The United States men's volleyball team beat Italy on Friday at South Paris Arena to secure the bronze medal and polish off a solid showing at the Paris Olympic Games.
It's the second bronze in the past three Olympics for the U.S. men's team, which successfully rebounded three years after failing to advance out of the group stage at the Tokyo Olympics. Most of a veteran U.S. team was back from that previous Olympics, including coach John Speraw.
On Friday, the U.S. won two tight opening sets and ended up with a 25-23, 30-28, 26-24 victory. Each team had set points in the second before the Americans were able to pull it out.
