15-year-Old Raquel Montoro Debuts For Spain In Leg 3 Of #EuroVolleyW

2019 European Championship Final Qualifying Tournament – WOMEN

• August 15th, 2018-January 9th, 2019
• Home-and-home, double round robin
• Schedule & Standings
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• Leg 1 – Leg 2-1 – Leg 2-2

Talk about getting a head-start. At the age in which most girls are still playing high school ball, Spain’s Raquel Montoro, only 15 years old, made her first appearance on the bench with her National Team after the last minute injury of Ana Correa. Spain swept Bosnia & Herzogovina 3-0, and Montoro’s services weren’t needed on the court, but it still started her clock as the future of Spanish volleyball. Here is the day’s recap:

• Belgium vs. Slovenia 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-21) – Pool A
• Israel vs. Iceland 3-0 (25-19, 25-20, 25-18) – Pool A
• Croatia vs. Austria 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-14) – Pool B
• Switzerland vs. Albania 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-14) – Pool B
• Ukraine vs. Greece 0-3 (18-25, 19-25, 19-25) – Pool C
• Montenegro vs. Norway 3-1 (25-17, 25-12, 12-25, 27-25) – Pool C
• France vs. Georgia 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-13) – Pool D
• Portugal vs. Denmark 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 25-16) – Pool D
• Czech Republic vs. Estonia 3-0 (25-23, 25-12, 25-19) – Pool E
• Finland vs. Sweden 3-1 (20-25, 25-15, 26-24, 25-14) – Pool E
• Romania vs. Latvia 3-0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-22) – Pool F
• Spain vs. Bosnia & Herzegovina 3- 0 (34-32, 25-19, 25-12) – Pool F

Stats of the Day

• Sweden’s Isabelle Haak led all of the day’s scorer with 27 points, albeit in 20/58 (34%) hitting.
• Spain’s Helia Gonzales had 6 aces
• Way too many players to list led the day with 4 blocks each, so we are highlighted Montenegro’s 12-blocks in 4 sets team effort!

Star Watch

• Conegliano’s Samanta Fabris had 14 points on 53% hitting
• Novara’s Erblira Bici had 18 points on 35% hitting
• Dynamo Moscow’s Helena Havelkova had 11 points on 44% hitting
• Scandicci’s Isabelle Haak had 27 points in 34% hitting

Quote of the Day

Montenegro did not have a field day against Norway, having to play at its peak to secure a win. Captain Tatjana Bokan helped her team by scoring 8 first set points. She was there once again at the end, closing out the fourth set with a spike 27/25, as Norway was inches away from forcing a tie break. When all was said and done, Bokan gifted fans with a stellar 21-point performance on 48% hitting:

“It was a good match, as how we say in our country ‘it was won on muscle’.”