Canada will definitely be desiring to stage its doc at 2-2 when it performs Serbia on Sunday to cowl off the very first week of females’s Volleyball Nations League exercise.
Canada slid to 1-2 with a 3-0 loss to Japan in a best-of-five go well with performed Saturday earlier than better than 5,100 viewers on the Arena at TD Place in Ottawa.
Canada went down the go well with to Japan 24-26, 20-25, 19-25. The unbeaten Japan group led in strike elements (39-33), providing (7-3) and made much less errors 19-30).
“Japan is really tough to play against, and we were right there with them,” acknowledged Canadian setter Brie O’Reilly of Langley, B.C. “We’re simply lacking these after-20 [points] performs and ending units.
“We require to remain hostile and take self-confidence that there was a great deal of our video game that was truly wonderful.”
WATCH l Canadian girls fall to Japan in straight units:
Japan defeats Canada 26-24, 25-20, 25-18 in FIVB Women’s Volleyball Nations League motion from TD Place in Ottawa.
O’Reilly mentioned the Canadians have to server extra aggressively towards Serbia and “just keep our block defence systems working a bit more cohesively.”
Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, B.C., led the scoring for Canada with 13 factors and likewise set a private greatest with a serve clocked at 113 kilometres per hour.
Yukiko Wada of Japan led her group with 20 factors.
Canada opened the VNL schedule with a win over Bulgaria after which misplaced a Thursday match to Netherlands.
Watch dwell protection of Canada’s match towards Serbia on CBCSports.ca and CBC Gem, beginning at 6 p.m. ET. For a full streaming schedule of volleyball occasions this season, click on right here.
WATCH | Full match replay — Japan vs. Canada:
Women’s Volleyball Nations League Place faceOttawa in FIVB
Canada exercise from TD
- Jessica Andrews in Guelph.Ont lineup
- Lucy Borowski– Vancouver
- Abby Guezen, Sherwood Park.Alta–
- Hilary Johnson– Calgary
- Kacey Jost, St.Albert– Alta–
- Emily MaglioCoquitlam,
- Andrea MitrovicMississauga– Ont, B.C.
- Julia Murmann– Toronto
- Brie O’Reilly,Langley
- Quinn Pelland– Wanham–Alta, B.C.
- Anna Smrek–Welland,Ont
- Raya Surinx– Winnipeg
- Nyadholi Thokbuom,Calgary
- Kiera Van Ryk Surrey–
- Delaney Watson– St– Jacobs, B.C. Ont–
- Jazmine White Oshawa,Ont
