Russia Outlasts Japan, Dominican Republic Snaps Seven-Match Skid
Twenty blocks and four double-digit scoring efforts lifted Russia past Japan to close out both teams’ Volleyball Nations League slate. In a fairly even match, 27 Polish errors helped the Dominican Republic to a four-set win, snapping a seven-match losing skid.
Smarzek Scores 33 To Lift Poland in 5 Sets; Russia Sweeps
Russia’s offense and serving were too much for the Dominican Republic to handle in a sweep, while Malwina Smarzek notched 33 points to lift Poland past Japan in five sets for its seventh victory of VNL play.
USA Women Sweep Russia for Record 8th Straight 3-0 Win on World Stage
The United States crushed eight aces and also led the Russians in kills and blocks in a quick win on Tuesday to earn its record eighth-straight world level sweep.
Russia Piles Up 22 Blocks in 5-Set Win over Turkey, Serbia Rolls
Russia boasted a 22-13 lead in blocks to rally for a 5-set victory over Turkey after falling behind 2-1 in the match. Serbia rode double-digit scoring efforts by Brankica Mihajlovic, Bojana Milenkovic and Stefana Veljkovic to an easy sweep of Belgium to keep pace atop the VNL leaderboard.
Russia, South Korea Open #VNL Pool 7 With Wins
A balanced offensive attack, including three players with nine or more kills, helped lift Russia past Italy to open Pool 6 play, meanwhile a strong service game and a 29-point effort by Kim Yeon Koung were key in lifting the homestanding Koreans to a four-set win over Germany.
Dynamo Kazan Wins Its 4th Russian Cup – Mammadova is MVP + Dream Team
Dynamo Kazan beat rivals Dynamo Moscow to come out on top
VakifBank Posts Convincing Win To Begin Round 3 Of Champions League
The third round home matches of the 2018 CEV Champions League finished with the top teams coming out alive.
Russia Repeats as WUGs Champions (Women’s) in Taipei
Russia beats Japan 3-1 to claim, once again, Universiade’s gold
An All-Asian Semifinals in WUGs (Women’s)
Asia shows off why it’s becoming more and more important in world volleyball with an all Asian Universiade semifinals.
