Former Nittany Lion Haleigh Washington, alongside the rest of Team USA, are set to make their Paris Olympics debut this week.
Despite coming off a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and being ranked fifth in the world, Team USA doesn’t have an easy road ahead of itself and has struggled to find its footing recently.
USA is coming off one of its worst Volleyball Nations League performances this year where it went 7-5 in group play and was bounced out of the postseason in the quarterfinals.
Fortunately, some faith in the defending champions has been restored after Team USA swept the Netherlands, who will also be competing in Paris, at the USA Volleyball Cup.