USA 🇺🇸 vs. Poland 🇵🇱 - Highlights | Week 3 | Men's VNL 2026

Rob Snook and Matt Prosser with Emily Eamon. All right, your broadcast crew, we're underway. USA in red attacking Poland in white. And right off the bat, Merrick McHenry scores for the U.S. There he is, known worldwide for this skill. Wilfredo Leon. And does he have an ace? Oh yeah, he does, says Stefano Cesare. Leon lines it up. Shoji, good take. Here's DiFalco, but he's shut down by the blocking of Poland. It's so good. From Leon, but it's all the way across. And the bump's set, and then Boaz reaches over the block. Great serve. Anderson sets hands. He scores, though, through the triple block. That's a massive swing right here. Just a simple approach and a nice controlled arm swing against the triple block. Good serve again from Fornal. Christensen just sends that over, tried to attack that. Monski does it again. The big man, Christensen. Again, Comenda has to run meters to place the ball, but it doesn't matter because Leon can swing from anywhere. Third time already we get to see Wilfredo Leon at the end line. Shoji cranes great. Big point for the United States. They're within two again. He's part of the Polish team that won the title last year. Almost a triple ace, but it's kept alive. Can Haynes convert? No. He's facing a triple block, and they stuff it. Szczepuk comes again. Good up from Anderson, and he'll do it. And he did it. Jumps up high and really brings it down from Shoji. Haynes, and he's shut down. Leon, Kobe shot. Here's how it finished. Mike had to come off the net with simple overhead. Haynes takes a big swing at this, but it's the left hand of Wilfredo Leon shutting him down. So set number one, fairly easily handled. USA in red. TJ DeFalco serving. Poland in white. Right off the net. Here's Leon again, and it's just, it's a broken record. He does it again and again and again. USA scrambling to play it. Anderson making Poland work hard. Kopechuk gets it to Kumanda. They're in system, and they score with Yakovichuk. And just quality in the backcourt here from Poland. Watch this dig. 28-year-old staying to play at Zaksa in the Polish League. Polish League is dynamite, of course. Anderson's got it up. For now, DeFalco's got a set. Haynes knows there's a big block. Poland for now. Shoji digs. This is close. Haynes couldn't finish it again. And the celebration ensues for team Poland. By the way, Wilfredo Leon and Boaj share the lead in scoring in this game. Nine points each. Christensen to DeFalco, and a triple block just stuffs it back. Right back on the USA side. That was there. Needed to be unleashed. Yes, it is. Slamansky does it again. Eight-point lead now. A one-hand set. McHenry, that'll score off the block. Nice high attack there. Good reaction from the block of Poland, but they're just too high. So they're going to serve it, maybe at him. No, at Popiewczyk. Fierle sets. Slamansky can't finish. Fierle sets on the dig. Leon is blocked, but they recycle again. And no, the block from McHenry. That's a little what the USA doctor ordered. Great blocking by McHenry throughout this entire rally. One in the middle, one on the pin, and then quick to get back and reset, and then stuffed down on the seven-footer. Jay Cain's USA's opposite. Leon takes. Boaj swings and scores, and it's set point Poland. And they've got five of them facing set point. Goes up Leon. Finishes off the set. Done and dusted. 25-21 Poland. They are in control of this match on two sets to none. We'll see in a few minutes, but this is how it finished. Another good serve from Anderson. And then TJ looked like he was going to go three-man, and then decides to not block, which leaves an open angle for Tomasz Warnal to swing through. So after some late set pressure from the United States, Poland closes the door. USA looking to finish as high as third place, what they hope will be their ninth win. And we're underway. Third set, Rob Stupak back, crosser Emily Eamon here in Chicago at the Now Arena. That's another great one. Comenda has to sprint to go get it, and then four now with a huge swing. Watch where he hits this ball from. He's 13 feet deep. Well behind the end line, or the... Here's Bowach. Shoji, it's going to come all the way over. Free ball chance. Lemanski didn't get all of it. Here's Bowach, the leading scorer in the match. Haynes, block, and in. Watch this move from Tomasz Warnal as he comes across and then reaches to close down the line. Four now. Anderson plays it default on the triple block. Wow, that is the highest anyone has sent a ball this week. Beautiful atmosphere here inside the Now Arena. This is a crucial side out for USA. Can't get behind by three here. Don't want to anyway. Four now. Ahead of Christensen. Anderson, when you've got it, you've got it, and he's got it. Four now, he's in the game now. Anderson from the attack line, shut down Szymon Juk. Here's Komenda. 20-18 Poland leads and two sets to none in the match. Christensen, Harki's first swing, done by four now. Here's Szymon Juk on the end, but he's missed it. Szymon Juk just celebrated his 30th birthday a few days ago. Two BNL titles to his name as he serves. And shut him down. Great block there from Poland. Jakuba Szak, good discipline move there. Two sets to none. Szymon Juk, up from Defolka, right on the head of Christensen. Anderson, up from four now. Watch his block, but he's 19. Watch, 16 points in the game. This is an overpass, a chance for match point for Poland. And they have through Szymon Juk. And here he comes, trying to end the match. It's going to come over. Good play by Christensen actually, but this is the way it ends. Poland sweeps a dominating performance for team Poland as they head to the BNL finals. And they'll be in second place, a sweep, the third of the week, their fourth victory. Very, very impressive for Nikola Juravic's team.