U.S. Sitting Women to Host Netherlands in Chicago Area

U.S. Sitting Women to Host Netherlands in Chicago Area

(March 10, 2008) – The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team will begin its run up to the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing by hosting the Netherlands Women’s Sitting Volleyball team for a training and scrimmage camp on March 17-20 in the Chicago area.

Both Netherlands, the reigning world champion, and the United States have qualified for the eight-team Paralympic field. The U.S. Women are the defending Paralympic bronze medalists from 2004, when the Netherlands won silver.
Prior to the Games, which will be Sept. 6-17, both teams will compete at the first World Organization Volleyball for the Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup on April 22-30 in Cairo, Egypt.
On March 17-20, both teams will train daily at the Energy Volleyball Complex in Niles, Ill., starting at 10 a.m. These practices will be followed by matches at area clubs around the Chicago area.
“The matches around the Chicago area will provide people a great opportunity to see two top sitting volleyball teams in action,” said U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Head Coach Mike Hulett (Des Plaines, Ill.). “We are always looking to attract new fans and players to the sport.”
Among the U.S. players who will be participating are Illinois residents Hope Lewellen (Palos Park) and Nichole Millage (Champaign).
The public is welcome to attend practices and matches. All matches listed below will begin at 7 p.m. and admission is free. Autograph sessions will be held after each match.

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