Team USA had a bizarre 8-points set in Debut. Day 1 of WUGs (Women’s)

  0 Liam Smith | August 21st, 2017 | African Volleyball, Asian Volleyball, European volleyball, International Volleyball, News, NORCECA volleyball, South American Volleyball, U.S. Women's Volleyball

2017 Taipei Summer Universiade (World University Games) – Women’s Tournament

The first day of play kicked off for the women’s volleyball tournament in Taipei’s Universiade. Sixteen teams divided into four pools will battle it out in a round robin format to determine finalists. Russia iss the current champion, but will surely have a tough time defending its gold medal, as with each successive Universiade, the amount of professional players in the rosters only grows.

Japan completely outplayed Team USA in a very one sided 3-0 (25-22, 25-8, 25-16) match in the tournament’s debut. Misaki Yamauchi scored 14 points for the winners. VolleyMob All-America third team and  AVCA All-American Honorable Mention Krystal Rivers had 17 for the Americans. When was the last time a Team USA volleyball team scored only eight points in a set? We are guessing we’d really have to dig through Wikipedia to find the answer to that question.

Below are the complete pools and recaps from the first day of play in Taipei.

Group A

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 3 0 MAX 75 58 1.293
2  Czech Republic 3 1 0 3 1 3.000 98 80 1.225
3  Colombia 0 0 1 1 3 0.333 80 98 0.816
4  France 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 58 75 0.773

Group B

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Ukraine 3 1 0 3 0 MAX 75 43 1.744
2   Switzerland 3 1 0 3 1 3.000 97 72 1.347
3  Canada 0 0 1 1 2 0.500 72 97 0.742
4  Argentina 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 43 75 0.573

Group C

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Thailand 3 1 0 3 0 MAX 75 42 1.786
2  Japan 3 1 0 3 0 MAX 75 46 1.630
3  United States 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 46 75 0.613
4  Latvia 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 42 75 0.560

 

Group D

Pts Matches Sets Points
Rank Team W L W L Ratio W L Ratio
1  Russia 3 1 0 3 0 MAX 75 44 1.705
2  Finland 3 1 0 3 0 MAX 76 56 1.357
3  Brazil 0 0 1 0 3 0.000 56 76 0.737
4  Mexico 0 0 1 0 4 0.000 44 75 0.587

 

Hosts Taipei easily beat France 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-18) in their debut behind Wei-Hua Wu’s 16 point effort. Juliette Fidon had nine points for the losing side.

Switzerland came from behind to beat Canada 3-1 (22-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-12). Alexandra Storck had 19 points for the winning side, while Joan Casault scored 14 in the losing effort.

Thailand beat Latvia in an easy 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-12) match behind Wipawee Shrithong’s team high of 16 points. Ieva Tetere had only six points as the team high for the losing side.

The Czech Republic came from behind to beat Colombia 3-0 (23-25, 25-21, 25-11, 25-23). Martina Michalikova had 17 points for the winners, while Wendy Cordoba had a team high of 12 points in the losing effort.

Despite Brazil’s Superliga filled roster, Finland thoroughly outclassed them for an easy 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-16) win. Roosa Lakkonen had 12 points for the winners, while Fernanda Tomé had 11 for the losing side.

Russia easily beat Mexico in a very easy (3-0 25-20, 25-9, 25-15) win behind Anna Kotikova‘s team high of 10 points. Fernanda Banuelos had 11 points in the losing effort.

-Ukraine beat Argentina in an easy 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-10) win behind Anastasia Chernukha 18 points. Carla Castiglione had  a team high eight points in the losing effort.

 

 

 

 

 

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