The Russian Olympic Committee team improved to 2-0 in men’s volleyball when they prevented Team USA from making a spirited comeback on Monday.
The United States, led by Matt Anderson, went down 3-0 -Defeat against France in the game, but found themselves back after 25:23 and 27-25 sets with 0: 2.
The Americans started the game with a courageous 25:21 win in the third set and saw Looks like they were forcing fifth place when they opened a 19-15 lead on the ROC in the fourth set.
But the Russian Olympic Committee team rallied to score 10 of the next 14 available points and took a 25-23 win.
Taylor Sander joined Anderson, leading the Americans by 14 points each, but Russia had three players in double digits: Dmitry Volkov, Egor Kliuka and Maxim Mikhaylov.
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