Game 1 v Netherlands Match Report

Abu Dhabi International Women’s Volleyball Tournament
Australia v Netherlands
May 21, 2008

Set 1 – 17-25
Set 2 – 11-25
Set 3 – 12-25

Set 1
Starting Lineup – Maycock, West, Rourke, Brammer, Lealamanua, Bates, Brett(L)

Shaky start from the Aussie girls, but they find some form by the fourth point, with a overpass kill by Rourke, she goes back to serve, 1-3. A huge kill by Brammer from the outside gives the Aussie’s the side out, 2-4. A great side hit from West cause confusion on the Netherlands teams to win Australia’s third point, 3-5. Bates into the attack from the outside gives them another point 4-6. At the first technical time out the Netherlands are in the lead 8-4. And a huge kill from Rourke gives Australia the side out. 5-9. Defensive play from Anna and Rourke gets another kill 6-9. The Netherlands have jumped away from the Australian’s in this set, and now lead 9-16 at the second time out. Australia side out and win the point off a block from West. 11-16. West is working hard through the middle running the quicks, and at 13-17 a double block from West and Rourke shuts down the Netherlands attack. Bates hits a winner from 2 down the line to get to 14-20. Rourke with a huge jump serve and and the block from Brammer on the side to give Australia 17-24. Netherlands win the set 25-17 on a net error.

Set 2
Starting Lineup – Maycock, West, Rourke, Brammer, Lealamanua, Bates, Brett(L)

The Australian’s are serving tough in this second set, but so are the Netherlands. They jump out to 7-4 in front of the Aussies, but a pipe kill and defensive up from Rourke in the back court gets them to with in 1 point, 6-7. Netherlands side out to lead 8-6 at the first technical time out. The Australian’s struggle with their passing allowing the Netherlands to take control of the set serving 5 points in a row to lead at the 2nd technical time out 16-8. Australia is rallying with the Dutch, but find it sifficult to terminate. Bates hits a kill from position 2 to give a side out, but the Dutch roll the spike back into the Australian’s court to no reply. Australia now find themselves down 10-20. Brammer with the kill down the line from 4 gets Australia to 11-20. The Netherlands are just too skilled and are running the show in this set. Through powerful serving and deceptive attacking play, they win the second set 25-11.

Set 3
Starting Lineup – Maycock, Mowen, Rourke, Brammer, Peacock, Lealamanua, Brett(L)

Great serving from Brammer and a huge blocking presence from Rourke in position 2 gives Australia the lead 4-2 in the third set. Peacock just as effective tooling the block to get the return side out, Australia 5-3. A few too many hitting errors from the Australian’s and the tough serve run of 5 serves from the Dutch, and the Australian’s now trail 5-8 at the first technical time out. And much like the second set, the Dutch serve is too much for the Australian recievers. Coach Amand Fielding makes a few subs into the Australian line up, Bertolacci & Watts in, but the Netherlands are just too strong, and they win 25-12 in the third set.

Statistics:

Attack – Team 33% kill 11% ke
Block – Team 6 kills
Passing – Team 1.65 Brett 1.88 Brammer 1.75
Serving – Team 1 ace 5 errors