Service reception, which was a weak point for Canada in opposition to Russia on Sunday, led to Monday’s heartbreaking loss to South Korea in ladies’s Volleyball Nations League.
The Canadians had 4 probabilities to shut out the match following a Brie King block tied the fifth and deciding set 15-15.
Canada dropped to twelfth within the 16-team match with a 3-9 document and can have a three-day break earlier than dealing with Fifteenth-place hosts on Friday (CBCSports.ca, 1 p.m. ET).
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South Korea and Canada went the space in ladies’s FIVB Volleyball Nations League motion in Rimini, Italy on Monday. 4:10
Canada held the sting in blocks (11-7) and aces (9-7) however did not have a solution for Kim Yeon Koung, MVP of the ladies’s tourney on the 2012 London Olympics. She collected 23 factors, one fewer than staff chief Park Jeongah.
The 15-match preliminary spherical ends June 23 with the highest 4 international locations advancing to the semifinals.
