CHICAGO (July 10, 2019) – Former Loyola University Chicago men's volleyball All-Americans Thomas Jaeschke (Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton Warrenville South) and Jeff Jendryk (Wheaton, Ill./St. Francis) return to Chicago this week with the U.S. Men's National Team for the FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals, which will take place July 10-14 at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago.
 
The U.S. Men's Team, which sports a 9-6 record and is ranked No. 2 in the world, has been competing in preliminary play for the past five weekends and will open pool play tonight versus France at 7:30 p.m. CT before taking on Russia Friday (July 12) at 8 p.m. CT. Matches will be shown live on FloVolleyball.tv. 
 
Semifinal matches are scheduled for Saturday, July 13 at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. CT. Sunday's bronze medal match gets underway at 3 p.m. CT with the gold medal contest to follow at 6 p.m. CT. Sunday's gold medal match will be shown on the Olympic Channel.
 
Jaeschke was a key figure on Loyola's back-to-back NCAA championship teams in 2014 and 2015, earning AVCA Player of the Year status in 2015. A two-time All-American, the outside hitter played three seasons for the Ramblers before beginning his professional career and in 2016, he was a member of the U.S. Men's National Team that captured the bronze medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. 
 
Meanwhile, Jendryk closed out his illustrious Loyola career last spring and is the only player in program annals to be a four-time AVCA All-America honoree. When the 6-foot-10 middle blocker graduated in 2018, he was one of only 12 players in NCAA Division I-II history to be a four-time All-American. As a freshman in 2015, he came up big as Loyola won the NCAA championship, earning Most Outstanding Player of the tournament recognition.
 
For tickets to the Volleyball National League Finals, click here.