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US women reach Olympic volleyball gold-medal match

The unbeaten U.S. women's volleyball team will get another chance at its first gold medal.The Americans advanced to the Olympic final with a straight-set victory over South Korea on Thursday. The team will play for the title Saturday against the winner of a later semifinal between Brazil and Japan.The top-ranked United States has dropped just two sets in London. In the latest victory, Destinee Hooker scored 24 points in the 25-20, 25-22, 25-22 win at Earls Court.The American women made it to the final at the 2008 Beijing Games but settled for the silver medal, falling 3-1 to Brazil. The team has won silver twice and bronze once since volleyball joined the Olympics in 1964. But the gold has eluded them.The U.S. got an emotional boost for the match with the return of captain Lindsey Berg, who was held out of the team's quarterfinal victory over the Dominican Republic with an injury to her lower left leg.Fifteenth-ranked South Korea upset No. 4 Italy in four sets Tuesday to advance before...

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