The U.S. Girls’ Youth Olympic indoor volleyball team, which featured Lakota West senior Liz McMahon (photo), finished with the silver medal after losing the gold-medal match to Belgium, 17-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-12 Aug. 26.
McMahon, who is listed at 6-foot-6 on the Firebirds’ roster, didn’t play in the gold-medal match after breaking her arm in an accidental fall while in the Olympic Village.
“Unfortunately in sports there are things that you cannot control,” U.S. Girls’ Youth Olympic team head coach Rod Wilde said in a press release. “Elizabeth was simply walking up to the Village to get something to eat and tripped over a little chain that was across the road and landed on her arm and broke her arm.”
Prior to her fall, McMahon was playing extremely well.
In the team’s first match of the Olympics, a 25-22, 15-25, 25-20, 18-25, 15-11 win against Belgium, McMahon led USA with 12 kills. She added 12 points (seven kills, three blocks and two aces) in a win against Egypt and 12 kills in the semifinal win against Japan.
“It’s something we had no control over. You take your top scorer from your team and obviously that’s a big part of your offense and transition. She was our top scorer, so obviously that impacts how well we can play,” Wilde said after the loss in the gold-medal match.
Photo is credited to Xinhua-SYOGOC
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