The USA males’s volleyball workforce’s go-to offensive weapon is exterior hitter TJ DeFalco, the 6-foot-5 product of Lengthy Seashore State who simply continues to get higher and higher.
DeFalco, now 27, was a key cog for the USA workforce within the Tokyo Olympics, and has performed professionally in Italy and Poland and subsequent yr will play for JTEKT Stings in Japan.
We talked about how issues have gone to this point this summer season and appeared forward to the Paris Olympics that start in lower than three weeks. The USA males open play July 27 towards Argentina, face Germany on July 30, after which full pool play on August 2 towards Japan.
The USA males have to bounce again in Paris after having a tricky go of it in Volleyball Nations League. DeFalco and his Olympics teammates didn’t play within the first spherical and finally the squad completed 5-7 and didn’t qualify for the eight-team finals.
DeFalco was one of many USA’s VNL vibrant spots, nevertheless. DeFalco performed 23 units in six matches and averaged 16 kills per match, hit .370, and eight aces and 7 solo blocks.