Logan Tom decade of dominance
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Logan Tom was a star at Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah and graced the magazine cover of Student Sports in October 1998 before her phenom status was cemented in stone.
After an All-American career at Stanford University, copious international travel and two stints in the Olympic Games, she may earn her first gold medal in Beijing and the first for the women's indoor team ever.
The U.S. Olympic Women's Indoor Volleyball Team, ranked fourth in the world by the FIVB, returns to an Olympic gold-medal match for the first time since 1984 after it defeated third-ranked Cuba 25-20, 25-16, 25-17 in the Olympic Games semifinal round at Beijing's Capital Gymnasium.
The U.S. will play for the gold medal at 8 p.m. on Saturday versus the winner of tonight's semifinal match between Brazil and host China. Team USA is seeking to end the tournament with its first Olympic Games medal stand appearance since 1992 when it won the bronze medal. The U.S. gained a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games for its only other medal in women's indoor volleyball.
