The USA, with its Paris Olympics roster intact for the primary time, swept Argentina on Tuesday to open the second spherical of the lads’s Volleyball Nations League.
The 25-23, 25-21, 26-24 victory in Ottawa, Canada, left the People 2-3 and in eleventh place within the 16-team standings. They’ve Wednesday off earlier than taking part in Italy on Thursday.
Towards Argentina, Aaron Russell led with 12 kills and had only one error in 19 assaults. He had a block and a team-best eight digs. TJ DeFalco had 10 kills, two blocks, 4 digs and the group’s solely ace.
Matt Anderson had 10 kills and two blocks and Max Holt had seven kills and two blocks. Erik Shoji had seven digs.
Setter Micah Christenson had six digs and a block. His group hit .420. The USA had 14 serving errors. Not one of the gamers in Ottawa have been a part of the USA group that went 1-3 within the first spherical.
“We struggled a bit bit with our service, however at all times relied on our system and the best way we play. We took the primary week off to provide among the guys that have been ending late of their professional seasons some relaxation,” Anderson informed Volleyball World.
“This can be a actually vital summer time and a protracted one. We anticipated some hiccups alongside the best way on the market. All we’re going to do now could be return, watch video, see our gameplay and the way we carried out in opposition to that. Then make the changes that we are able to.”
Bruno Lima had 13 kills, a block and an ace for Argentina (2-3). His group, which hit .320, had two aces and 14 serving errors.
In different matches Tuesday, Poland beat Bulgaria 21-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-18 and Japan swept Iran 25-23, 25-22, 25-17 in Fukuoka, Japan. Later in Ottawa, Canada beat Cuba 25-21, 25-27, 25-20, 28-26 as Eric Loeppky had 20 kills and two blocks and Stephen Maar had 15 kills, three blocks and two aces.
There are 5 VNL matches Wednesday.
Earlier in Fukuoka, Japan, Slovenia swept Türkiye earlier than Germany performed Japan.
In Ottawa, Serbia performs the Netherlands, France performs Italy and Iran faces Brazil.
