Canada will definitely be desiring to degree 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 swimsuit performed Saturday earlier than better than 5,100 viewers on the Arena at TD Place in Ottawa.
Canada went down the swimsuit to Japan 24-26, 20-25, 19-25. The unbeaten Japan workforce 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 ladies 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 must server extra aggressively in opposition to 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 in addition set a private finest with a serve clocked at 113 kilometres per hour.
Yukiko Wada of Japan led her workforce with 20 factors.
Canada opened the VNL schedule with a win over Bulgaria after which misplaced a Thursday match to Netherlands.
Watch reside protection of Canada’s match in opposition to 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
