An up-and-down debut performance by Canada’s women in Volleyball Nations League continued with a second straight defeat on Monday.
Japan prevailed 41-25 attacks and racked up six aces to Canada’s pair in improving to 6-2 and sits fourth among 16 teams.
Wing spiker Mayu Ishikawa and Ai Kurogo led the way with 13 points apiece.
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“Our performance today was good,” Ishikawa told Volleyball World. “We made less mistakes — some happened, but either way we managed to beat Canada 3-0, so this is very important for us.
“We have three match days and then three non-match days, it’s not a lot of time, but we try to improve and we focus on what we have to do.”
The 12th-place Canadians are 2-6 after being handed their second three-set loss. They appeared headed for a third consecutive victory on Sunday, taking the first two sets against Poland before losing three in a row just days after beating 2016 Olympic champions China and then Germany.
Reserve players get playing time
“We have been dealing with a lot of teams that are very tall, especially when we played against Poland,” said Canada opposite hitter Shainah Joseph. “Having to switch over the next day and play shorter team, a team that has a very good block control, it was even tougher because we had to be more patient during the rallies.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Position
- Opposite
- Current Team
- Canada Women
- Height
- 185cm
- Weight
- 76
- Spike Touch
- 320cm
- Block Touch
- 310cm
- Birth Date
- May 15, 1995
- Home Town
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Social
Canada registered nine blocks on Monday to Japan’s four but 24 errors over three sets was its downfall.
Opposite hitter Kiera van Ryk collected a team-high nine points after a 28-point performance on Sunday against Poland.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Position
- Opposite
- Current Team
- Canada Women, Turk Hava Yollari Women
- Past Teams
- AKS Rzeszow, Bergamo Women, UBC Women
- Height
- 6'2
- Spike Touch
- 302
- Block Touch
- 288
- Social
The 15-match preliminary round runs until June 23 with the top four countries advancing to the semifinals and finals.
The Canadians return to the court Tuesday against the Netherlands (5-2) in a match CBCSports.ca will live stream at 7 a.m. ET. The Dutch blanked Japan 3-0 on Sunday and are fifth in the standings.
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