U.S. women's volleyball sees a spike in its medal chances

Category: Sports

Publish Date: 08-19-2008 05:22 PM -0700

Setter Lindsey Berg helps the Americans rally past Italy to reach the semifinals, in which they'll face nemesis Cuba.

BEIJING -- Trailing, 2-1, and looking toward the worst of all Olympic losses in the dreaded quarterfinals -- when a win means a possible medal and a loss secures fifth place -- the U.S. women's volleyball team dug down and then deeper in the wee hours Wednesday morning.

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