2017 FIVB WORLD LEAGUE – GROUP 1
- June 2nd-July 8th, 2017
- Event Page
- Schedule//Results
- Pool H1
- Katowice, Poland
The American men’s volleyball team held all of the momentum going into Saturday’s matchup with Russia in Pool H1 of the 2017 FIVB World League. They had won 3 of their last 4 games, which included a 3-0 sweep of Russia exactly a week earlier. The Russians, meanwhile, were dealing with injuries to two key performers, including a recent one to Ilia Vlasov just two days earlier, and only had 12 of the allowable 14 players active for the game.
And yet, Russia knocked off the Americans 3-2: a win that gave Russia control of their own destiny and left the Americans needing a miracle (which is actually 75% of the way there so far on Sunday) to advance.
American captain Kawika Shoji said after the game that the team “gave 100%” and communicated well.
See his full comments on the match below:
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