Huskies Dot Team USA Preliminary Roster

USA Volleyball has released its preliminary roster for the 2010 Montreux VolleyMasters event to be held June 8-13 in Montreux, Switzerland and the early roster is loaded with Huskies including head coach Jim McLaughlin who will be making the trip and serving as team manager.

The preliminary roster includes 19 players, from which 12 or 14 will be selected. Former Huskies Jill Collymore, Tamari Miyashiro, and Courtney Thompson are all on the initial list which also includes four 2008 U.S. Olympians. Head national coach Hugh McCutcheon will coach the group in Switzerland. USA opens the tournament against Japan on June 8, followed by pool matches against Germany on June 9 and Russia on June 11.

Final roster decisions most likely will not be known until shortly before the tournament begins. Players that don't wind up making the trip to Montreux could also be considered for the Pan American Cup in Mexico which begins June 16.

We talked with Miyashiro last week about her Team USA training.