Former Huskers help U.S. Olympic spikers capture silver

The U.S. Women's National Team secured the silver medal at the Olympics as they fell to Italy, 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-17), on Sunday, Aug. 11, in Paris.

Three players on the U.S. National Team - Jordan Larson, Kelsey Robinson Cook and Justine Wong-Orantes - represented Nebraska throughout the competition.

In the final, Wong-Orantes put up 15 digs for Team USA, and Larson had five kills.

Larson earned her fourth career Olympic medal, tied for the most all-time by a women's volleyball player. Kelsey Robinson Cook collected her third Olympics medal, and Wong-Orantes now has a gold and a silver medal.

The U.S. Women have won one Olympic gold medal (2020), four silver medals (1984, 2008, 2012, 2024) and two bronze medals (1992 and 2016).

Larson, who was a three-time All-American at Nebraska while lettering from 2005-08, competed in her fourth straight Olympics. She is entering her second season as an assistant coach for the Huskers and will resume coaching duties after the Olympics.

Robinson Cook, an All-American at NU in 2013, was also a member of the bronze-medal winning team in 2016 and gold-medal winning team in 2020, while two-time All-American Wong-Orantes (2013-16) made her Olympic debut in Tokyo.