June 1986 Volleyball Monthly

SIGHTS ON SEOUL
USA teams gear up for Goodwill Games
David Middlecamp
Former UCLA standout Liz Masakayan is now digging in for the USA.
o get off to a good start at the first
TGoodwill Games, the I SA National
Volleyball l earns are going to spend a
good amount of time in the gym.
Of the two. the American women
have more of a good reason to
concentrate. Three losses in the maiden
Yugo-USA Challenge and another five
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straight to Cuba on a domestic tour of
the Midwest has left the I SA
double-clutching a bit.
Head coach Tern- Liskevych said
afterward: “We learned a lot. especially
that we are not well prepared to play
intense matches day after day against
one of the top teams in the world."
The Cubans, who own a commanding
11-0 record over the USA this year,
certainly fit in there since just about
even international volleyball observer
currently ranks them No. 2 behind
Olympic champion China. Cuba dealt
the Americans a loss in the Yugo USA
Challenge — a hastily-arranged
June 1986 VOLLEYBALL MONTHLY