Utah Olympians: Former BYU star leads USA volleyball to dominating sweep of France
AT THE GAMES — The United States men's volleyball team opened the pandemic-delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a blowout for the ages. Micah Christensen dished out 43 assists in pacing an attack that hit .550, and former BYU star Taylor Sander blasted 12 kills and accounted for a match-high 15 points in a 25-18, 25-18, 25-22 sweep of France in Saturday's opening round. Sander also had a team-high two blocks and an ace for the United States. "It feels good to start like that," Sander said in a release from USA Volleyball. "We knew three weeks ago we weren't that good. We put in a lot of hard wo...