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黑马磁力鈥檚 Brie King cited for outstanding play in Canada鈥檚 3-1 win over Serbia in Volleyball Nations League action

King 鈥榮et a great game and put our hitters in good situations鈥 coach said
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黑马磁力鈥檚 Brie King, seen here playing as a TWU Spartan, was a standout for Canada Saturday, June 12, as the team downed Serbia 3-1. (file)

黑马磁力鈥檚 Brie King was a standout as Canada beat Serbia in women鈥檚 volleyball action Saturday, June 12.

Canada defeated Serbia 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-21, 25-18) for the women鈥檚 team鈥檚 third Volleyball Nations League (VNL) win of the tournament in Italy.

鈥淭oday we played well,鈥 said head coach Shannon Winzer. 鈥淲e got shaky early on in serve receive, but we came back and did a better job finding consistency on first contact.

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鈥淭here were some solid performances all-round; Brie (King) set a great game and put our hitters in good situations and our hitters delivered. It was also really nice to see six rotations of aggressive serving from the baseline and in the fourth set, I think that was key to not allowing Serbia to find any rhythm.鈥

After a strong start in VNL that included wins over China and Germany, Canada struggled in the third portion of play, so today鈥檚 win was a confidence boost at the beginning of this phase.

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King said the team just鈥漺anted to just shake off after the last couple of games and play really free and I think we did it tonight. Serbia are an awesome team and they pushed us, and I think that we were all together and you could feel it in the way we played tonight. All our attackers did a really good job being aggressive. You can tell that we were not shying away from the big moments, but taking big swings, which gave us all the confidence that we had to take a win in this game right from the very beginning.鈥

Serbia is a traditional powerhouse in volleyball, including an Olympic silver medal in 2016 and the gold at the last World Championship in 2018. This is the Canadian women鈥檚 team鈥檚 first appearance in VNL.

Canada鈥檚 Kiera Van Ryk continues to dominate in scoring, leading today with 21 points, and is at the top of the charts for the whole tournament in scoring and attacking.


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