA, Japan — The United States rallied from a set down to beat Tunisia at the volleyball Men's World Cup today.Reserve Gabriel Gardner scored a game-high 20 points to lead the U.S. team to a 22-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-17 win.
The Americans improved to 4-2 while Tunisia dropped to 1-5. The top three teams in the tournament will qualify for next year's Beijing Olympics.
"Our team was slow at the start but once we improved with receiving and serving we got into a good rhythm," U.S. coach Hugh McCutcheon said. "We did some good stuff on the court and we played hard, they played hard and it ended up as a good match."
In Fukuoka, Guillermo Garcia scored 26 points to lead Argentina to a 19-25, 22-25, 25-16, 25-21, 15-13 win over Puerto Rico to improve to 4-2.
Puerto Rico dropped to 3-3.
Russia (6-0) remained in first place with a 25-21, 25-13, 25-15 win over Spain (2-4).
