USA vs Serbia Epic Volleyball Highlights | Men's VNL 2026

It's the last match of week two of the Men's Volleyball Nations League here in Orléans, France. And that is a very nice start from McHenry. Flying high, hitting hard and getting the side. Good start from Peric. Oh good up. What a great dig that is from Negic. That's trouble. Oh I say! How did that not hit the floor? And now there's a chance for the USA. And Haynes takes it. Serbia thought that they'd won that point. Somehow though it came off Haynes. It should have been a double. Haynes with the serve. Oh good knock. Such a good lead. That looks long. It really did look long. This must have squished. He must be caught in a time machine because the karate kid. Good ball. Another top block. Avril getting in with Christensen. This is a massive lead now for the USA. It's not a tough choice for the USA block. Point. That one came down pretty quick. Real chance here for the USA to extend that lead. And this is one-way traffic. Good save. Rare. Very rare break point for Serbia. Haynes. The karate kids trying to shut this down and they have done. Well played Peric. Re-establishing himself. It does. It is now. It is. That's more like it. That might be the first ball this week that Taylor Avril's really been able to get a hand on. Good swing. Tidy side out from Serbia. Aleksa Batak hasn't had a lot of quality ball to deal with but he's done a very nice job of letting hitters go toward the play against Japan. 12 places I've seen. Monster block for Serbia. They're running away with this set. This is unbelievable. Passing's gone up a notch. That's a block. Harky making himself known. Chases on. Well played. Tell you what. That's a good set. Well played. Just waited deep did Marinovic. Marinovic can't find a way through. Second time lucky. Who's gonna have a swing though? It's all a bit jammed up over on that side. With the off-paced attack that could be costly. It is. Really needed to go after the ball you felt. A serve. Matt Anderson. USA lead 23-22. Well played. That could have been really painful then for Christensen as he's done the dive and had to realize if I go full on here I'm gonna smack into the volleyball. Not the best. Can he make up for it? No. Oh. Christensen's got to get in. He's not getting in. That's okay. Great save. Free ball. Now Christensen's in. Three front row attackers. Anderson on the pipe. And it is the set for the USA. 25-23. They lead to nothing. To find some of their level. Nicely done. The commit from Nedokovic and that's a massive block. Jordan Hewitt. Alex Nedokovic again with a quick start. Oh yes. Makairi. Ridiculous. He's gonna have to have a full penance. Good ball Shoji. That's a great block. He's got him twice now. There's Nedokovic with the serve and it's a four-point lead for Serbia. Five-point lead for Serbia. Nedokovic has been a one-man attack. Oh what a block. Is Hartke okay? Yeah he is. That's oh my days. Your heart's in your mouth when the ball comes back under your feet like that. A vision for the world champs. A vision for 2028. So you've got to perform in these situations. There's no oh no I'm not I'm not feeling it or they're not feeling it so I'm not. You've got to do it. That self-motivation. But good swing through the middle. Nice and fast. Great up by Shoji. Lovely swing. What a hit that is from Nedokovic. Way to make himself available. It's a great serve. Is that reaching over? There might be a challenge for it. No there won't be. TJ second time on the surfing line. Anderson goes with the spready. Perich finding the gap he needed. Oh you just think the set suggests it's going out wide because it has to go that high to get to McHenry. A bit of a trajectory leaving the hands. Not a bad ball in. It's a little on the tight side. Oh no. Hands up. Hands up. Oh hands up in the middle. Legs apart. The diplomat. Yes keep sending it over there to those two then. Why not? Because they're making two. Another block now. 3-1 lead USA. This is Paul Hewitt takes the very high. What's Hewitt done? He's done something on the jump and the landing has not been good and unfortunately. Perich. Perich hits that. He's like yeah that's what I do some of the time. Not to get under that one. Touch. Well watched by Hartke. Yep well played Christensen. There are always exceptions. Good job from the young man though. That'll work. That's an ace serve. Champlin and Shoji. Beaten all ends up. Well played Hartke. He's a bit of a no frills guy Hartke. He's great. Just steps in at the ball. By Shoji. Good touch from him. That will do very nicely now. Two points needed to wrap this up and they don't even have to worry about reception. It's all over. The USA take the set.