Volleyball/Sitting Volleyball

[Josh 10,661]

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)

[Josh 10,661]

Canada lost 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-22) to United States in the gold medal match 

 

United States was without TJ Defalco. 

[Josh 10,661]

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

[Surlympics 743]

Let’s beat Serbia!!

Edited September 18, 2023 by Surlympics

[Surlympics 743]

No way Canada beat China???

[orangeman 2,002]

Great upset, but the road is still tough to qualify. All they can do now is win.  

[Surlympics 743]

But they have all the hardest teams out of the way now and we have to hope for Serbia to beat China as well

[George_D 1,205]

Listen to me.  CA NA DA ! 

[Josh 10,661]

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

[George_D 1,205]

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.