In Lodz, the Slovenian women’s volleyball team lost in the third round of the qualification tournament for participation in the Olympic Games in Paris against the American women, the Olympic champions, the result was 1:3 (-13, -13, 20, -13).
The young Slovenian team was powerless in the first two sets, just like against the Polish and Italian women, in both they won everything 13 points. But in the third, she realized that the American women had already written the victory in their heads. She played more enterprisingly, losing four consecutive points after the score 6:6, but then stringing together an even better series. With excellent services It is Shifter the Slovenian women scored six consecutive points and took the lead with 19:16. American selector, legendary Karch Kiralytook two timeouts, but did not save his team from a losing streak.
They proved themselves in the playoffs Nika Milošić with two blocks and Maša Pucelj, was the first to win the final ball for Slovenia, and with a mistake, the rivals also helped to take advantage of it. This was the first set won by Slovenia in the tournament.
But it quickly became clear that they would not be able to do more. The American women closed their ranks, played more composedly again and reliably won.
On Wednesday, the Slovenian women will play, in which she was the most effective with 14 points Shifterbenchmarks with Germany.
Source: Rtvslo
