U.S. men's volleyball team beats Serbia to advance

BEIJING — The U.S. men's volleyball team came from behind to defeat Serbia in five sets and remain undefeated in Beijing.

The

20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12 victory Wednesday night propels the

United States into the semifinal round against Russia.

The U.S.

team overcame the tragedy of coach Hugh McCutcheon's father-in-law being killed at a Chinese tourist site to win all five of its matches in preliminary

pool play. Serbia went 2-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.

U.S. middle blocker Ryan Millar and

libero Rich Lambourne

played at BYU in the late 1990s when McCutcheon was an assistant coach

there.

Millar and Lambourne were on BYU's first NCAA championship team, and

Millar also helped coach the Cougars in 2007. Both are Southern

California natives.