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RIO 2016 W: Spectacular volleyball! USA defeated Netherlands after 5 sets!

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This might have been the best match at the Rio 2016 women’s volleyball tournament so far. At the end, the USA wrote down an important triumph against the Netherlands.

USA

USA

So many amazing rallies, so many spectacular points. It is really shame that one of these two teams had to lose today.

The Netherlands were twice in the lead against the USA, however the squad coach by Karch Kiraly showed why are they the reigning Olympic vice-champions. After tying the score firstly at 1-1 and then at 2-2 in sets, the American crew were superior in the tie-break.

Two teams were all tied at 3:3 in the 5th and decisive set, but then the USA made the crucial margin, as they escaped to 9:4! The Americans are simply too good to drop that lead, so they closed the match by 15:8. 

Kelly Murphy scored 18 points for USA, while Foluke Akinradewo and Jordan Larson added 15 each. In the Dutch team, Lonneke Sloetjes made 21 points, Robin de Kruijf finished the match with 14.    

MAIN ROUND / POOL B

Game Date/Time Teams Set Result per set Stats Videos
1st game 06. 08. 2016 11:35 China ( W ) vs The Netherlands ( W ) 2:3 23:25; 25:21; 25:18; 22:25; 13:15    
2nd game 06. 08. 2016 17:05 USA ( W ) vs Puerto Rico ( W ) 3:0 25:17; 25:22; 25:17 STAT  
3rd game 06. 08. 2016 22:35 Serbia ( W ) vs Italy ( W ) 3:0 27:25; 25:20; 25:23 STAT  
4th game 08. 08. 2016 09:30 China ( W ) vs Italy ( W ) 3:0 25:21; 25:21; 25:16    
5th game 08. 08. 2016 15:00 USA ( W ) vs The Netherlands ( W ) 3:2 18:25, 25:18, 21:25, 25:20, 8:15     
6th game 08. 08. 2016 17:05 Serbia ( W ) vs Puerto Rico ( W ) 0:0      
7th game 10. 08. 2016 09:30 China ( W ) vs Puerto Rico ( W ) 0:0      
8th game 10. 08. 2016 11:35 Italy ( W ) vs The Netherlands ( W ) 0:0      
9th game 10. 08. 2016 15:00 USA ( W ) vs Serbia ( W ) 0:0      
10th game 12. 08. 2016 09:30 China ( W ) vs Serbia ( W ) 0:0      
11th game 12. 08. 2016 15:00 USA ( W ) vs Italy ( W ) 0:0      
12th game 12. 08. 2016 17:05 The Netherlands ( W ) vs Puerto Rico ( W ) 0:0      
13th game 14. 08. 2016 09:30 Serbia ( W ) vs The Netherlands ( W ) 0:0      
14th game 14. 08. 2016 15:00 Italy ( W ) vs Puerto Rico ( W ) 0:0      
15th game 14. 08. 2016 17:05 USA ( W ) vs China ( W ) 0:0    

 

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