USA 🇺🇸 vs. Poland 🇵🇱 - Highlights | Week 2 | Women's VNL 2025

Getting her first start of week number two. And we are underway, USA in the dark jerseys, already an out of system play, attack off hands. And it's going to be point Poland through Piasecka, serving from the far left of the court to the far right. And she's got an ace. Targets Piasecka again on the left side. Instead, someone else steps in to take that off Piasecka. That was smart, Zach. Here's Butler with a touch, doesn't go. Piasecka off hands. Hens does well to get to that. Lednicki, it's kept alive, USA. This has got to go over from Jones-Perry. It does. Tight set to the net. Great dig by the center, Powell. Lednicki can't get there. What a nice play she makes, though. There's the pipe attack and the boomer from Łukaszek. That was a tough one for Hens. Here's a chance for Poland, but the shut down block from Butler. Łukaszek, overpass. Poland's going to play this. And nice little touch there from Piasecka. USA lead is three. Elime Powell. Lennarska sets it up and it is hammered down by Sientka-Tetjanec. Pretty close. And it's a free ball chance for USA to end the set. And they do. Butler with the finish. 25-20, USA takes the open. Second set action, USA serving Poland. US won the first set. Out of system attack coming from Poland. Good hands at the net by Butler. Here's the back row attack. All right, Łukaszek comes again. DeTrickler does the job on the ace. Right side attack, Stiszak from the back row. That's the best swing she's had. One of the Paris Olympians on this Polish side. The out of system set from Strzewalska. Now the USA with the out of system play. Good dig from Łukaszek. And Piasecka is going to drill it from the left side and give Poland a two point lead. Jones-Perry now analyzes what's available on the other side of the net. And now comes the delivery. Strzewalska stepping in to take that. And Stiszak trying to get her team. So Poland's normally available one-two punch of Stiszak and Korneluk. Not available either of the first two days. They decide to set Stiszak in their opening game in Belgrade. And then Korneluk is wearing the Libero jersey today. Oh, nice save. Poland gets this over. Free ball chance for USA taking advantage of it. Can they? No, they can't. It's a miss from the left side at Eggleston. Back row swing from Eggleston, hands with the coverage. Lednicki. Oh, great dig by Poland. And that's that second Libero Wyszak. But it's going to be a point USA anyway off the touch. And Lednicki swings and gets shut down from Jurczyk. USA looking for the side out here, but they're not going to get it because Poland, with a good serve, wins the set 25-20. And we're right back where we started from. Trying to improve their records in the VNL and trying to in the long run get ready in this Olympic cycle and also help prepare their teams for World Championship qualification later this year in Thailand. Here on serve, receive. That's a perfect pass. And that's a perfect block, Stiszak and Jurczyk. Powell was subbed out for Hannah Torres. The touch through the middle is just good enough from Jurczyk. Lukasik, the leading scorer in this set with four points already. Here's the slide play off hands popped up by Lukasik. And it's going to be an out of system set. And it is in anyway from Stiszak. Wow, that's world class. Good target from Stiszak going right down the line, sneaking it inside. 13 serving 16. Important point and stretch in the game right now for USA. Pieszecka, what a cruncher. Good. Najidi was the server there. And how about the block from Butler? It's a thing of beauty. Hannah Torres sets it up for Franklin. Couldn't get the finish there. Pieszecka can. She puts it through the block. Szymka Tetyanicz. Eggleston, it's been tough for her to score points of late. Let's see if Lednicki can. No, it comes right back off her and Lukasik is fired up. And Hannah Torres is the setter and she does the serving. And here comes Stiszak. Has she caught fingers? She has. And the first point of set four goes the way of Poland. The old Olivia Babcock puts the serve in. Lukasik, oh, what a dig. Eggleston is dug. Lukasik again, picked up by Penz. Eggleston, rally goes on, Poland to the defense. Stiszak, though, can't swing on it. Tried to find a hole. Here's Eggleston, a dig from Poland again. They recycle it again. Stiszak from behind the attack line. And it's, oh, it's in. How did she do that? Morgan Hens. Oh, what a shame for USA. But what a save by Morgan Hens earlier. Morgan Eggleston, cross court at PX, Setske, and the blocking of Butler coming to play again. Middle attack, USA was ready for it. And then the slide play covered. Here's the back row swing Lukasik. There's the swing from Babcock from the back line, and that'll do it for USA. They're a 29 year old middle blocker ready to put this one in play. Oh, trouble for USA and Eggleston, but Hens somehow managed to put it up nice and high. Franklin puts it over on the free ball. Middle attack. And how about Butler, the blocking machine? Kaina Torres serving, taken well by Stawowska. Poland couldn't finish there. Let's see if USA can with Franklin picked up by Hens. Middle attack. Aigidi, that'll do it. Poland inching ahead here. 12-11 as they try to finish this match in four sets. Good pick up from the back row and Pia Setska. Lukasik, though, gets shut down by Aigidi and Babcock. It looked like Aigidi got all of it. Yeah, good close from Aigidi getting all the way outside. Lukasik tied for the match lead with 22 points with Eggleston. Poland scrambling here. USA trying to stay in system and they get an Eggleston point. That's her 23rd of the match. Pia Setska, one final serve, she hopes. USA has other ideas. Franklin sits on the top of the net. Middle attack, kept alive Stiszak. And Lukasik finishes it off and Poland takes the match. 25-18 in the fourth set, three sets to one. Poland, they bounce back.