

"Along with Yugoslavia, these are the teams we are going to have to beat to win a gold medal. "We will see probably the top four contenders between now and the Olympic Games," Head Coach Beal said. Following the Americas' Cup the team will travel to France to take on No. 4 Brazil among others in the North America/South American competition. The team's final Olympic preparations will be the Americas' Cup, Aug.

The top four teams in each pool will advance to the championship quarterfinals. Team USA will compete in Pool B at the Sydney against No. Phil Eatherton (Glencoe, Mo./Ball State University), Reid Priddy (Phoenix, Ariz./Loyola Marymount University), Greg Romano (Racine, Wis./Ball State University) and Tom Sorensen (Racine, Wis./Pepperdine University) will serve as the team's replacement athletes. The 12 members of the Olympic Team will be: Lloyd Ball (Woodburn, Ind./Indiana-Purdue, Fort Wayne), Kevin Barnett (Naperville, Ill./Pepperdine University), Thomas Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill./Long Beach State University), John Hyden (San Diego/San Diego State University), Michael Lambert (Kaneohe, Hawaii/Stanford University), Daniel Landry (Santa Monica, Calif./UCLA), Christian "Chip" McCaw (Tulsa, Okla./ Pepperdine University), Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif./Brigham Young University), Jeff Nygaard (Madison, Wis./UCLA), George Roumain (Parkland, Fla./Pepperdine University), Erik Sullivan (Encinitas, Calif./UCLA), and Andy Witt (Santa Ynez, Calif./Stanford University). The 2000 graduate will be a reserve to the 12-member Olympic Team and will travel to Sydney, Australia next month for the 2000 Summer Games. The US Men's National Volleyball Team announced selections for the 2000 Men's Olympic Volleyball Team, and the squad included Loyola Marymount All-American Reid Priddy.
