(Editor’s Note: Writing for Team USA, Sports Capital Journalism Program graduate student Hanna Barton covered the U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team loss to No. 1-ranked Italy in the gold-medal game. The silver medal extended the U.S. medal streak to five, the most in American history, and the seventh overall medal is the most in history.)

Team USA | U.S. Women’s Volleyball Extends Longest Olympic Medal Streak With Silver in Paris