The U.S. men’s national volleyball team, with two players from Hawaii in the starting lineup, is headed to its 10th consecutive Olympics.

The U.S. defeated host Netherlands 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 25-21 to win its Olympic Qualifying Tournament pool on Sunday and earn a trip to the Tokyo Games. Micah Christenson (Kamehameha) was the setter and Erik Shoji (Punahou) the libero in the match that lasted 121 minutes at Ahoy Arena.

“We’re so happy,” Erik Shoji said in a press release from USA Volleyball. “We expected a battle from the Netherlands and we got that. I think it was huge how we performed at the end of each set with those three-set wins. We’re just so excited, so happy and a bit relieved to have this off of our back and just so excited to be coming home with the win.”

Also on the roster were Kawika Shoji (‘Iolani) and Micah Ma‘a (Punahou), but they did not play.

The U.S., ranked No. 2 in the world, were 3-0 in the round-robin event and No. 15 Netherlands was 2-1. The Americans finished third at the 2016 Rio Games.

The U.S. men join the U.S. women who qualified last week.

It will be the 12th time overall and 10th straight appearance in the Olympics for the U.S. men. They were in the first two editions that had volleyball (1964 and ’68), but missed out on the next three.

The U.S. returned to win back-to-back gold medals in Los Angeles (1984) and Seoul (1988). They added another gold in Beijing (2008) and bronzes in 1992 and 2016.

Honolulu wins pool at softball LLWS

Jenna Sniffen and Paige Brunn combined on a four-hit shutout as Honolulu Little League, representing the West Region, defeated the Latin America champion (Olmeca Little League, Mexico City, Mexico) 8-0 to wrap up Pool A on Sunday at the Little League Softball World Series in Portland, Ore.

Honolulu (4-0) scored five runs in the top of the first and then added a pair in the second to put the game away early on. Sniffen went 2-for-3, including a solo home run in the fourth inning. Taryn Ho went 2-for-2 and scored twice.

In its four pool play games, Honolulu outscored its opponents 33-6.

Next up is a 4 p.m. quarterfinal matchup today against the fourth-place team from Pool B, the Europe-Africa champion (Lombardia Little League, Milano, Italy). The game can be seen on ESPN News.