Poland

Head Coach Raul Lozano

“I think there is great balance between these two teams. I think today we did especially well in the attack. Tomorrow will be a different game. These two teams already know each other now.

“I think we need to work more on sets. Although we were leading for a time, we need more consistent play.”

USA

Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon

“I thought what we were trying to do relative to Poland was good. Our focus needs to be more on our side of the net.

“We know Poland is eager to win two matches on the road. We are going to have to fight for our lives to get one win at home.”

Rich Lambourne

“We ended up shooting ourselves in the foot, not to take anything away from Poland. We dug holes for ourselves, especially in the second and third sets, where we needed major rallies just to make things interesting.”

Tom Hoff

“We made a lot of errors, especially multiple errors in a row. I thought (Poland) did a great job handling the ball and receiving.”