USA Volleyball Tabs Skinner to Preliminary VNL Roster
5/25/2023 2:47:00 PM | Volleyball
Skinner is a hopeful for the final 14-woman roster
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Volleyball released its 30-player Women's National Team roster for the 2023 Volleyball Nationals League, naming Baylor volleyball alumna Avery Skinner to the list.
Skinner, who played her fifth year of eligibility with the Bears in 2021, joins a list of 30 for the preliminary roster for the Women's VNL.
VNL is the world's premier annual international indoor volleyball tournament, the Final Round hosted this year at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, on July 12-16. Hosting on U.S. soil means that USA Volleyball automatically qualifies. The top 16 teams in the world play four matches a week for three weeks of preliminary competition, with the top eight teams advancing to the final round. The preliminary competition begins in Antalya, Turkey, on May 31.
Fourteen of the initial 30 women on the roster will be selected to travel to each week's preliminary-round matches. The full 30-woman roster can be found here.
Skinner joins two other outside hitter newcomers on the roster and is one of 10 newcomers overall. There are 12 players who have previous VNL experience and eight Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalists.
The squad is coached by three-time Olympian and three-time gold medalist head coach Karch Kiraly, who has been head coach of the U.S. Women since 2013.
The U.S. Women are the reigning Olympic champions and are ranked No. 4 in the world currently. They have won the VNL three times, in 2018, 2019 and 2021, since its inception in 2018.
All VNL matches will be broadcast on volleyballworld.tv.
U.S. Women's Volleyball Schedule – 2023 VNL
(all times PT)
Week 1 at Antalya, Türkiye
May 31 at 7 a.m. USA vs Serbia
June 2 at 10 a.m. USA vs Italy
June 3 at 7 a.m. USA vs Korea
June 4 at 10 a.m. USA vs Türkiye
Week 2 at Brasilia, Brazil
June 13 at 1:30 p.m. USA vs Croatia
June 15 at 10 a.m. USA vs Thailand
June 17 at 1:30 p.m. USA vs Japan
June 18 at 6 a.m. USA vs Brazil
Week 3 at Suwon, Korea
June 27 at 11:30 p.m. USA vs Poland
June 28 at 11:30 p.m. USA vs Bulgaria
July 1 at 1:30 a.m. USA vs Germany
July 2 at 1:30 a.m. USA vs China
Final Round
July 12-16 at College Park Center, Arlington, Texas
To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor volleyball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorVBall.
Skinner, who played her fifth year of eligibility with the Bears in 2021, joins a list of 30 for the preliminary roster for the Women's VNL.
VNL is the world's premier annual international indoor volleyball tournament, the Final Round hosted this year at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, on July 12-16. Hosting on U.S. soil means that USA Volleyball automatically qualifies. The top 16 teams in the world play four matches a week for three weeks of preliminary competition, with the top eight teams advancing to the final round. The preliminary competition begins in Antalya, Turkey, on May 31.
Fourteen of the initial 30 women on the roster will be selected to travel to each week's preliminary-round matches. The full 30-woman roster can be found here.
Skinner joins two other outside hitter newcomers on the roster and is one of 10 newcomers overall. There are 12 players who have previous VNL experience and eight Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalists.
The squad is coached by three-time Olympian and three-time gold medalist head coach Karch Kiraly, who has been head coach of the U.S. Women since 2013.
The U.S. Women are the reigning Olympic champions and are ranked No. 4 in the world currently. They have won the VNL three times, in 2018, 2019 and 2021, since its inception in 2018.
All VNL matches will be broadcast on volleyballworld.tv.
U.S. Women's Volleyball Schedule – 2023 VNL
(all times PT)
Week 1 at Antalya, Türkiye
May 31 at 7 a.m. USA vs Serbia
June 2 at 10 a.m. USA vs Italy
June 3 at 7 a.m. USA vs Korea
June 4 at 10 a.m. USA vs Türkiye
Week 2 at Brasilia, Brazil
June 13 at 1:30 p.m. USA vs Croatia
June 15 at 10 a.m. USA vs Thailand
June 17 at 1:30 p.m. USA vs Japan
June 18 at 6 a.m. USA vs Brazil
Week 3 at Suwon, Korea
June 27 at 11:30 p.m. USA vs Poland
June 28 at 11:30 p.m. USA vs Bulgaria
July 1 at 1:30 a.m. USA vs Germany
July 2 at 1:30 a.m. USA vs China
Final Round
July 12-16 at College Park Center, Arlington, Texas
To stay up to date all year long on all things Baylor volleyball, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorVBall.
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