Josh 5,753 Posted September 10, 2023 #31 Share Posted September 10, 2023 Canada with a 3-2 (18-25, 25-21, 25-17, 24-26, 15-13) victory over Cuba in the semifinals, and we're through to the final where we'll face the United States! Maar had 28 points (led all players), Szwarc had 22 (including 9 in the first set), and Lui had some excellent digs throughout the match. Sammelvuo doing a great job with this squad. Olympic Qualifiers (for the men) are in a couple of weeks, this is a huge momentum boost for us. Improves our chances at qualification from 1% to 2% All matches are being live-streamed on Volleyball Source's YouTube channel, for anyone who wants to watch. Great commentators (Unlike the one at the Women's NORCECA Championships, who sounded like he'd never watched a single game of international volleyball in his life ), and great coverage as well (Only thing I would change would be the size of the scoreboard on the live-stream, as it's covering some of the in/out lines on the court) Surlympics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,753 Posted September 11, 2023 #32 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Canada lost 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22) to United States in the gold medal match United States was without TJ Defalco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,753 Posted September 16, 2023 #33 Share Posted September 16, 2023 (edited) OH CANADA Canada started the Women's Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers on a winning note, defeating Netherlands 3-2 (32-30, 19-25, 15-25, 25-17, 15-13) Pretty poor performance from them in sets 2 and 3, surprised that they managed to find something in the end (they were also down 8-10 in set 5) Celestine Plak led Netherlands with 23 points (17 attacks, 4 blocks, 2 aces), while Nika Daalederop scored 21 points (20 attacks, 1 block). For Canada, Alexa Gray led with 28 points (26 attacks, 2 blocks), with Kiera Van Ryk tallying up 19 points (18 attacks, 1 block). Brie King MVP though IMO, she made some huge digs and had some excellent set choices. Up next, at 10:00PST/1:00AM EST Edited September 30, 2023 by Josh Topicmaster1010 and Surlympics 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surlympics 194 Posted September 18, 2023 #34 Share Posted September 18, 2023 (edited) Let’s beat Serbia!! Edited September 18, 2023 by Surlympics Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surlympics 194 Posted September 20, 2023 #35 Share Posted September 20, 2023 No way Canada beat China??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeman 1,323 Posted September 20, 2023 #36 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Great upset, but the road is still tough to qualify. All they can do now is win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surlympics 194 Posted September 20, 2023 #37 Share Posted September 20, 2023 But they have all the hardest teams out of the way now and we have to hope for Serbia to beat China as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 874 Posted September 20, 2023 #38 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Listen to me. CA NA DA ! Surlympics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 5,753 Posted September 24, 2023 #39 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 5-2 at the Women’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers, with two 3-0 victories today and yesterday against Czech Republic (25-20, 25-19, 25-21) and Mexico (25-22, 25-22, 25-17). Battle between us and Netherlands at VNL 2024 for a spot in Paris, 22 points behind. Edited September 30, 2023 by Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 874 Posted September 24, 2023 #40 Share Posted September 24, 2023 32 minutes ago, Josh said: 5-2 at the Women’s Volleyball Olympic Qualifiers, with two 3-0 victories today and yesterday against Czech Republic and Mexico. Germany is still in the mix for a quota, but assuming they don’t qualify, it’ll be a battle between us and Netherlands at VNL 2024 for a spot in Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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