Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Puerto Rico wins another Clemente title [Video]

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Puerto Rico wins another Clemente title

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

GERMANY, SOUTH KOREA & PUERTO RICO GO UNDEFEATED IN WEEK 2 GROUP 2

2017 FIVB VOLLEYBALL WORLD GRAND PRIX – GROUP 2 DAILY RECAP

Germany, South Korea and Puerto Rico finished week two with an undefeated record in Group 2 of the FIVB World Grand Prix.
Germany finished their weekend with a three-set sweep over Colombia with the help of Louisa Lippmann and Tanja Grosser who each put down 15 points in the win. Kazakhstan took down Croatia in four behind Yetaterina Zhanova’s 22 points in Pool D2.
Pool E2 saw Peru take down Argentina in four while Korea fought to defeat Poland in a four-set battle. Peru’s offense was led by Angela Leyva and Jessenia Uceda who produced 21 and 20 points, respectively. For Korea, Yeon Koung Kim and Heejin Kim dominated the court with 25 and 20 points, respectively.
In Pool F2, two five-set matches took place with the Czech Republic topping Canada and Puerto Rico defeating Bulgaria. The Czech was led by Karolina Bednarova with 15 points. The fourth set of the Puerto Rico/Bulgaria match went into a deep amount of extra points, with Bulgaria securing the win to force a fifth set 35-33. The Puerto Rican were led by Karina Ocasio, Daly Santana and Stephanie Enright with 25, 20 and 19 points, respectively.
Group 2 standings after day six:
MATCHESPTSSETSPOINTS
RankTeamWLWLRatioWLRatio
1 South Korea51161753.4005114521.131
2 Poland51151644.0004943861.280
3 Germany51141662.6675124311.188
4 Czech Republic51131591.6675325211.021
5 Bulgaria331115121.2505925701.039
6 Peru33911111.0005115011.020
7 Colombia3399110.8184524530.998
8 Puerto Rico33711130.8465225400.967
9 Canada24811130.8465404981.084
10 Kazakhstan1535160.3134164990.834
11 Croatia1526170.3534225600.754
12 Argentina0613180.1674095020.815

POOL D2

DATETIMESCORESET 1SET 2SET 3SET 4SET 5TOTALREPORT
14 Jul14:10Colombia 3–1 Croatia25–2225–2725–1925–20100–88P2P3
14 Jul17:10Kazakhstan 1–3 Germany25–2018–2517–2521–2581–95P2P3
15 Jul14:10Croatia 0–3 Germany24–2615–256–2545–76P2P3
15 Jul17:10Kazakhstan 1–3 Colombia21–2525–2025–2716–2587–97P2P3
16 Jul14:10Germany 3–0 Colombia25–1625–1625–2375–55P2P3
16 Jul17:10Kazakhstan 3–1 Croatia25–2222–2525–2025–1597–82P2P3

POOL E2

DATETIMESCORESET 1SET 2SET 3SET 4SET 5TOTALREPORT
14 Jul17:25Argentina 0–3 South Korea25–2722–258–2555–77P2P3
14 Jul20:25Poland 3–1 Peru22–2525–1727–2527–25101–92P2P3
15 Jul17:25South Korea 3–0 Peru26–2427–2525–1578–64P2P3
15 Jul20:25Poland 3–0 Argentina25–1026–2425–1576–49P2P3
16 Jul17:25Peru 3–1 Argentina25–1818–2525–2325–1993–85P2P3
16 Jul20:25Poland 1–3 South Korea26–2423–2519–2524–2692–100P2P3

POOL F2

DATETIMESCORESET 1SET 2SET 3SET 4SET 5TOTALREPORT
14 Jul17:10Czech Republic 3–2 Bulgaria25–2725–2012–2525–1415–9102–95P2P3
14 Jul20:10Puerto Rico 3–2 Canada25–2025–2122–2520–2515–13107–104P2P3
15 Jul17:10Bulgaria 3–1 Canada15–2530–2831–2925–21101–103P2P3
15 Jul20:10Puerto Rico 3–0 Czech Republic25–2025–2125–1775–58P2P3
16 Jul15:10Czech Republic 3–2 Canada25–2218–2516–2525–2315–1199–106P2P3
16 Jul18:10Puerto Rico 3–2 Bulgaria26–2422–2525–1833–3515–7121–109P2P3
Germany, South Korea & Puerto Rico Go Undefeated In Week 2 Group 2

Carly DeMarque 
GERMANY, SOUTH KOREA & PUERTO RICO GO UNDEFEATED IN WEEK 2 GROUP 2

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