A National Women’s Volleyball Team, which previously secured the quarter-finals of the FIVB World Championship, lost 3-1 against the USA in the third match of the second round Group F.
In the match played in Lodz, Poland, both countries scored mutually, and the national team finished the first set with a 25-22 defeat.
In the first minutes of the second set, the national team dominated its opponent with the points of Ebrar Karakurt and Hande Baladin, and scored 25-21 over the opponent with blocks.
In the third set, Ebrar Karakurt and Eda Erdem Dündar managed to balance the set with their points (13-13),
He struggled against his opponent’s good serves in the last part and USA won the set 25-20.
Having difficulty in finding points against the blocks of their opponent in the fourth set, the national team fell back 14-8. The national team, who scored with Saliha, could not be effective in the last section, although Elif reduced the difference to one (19-18) with the number of blocks and lost this set 25-22 and 3-1 in the match.
In the last match of the national team group, they will face Serbia at 18.30 tomorrow.
USA: 3 – Turkey: 1
Hall: Atlas Arena
Referees: Andrea Puecher (Italy), Rene Karina Noemi (Argentina)
USA: Ogbugu, Robinson, Drews, Frantti, Washington, Cuttino (Poulter, Wilhite, Carlini, Hentz, Wong-Orantes)
Turkey: Cansu Özbay, Saliha Şahin, Zehra Güneş, Ebrar Karakurt, Hande Baladin, Eda Erdem Dündar (Simge Şebnem Aköz, Elif Şahin, Meryem Boz, İlkin Aydın, Meliha İsmailoğlu, Aylin Acar)
Sets: 25-22, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22
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