Bulgaria vs Canada Women s VNL 2025

Jost does a nice job calling that one. Here's Kira Van Rijk and that goes block in. Great blocking. Best server in the Turkish League last year and that's a rocket. Attack through the middle. Good up from Mitrovic. Van Rijk from the back row. Nicely done. To get a lot of attack off. Oh and she's nailed an ace. Kira Van Rijk finding her form early. There was a moment when everybody here was thinking Bria Riley has to take that away. Mitrovic, Doug. Canada's got a powerful front row here. Van Rijk though has to go from well back and that is hammered by Bulgaria's Dudovic. So Bulgaria is finding a way to sing the mark sometimes. Brings the thunder. Is shut down by Vujkova. Also Vujkova tiny. Guess who's back to serve. And guess who's got another ace? Kira Van Rijk. Nails the corner. Here comes the serve for O'Reilly. Big dig. Kept alive by Jost. Van Rijk from off the net. Salvages the point for her team. Look at the athleticism. She is up there. Setter dump. Is it going to pay off? It sure is. Once again. Oh that was close. And another overpass. And the slide play. Maglio scores. Well Maglio doing a lot of work in this rally. When there's an overbump. Starting to put the ball in play. Petrasjevic. Oh what a boomer from Milanova. Bulgaria trying to find its way back in this set. Helen's first set goes to Johnson. Kept alive Bulgaria. Back row attack they come. Smerek just pushes it over. The set from Dimitrova. Shut down by Maglio. The barrel. She takes the first ball. Middle attack. Fakhboum. She is really putting on a show. Well and what's funny is Fakhboum and Helen to play. What is he like? What does he expect from you? You're just trying to adapt to a new program. It can be quite intimidating. So some success early on here for Bulgaria. Wasn't able to close it. Van Rijk in the game. Serving hard as she does. Petrasjevic. Shut down. O'Reilly was involved with that with Maglio. Yeah. Maglio gets the bulk of it. Good pass. Van Rijk can't swing at that one. She just pushes it over. Perfect time for the setter dump for Slavcheva. Slavcheva sets it up for Milanova. Petrasjevic can't swing at that one. Van Rijk can swing at that one and can she ever. This is a first of all such a solid pickup from Van Rijk. Gets back there. Makes the attack. Milanova. Shut down Vuchkova and Petrasjevic. Need a side out. That's the time for the setter to score and O'Reilly does it. Foonley there I think. Vakboum. That's her serve at Petrasjevic. Hammers it cross court. So she is not going down gently here. That's her 11th point. Well I mean. As Bulgaria has been finding its game. A lot of great set. More trouble for the Canadians. Yeah Slavcheva. It's an ace Bulgaria. Oh boy. Mikaela Stoic. It's been a revelation for Canada in the match. Let's see if she can get hot again. Slide play. That's going to score for Dimitrova. Now I think it's really smart. It's time to do a much better job on it. Van Rijk unleashes some frustration there for Canada. And Van Rijk says just that's one point. But one point just started off. One point away from double figures. Helen sets up Van Rijk. She gets shot down by Vuchkova. Watch her on this block. Gets up and gets a piece of it. Off Bulgaria. Vakboum's serve goes at the Libero Nineva. Free ball chance. Canada. And they let it drop. Team points. Her team needs her. Wow. And she delivers like the UPS guy. What a serve. Good point. Push deep by the Canadians. Milanova pushes it over on a free ball. Chance for Canada. All the attackers. Great keep up by Bulgaria. They come again with Milanova. Out of system play. Van Rijk ricochets off the back or the head of one of her teammates. And Bulgaria's got 22. Well Van Rijk went for it. I don't think she had a good... We're underway. Fifth set. Canada receiving. We go to 15. And Van Rijk starts it with a smooth side out. Expect her to get the ball a lot in this fifth set. Milanova. Oh great pick up by Nineva. Milanova tries again. Canada. Better job covering. Gets it over. Here's the up. Here's the swing. There's the point. Number three does it. Kira Van Rijk. That's a good pass. Milanova. And the block is even better. Take. Goodness. Kira Van Rijk with the hammer. Her fourth ace. Her 25th point. We salute you number three. Wow. One of the best servers in the world. And this is why. So strong. So powerful. Let's see what he has. He's learning. Oh Jos with a great dig. Johnson pushes it up to the net. Kept alive. Free ball over. Bulgaria attacking again. Atenosievic. Yes. She finishes it off. The captain. Jos played professionally in Germany last year. You can really see an improvement in her game. Schreck with the hammer. Doug though smartly. Oh Gusen has that hitter but that doesn't matter. It's still in play. Slebcheva. Atenosievic. Blocked. And Canada's got match point. Veteran Emily Maglio. Bulgaria trying to keep this game alive. Canada over bump. Atenosievic. It is over. What a battle. A five-set battle between Bulgaria and Canada. Canadians win it with a monstrous effort in the.