LIVE FROM MILANO: USA claims first World Championship title!

USA – China 3-1 (27-25, 25-20, 16-25, 26-24)

USA vs. China

26-24 Kimebrly Hill won the historical point for the first USA’s gold at the World Championship 

25-24 Kimberly Hill won teh seconde match ball

24-24 Hui equalized adnsave the first match point of USA

24-23 great block of Akinradewo for match point

22-23 great first attack of Akinradewo, Lang Ping took TO 

19-22 Amazing block of Hui on Murphy, China won five points in row

19-19 USA and great Hill equalized  

USA

19-17 Hui scored her 18th point 

17-15 what amazing point of Zhu, TO USA 

16-13 Fawcett won important point for USA for teh second TTO  

14-10 Hui made a big mistake and Lang Ping called time out 

9-8 for the first time Lang Ping called video challenge and she was right 

8-6 USA went on the firsst TTO with +2 

5-5 from the beginning of the fourth set teams are still playing point by point 

2-2 service mistake by Harmotto 

The fourth set

China vs USA

16-25 what amazing play of China and strong attack of Zeng 

16-22 Yuan was too strong for USA 

13-19 Liu cheated American block

11-17 Murphy was good in attack 

10-16 Zeng won point without block on the other side of the net for the second TTO

8-13 great block of Yuan 

8-11 Zhu scored an amazing poin, TO USA 

7-8 Hui scored new point for the lead at the first TTO 

The third set 

China vs USA

25-20 Fawcett was too strong on the net 

24-19 mistake of Zhu 

23-18 once again great attack of Hill

22-18 seventh point for Hill 

21-18 TO for Lang Ping

18-18 new equalization 

15-16 China has the lead at the second TTO

15-15 Harmotto ties the score

13-14 Zeng’s spike for the China’s lead

13-13 Harmotto scores

12-13 China has one point of lead! Kiraly takes the TO

12-12 Zhu scores very important point for China and ties the score

12-10 Great move by Glass

10-9 China is close with 3-0 scorin run, USA still has the lead

8-4 Kiraly’s team has four points of advantage at the first TTO

7-2 Larson-Brubach again!

5-2 Larson-Burbach’s spike gives her team three points of advantage

2-1 Xinuye Yuan misses the ball, USA has the lead at the begging of the second set 

The second set

Akindrewo attacks

27-25 After all, USA takes the first part of the game

24-24 USA misses the opportunity to take the first set, China is back

24-22 Hill scores and USA has the first set ball

23-21 Akinradewo keeps the lead

22-19 Kiraly’s team is close to take the first set

21-19 USA again has two points of advantafe. Hill hit one of the Chinese players in the head

20-19 It was a long point rally, Akinradewo scored block point for taking the lead again

18-18 Two blocks by USA and the result is tied again

16-18 Amazing block by Zeng, Kiraly reacts with a time-out

16-16 Zhu scores an ace and ties the score

16-14 USA has a lead at the second TTO, Fawcett scored the last point for Kiraly’s team

15-13 Akinradewo’s services give the U.S. team two points of advantage

12-11 Kimberly Hill scores an ace for taking the lead

7-8 China has a lead after the first TTO

7-7 USA makes the 4-0 scoring run and ties result

3-8 The squad of Lang Ping is not afraid of U. S team

The first set

Final game

USA: Glass, Banwarth, Thompson, Larson, Murphy, Harmotto, Fawcett, Hill, Akinradewo, Robinson, Dixon, Adams. Coach: Karch Kiraly.

CHINA: Yuan, Zhu, F., Yang, Shen, J. Yang, Wei, Zeng, Lui, Shan, Hui, Chen, Wang. Coach: Lang Ping.

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