China vs Canada Epic Volleyball Battle Highlights

...as well, number four, the way he thinks now, in terms of the overall scorer's charts, needs a... That was fantastic. ...rally as well from Brie. Here she is, more familiar with the sets. That's a nice, tidy set. Van Rijk, getting that swing, working early doors here, 5-3. You better get used... Van Rijk, trying to contain. Set to the middle, lovely little push over the top there, but again, Brie is able to read it. Trying to come again, phase two. And a wipeout off the side of Van Rijk. We call that sizzle in the pits. Oh, great block. ...gain, so it's, again, hopefully Canada and Janet Windsor will place easily, relaxed. Through that middle again. And keep involving Brie into that airspace, and there's only one outcome there. This is a 14th first set. Great tempo to this one. There's Brie. Trying to block. Squeezes out there to Van Rijk. She can't find the finish. Instead, it's Wu. Worked by the libero. Again, right side. And that's a big... Maglia. Canada in control. One-on-one, Van Rijk would have expected to finish that. China will try to take full advantage of this situation. Brie gets that set in again to Johnson. Who knuckles that down the line. Lee. Johnson. Can't get the spike through. That comes through alright. Wonderful hit there. Clean as a whistle from Li Yingying. He loves Brie, but... Li Yingying. Again, at Gray. She's gonna hit it. She's way off the net. No problem whatsoever. Gray hits clean and true. Nails that bullseye. More aggression from Gray. Van Rijk. A little bit ahead of her there. China hitting off the net. There's the up. There's an opportunity here for Van Rijk to get it right. Second time of asking. Shore up their passing so they can run their middle. And work the outsides versus Canada. Like that. Ripper of a serve. Spinning out the back. It's gonna go to either Van Rijk or Gray. Interesting that when they just joined the VNL in 2021, she was a reserve. Amazing. The official signaled wrong. Absolutely amazing. To that inside. Just about rescued it. But it's advantage China again in this rally. That was really cute. I mean Wang has just lofted that over the blocker. How quickly will those instructions be absorbed? Canada staring down the barrel a bit in this second set. They were set up of course but unless there's a catastrophic collapse from China. Such a difficult position. Oh. Yes, thank you. She'll get another serve. Here come Canada. Can you hear those galloping hooves? Absolutely. Credit Courtney Baker for this. Baker again. Decent pass. Oh, well played. They've got Baker away from the serve line. Minimum requirement of that. In every edition of the VNL. Big swing. That's it. Van Rijk into double digits for today's match. Inserts only up to 10 attacks. 10 points. China on the verge of levelling up this VNL preliminary phase match. At least. This has been going for. Make the top end of the game more competitive. And Canada a key element of that. We are underway in set three. Big loop. Oh, mistake with a pass. Crazy. Carnage out there on the court. Up and over again. So right now it is advantage Canada. There's Kimberley over the headset. White can't put it down. With that run around play. They go to right side. And Van Rijk just navigates that. To Turkey. Great block. That is a heavy roof with an extended awning. Just put him in a phone booth. There's no way. Maglio. Pass. Set. Block. Get in there. That was insane. It looked like it wasn't. Maglio. Maintain that concentration. To the back of the timeout. There's the attack of a dig. Bit of a mistake. But then one comes back here from the Chinese. And Van Rijk levels it up. Ten. The swing. So here's Hilary Johnson. Serves. Dagger like down the middle. A transitional wrong there from China there. A little rattled at the moment. What can they do here? It's a bit heavy. Canada. Backslide. The ball's bundled into the net. It's stayed off the floor. That's all China care about at the moment. White comes in for that tip. All sorts of carnage. Well. Wang Yuanyuan. With the serve. Comes a little short. King. Just tees it up. And Van Rijk cracks that to the far line. Didn't have much to work with there. So she gets up high. Nails. Bullet serve again. And in way off the net. Down the line. Into Brie. They're out of system. Might not be a problem if Savard can find the floor. She can't. So it's China. Crunching that to that side. Terrific block actually by the setter Diao. Mistake. Van Rijk a little bit off balance as she hit that. China missed the chance to get the ball down. And what a finish from you-know-who. Broken play and like superwoman Alexa Gray says, I got you. Huge serve coming up now. Savard. Gray. Can't kill it. Back. Up and over it comes. Face two. Chance two. Gray. The golden girl. Gets Canada back into the lead in the contest. What a play. My watch. Right. Is she going to go again? No, she isn't. Time might be right there. Diao. Trying to point on two. Perhaps more. Second top scorer in finals week last year. Super dig as well. There's real force in that from China. For the block. Just about there. For Canada. We're still live. No, not for long. Because the ball is in the airspace. Good serve. Back of the Canadians. Gray. In play. Trying to pick up. Extra aggression now. Here from the team in yellow. It's up and over by Savard. That's it. To the back line player. And a delightful little feather. Oh, the serve again. Forces the mistake. Canada. Can't capitalize on phase one. There goes Gray. This is crazy. Yeah, she is. That's a missile. How about this from Canada? What a serve. Everything about them. Suddenly has that extra. On the serve. With the out. Insufficient pressure. Try and tip to that middle. But China will have a swing here. And China will level it up at 22 apiece. Savard now. To bring it home. What? That is just. Come on. That is madness. An absolutely massive win for Canada. Taking down.