Team USA eliminated. Full Recap From End of Group Play. WUGs (Women’s)

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

• August 19th-30th
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Former Alabama and VolleyMob All-America third team and  AVCA All-American Honorable Mention Krystal Rivers gave her best, contributing with 25 points, but it wasn’t enough for Team USA to overcome Thailand in a 3-2 (25-23, 25-23, 28-26, 25-17, 15-10) loss that eliminated them from the tournament. Former Duke player Jordan Tucker chipped in 21 tallies.  Wipawee Shrithong’s and Watchareeya Nuanjan’s 17 points each for the winning side. Team USA gifted Thailand with 37 points from turnovers. USA will now play for the 9th-16th place.

Below, you will find updated pools, recaps, and quarterfinal match ups from the end of the preliminary round.

Group A

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Chinese Taipei	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	246	179	1.374
2	France	6	2	1	6	3	2.000	208	172	1.209
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	221	251	0.880
4	Colombia	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	175	248	0.706

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	15:00	France	0–3	Chinese Taipei	23–25	17–25	18–25			58–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	18:00	Colombia	1–3	Czech Republic	25–23	21–25	11–25	23–25		80–98	P2 P3
22 Aug	15:00	Chinese Taipei	3–1	Czech Republic	25–15	21–25	25–17	25–19		96–76	P2 P3
22 Aug	15:00	France	3–0	Colombia	25–11	25–19	25–20			75–50	P2 P3
23 Aug	18:00	Colombia	0–3	Chinese Taipei	15–25	16–25	14–25			45–75	P2 P3
23 Aug	18:00	Czech Republic	0–3	France	14–25	10–25	23–25			47–75	P2 P3

Group B

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Ukraine	9	3	0	9	2	4.500	267	216	1.236
2	Argentina	5	2	1	6	6	1.000	246	243	1.012
3	Switzerland	4	1	2	6	7	0.857	274	270	1.015
4	Canada	0	0	3	3	9	0.333	236	294	0.803

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	13:00	Argentina	0–3	Ukraine	13–25	20–25	10–25			43–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	13:00	Switzerland	3–1	Canada	22–25	25–15	25–20	25–12		97–72	P2 P3
22 Aug	13:00	Ukraine	3–1	Canada	25–19	25–18	22–25	25–20		97–82	P2 P3
22 Aug	13:00	Argentina	3–2	Switzerland	14–25	25–9	25–18	24–26	15–8	103–86	P2 P3
23 Aug	13:00	Canada	1–3	Argentina	22–25	27–25	16–25	17–25		82–100	P2 P3
23 Aug	15:00	Switzerland	1–3	Ukraine	25–18	25–27	18–25	23–25		91–95	P2 P3

Group C

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Japan	9	3	0	9	0	MAX	225	143	1.573
2	Thailand	5	2	1	6	5	1.200	240	226	1.062
3	United States	4	1	2	5	6	0.833	230	225	1.022
4	Latvia	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	124	225	0.551

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	13:00	Thailand	3–0	Latvia	25–17	25–13	25–12			75–42	P2 P3
21 Aug	15:00	Japan	3–0	United States	25–22	25–8	25–16			75–46	P2 P3
22 Aug	13:00	Japan	3–0	Thailand	25–16	25–18	25–23			75–57	P2 P3
22 Aug	15:00	United States	3–0	Latvia	25–14	25–22	25–6			75–42	P2 P3
23 Aug	15:00	Thailand	3–2	United States	25–23	25–23	26–28	17–25	15–10	108–109	P2 P3
23 Aug	15:00	Latvia	0–3	Japan	14–25	10–25	16–25			40–75	P2 P3

Group D

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	9	3	0	9	1	9.000	246	180	1.367
2	Finland	6	2	1	6	3	2.000	204	182	1.121
3	Brazil	3	1	2	4	6	0.667	213	219	0.973
4	Mexico	0	0	3	0	9	0.000	143	225	0.636

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Aug	18:00	Brazil	0–3	Finland	21–25	19–25	16–25	–	–	56–75	P2 P3
21 Aug	18:00	Mexico	0–3	Russia	20–25	9–25	15–25	–	–	44–75	P2 P3
22 Aug	18:00	Brazil	3–0	Mexico	25–21	25–11	25–16			75–48	P2 P3
22 Aug	20:00	Finland	0–3	Russia	19–25	14–25	21–25			54–75	P2 P3
23 Aug	18:00	Mexico	0–3	Finland	18–25	19–25	14–25			51–75	P2 P3
23 Aug	20:00	Russia	3–1	Brazil	21–25	25–15	25–21	25–21		96–82	P2 P3

RECAPS

Argentina beat Canada 3×1 (25-22, 25-27, 25-16, 25-17) behind Sofia Bulgarella’s 15 points. Kelsey Veltman had 12 points in the losing effort.

Ukraine beat Switzerland 3-1 (18-25, 27-25, 25-18, 25-23) behind Anastasia Chernukha’s 17 points. Laura Kuenzler had 23 for the losing side.

Japan beat Latvia 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-16) behind Misaki Yamauchi‘s and Ayaka Sugi’s 10 points each. Latvia’s team highs were only four points, from Ieva Tetere and Tereze Hrapane alike.

France beat the Czech Republic 3-0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-23) behind Juliete Fidon’s 15 points. Lucie Kalhousova had 11 points in the losing effort.

Finland beat Mexico 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-14) behind Noora Kosonen‘s 13 points. Claudia Guevara had 10 points in the losing effort.

Hosts Taipei beat Colombia 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-14) behind Li-Yun Chang’s eight points. Lybis Marmolejo had seven points in the losing effort.

Russia beat Brazil’s Superliga filled roster 3-1 (21-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-21) behind Angelina Lazarenko’s 18 points. Natiele Gonçalves had 16 in the losing effort.