{"id":43016,"date":"2019-07-03T17:32:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=43016"},"modified":"2019-07-03T17:32:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:32:26","slug":"drews-delivers-as-united-states-open-with-win-in-2019-vnl-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/drews-delivers-as-united-states-open-with-win-in-2019-vnl-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"DREWS DELIVERS AS UNITED STATES OPEN WITH WIN IN 2019 VNL FINALS"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Nanjing, China, July 3, 2019 \u2013 Andrea Drews delivered a 23-point performance for the United States to record a win, while last year\u2019s runners-up Turkey beat hosts China on opening day of the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Nations League Finals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Top Plays of USA vs. POLAND | Final Round | FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RrBindqgj7w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday was Drews\u2019 day as she helped USA beat Poland 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-15, 26-24) in Pool B of the final round. Drews had a productive day by coming up with 21 attacks, a block and a service winner to get her team closer to their goal of defending their title.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament\u2019s leading scorer, Malwina Smarzek, also tallied 23 points, but had less support from her teammates to post an upset against the defending champions. The North American side showed better firepower as three other players scored in double figures, including Kelsey Robinson who recorded 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>The match started with a tight contest until Poland managed a break away in the opening set. USA responded with commanding wins in the next two sets. In the fourth set, USA coach Karch Kiraly gave full confidence to his starting six to contain the threat by Poland and secured the victory with a two-point edge.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, last year\u2019s runners-up Turkey are also in for the challenge as they beat hosts China in four sets (25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22) in Pool A.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Top Plays of CHINA vs. TURKEY | Final Round | Volleyball Nations League 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmWMT0wvlno?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Gozde Yilmaz started for Turkey in the first three sets then came off the bench in the fourth frame, collecting 18 markers to lead her team in scoring. Ebrar Karakurt added 16 points and Kubra Caliskan had 14 points, including five blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Liu Yanhan powered China\u2019s offence with 21 points, but the visiting side outscored her team in attacks, blocks and aces.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey had a steady start to take the first two sets. They also led in the third frame, but China launched a fight back against them to extend the match. Even with a slim lead against the hosts in the fourth set, the European side made sure this time that they safely reach the end for the win.<\/p>\n<p>The two winning teams on opening day \u2013 USA and Turkey \u2013 met in last year\u2019s VNL final. With their victories, they are in good position to set up another rematch at the final.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nanjing, China, July 3, 2019 \u2013 Andrea Drews delivered a 23-point performance for the United States to record a win, while last year\u2019s runners-up Turkey beat hosts China on opening&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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