USA looking to stay unbeaten in pool C against Italy

Rio de Janeiro, August 11, 2016 – Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena of the United States will look to remain unbeaten in pool C as they battle against Italy’s Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai in a pool C match on day six. The Americans will automatically advance with a win; however, a loss would leave them tied for 1st place with Italy and possibly Tunisia if they should win the other pool match.  A loss for Italy would leave them at 1-2 and in a possible three-way tie for 2nd place if Tunisia wins or in sole possession of 2nd if Mexico wins the other pool match.

Head to Head

Dalhausser/Lucena have won two of the three matches against Lupo/Nicolai on the FIVB World Tour, all played this season

• Dalhausser/Lucena won 21-18 and 21-19 in 37 minutes, Gstaad Major, Round of 16, 07/09/2016

• Lupo/Nicolai won 22-20 and 23-21 in 39 minutes, Moscow Grand Slam, Round of 24, 05/27/2016

• Dalhausser/Lucena won 21-18 and 21-15 in 33 minutes, Fuzhou Open, Gold Medal, 04/23/2016

Historically the #3 seed has won all three matches against the #10 seed in the Olympic Games

• Julius Brink/Jonas Reckermann (3), Germany def. Penggen Wu/Linyin Xu (10), China, 13-21, 21-19, 15-8 in 52 minutes, Pool Play, London (2012).

• Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos (3), Brazil def. Andrew Schacht/Joshua Slack (10), Australia, 21-14, 21-17 in 44 minutes, Pool Play, Beijing (2008).

• Martin Laciga/Paul Laciga (3), Switzerland def. Nikolas Berger/Florian Gosch (10), Austria, 21-17, 21-19 in 44 minutes, Pool Play, Athens (2004).

Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena, United States, Seed #3, Pool C, 2-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.6471 Point Ratio, Qualified 3rd with 6,280 Points in the 2015-16 Olympic qualification period

• Phil: January 26, 1980 (36y6m11d), 205 cm (6’9″), 90 kg (200 lbs.), Hometown Baden, Switzerland, 98th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 80th), 34 gold medals (ranks 3rd), $1,117,900 career winnings (ranks 3rd)

• Nick: September 22, 1979 (36y10m15d), 185 cm (6’1″), 80 kg (178 lbs.), Hometown Davie, Florida, 87th FIVB World Tour event, five gold medals, $472,000 career winnings (ranks 37th)

• Phil and Nick first played together in 2005 and reunited in 2015 for a run at the Olympics. They are playing in their 18th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, five gold medals, $333,500 career winnings (ranks 53rd).

• Phil has played in 64 FIVB World Tour final fours with 34 gold, 14 silver, 12 bronze medals and four 4th place finishes.

• Nick has played in 21 FIVB World Tour final fours with five gold, nine silver, four bronze medals and three 4th place finishes.

• Phil and Nick have played in 11 …

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