Stanford’s Foluke Akinradewo, Cal’s Carli Lloyd on Olympic volleyball team

Former Stanford alum Foluke Akinradewo was one of four returning players named to the U.S. women’s volleyball roster for the Rio Olympics by coach Karch Kiraly, and former Cal setter Carli Lloyd made the roster for the first time. Besides Lloyd, newcomers on the 12-player roster announced Tuesday are outside hitter Kim Hill and Kelsey Robinson, middle Rachael Adams, opposites Karsta Lowe and Kelly Murphy, setter Alisha Glass and libero Kayla Banwarth. “Ultimately, we have assembled a group that we believe is capable of embracing the challenges a tournament like the Olympics will surely present,” said Kiraly, a two-time gold medalist in volleyball and a gold medalist in beach volleyball.