Team USA has ‘mountain to climb’ as VNL unfolds in Manila:

I think we’re trying to just improve and get better. We’ve got a bit of a mountain to climb in terms of qualifying for the finals,” he said. “But we brought our climbing gears so we’re going to try our best to get up there.— Micah Christenson, USA team captain, commenting on the team’s challenge to reach the Final Eight ahead of VNL Week 3 in Manila