2011 USA Women’s Na onal Team Match Capsules U.S. WOMEN’S TRAINING TEAM BLANKS JAPAN GIRLS’ YOUTH TEAM USA .................................25 Japan Girls’ Youth ............11
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U.S. WOMEN’S TRAINING TEAM SWEEPS JAPAN GIRLS’ YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif. (March 1, 2011) – The U.S. Women’s Na onal Training Team defeated the Japan Girls’ Youth Na onal Team 25-11, 25-20, 25-19 on March 1 in a friendly exhibi on match held at St. Margaret’s Episcopal High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Kindra Carlson (Eaton, Colo.) and Becky Perry (Aus n, Texas) paced the U.S. with 16 points apiece. Carlson charted 10 kills on 17 a acks as part of a .412 hi ng efficiency while adding five aces and a blocks. Perry tacked on six kills, six aces and four blocks in the victory. Jenna Hagglund (West Chester, Ohio) led the Americans to a .274 hi ng efficiency and 45 kill percent from her se er posi on. Carlson, Perry and Hagglund were all part of the University of Washington program last fall. Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.) contributed five kills on nine a acks to go with a block for six points. U.S. Women’s Na onal Team Head Coach started Hagglund at se er, Carlson at opposite, Perry and Sather at outside hi er, and Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) and Ashley Benson (Bloomington, Ind.) at middle blocker. Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa) was the libero for the match. Naomi Johnson (Bloomington, Minn.) and Julianne Piggo (Newport Beach, Calif.) entered as subs in the third set. Rounding out the U.S. scoring was Gibbemeyer with five points, Piggo with three points, Benson with two points and Johnson with one point. Banwarth turned in a 54 percent excellent service recep on on 13 a empts. Perry was credited with 13 recep on a empts. Japan was by Kasumi Nakaya’s 12 points on eight kills, three aces and one block. Yui Asahi and Aya Horie each added seven points. Team USA held an 11-9 advantage in aces and limited the visi ng Japan Girls’ Youth Na onal Team to a nega ve .034 hi ng efficiency. The Americans forged a 10-3 block advantage as Japan commi ed 27 hi ng errors to the USA’s eight. The Japan Girls’ Youth Na onal Team did have a 46 percent posi ve service recep on to the USA’s 38 percent. In the first set, the U.S. broke free from a 7-6 advantage by scoring 14 of the next 15 points establishing a 21-7 lead. The Americans went on to win the set 25-11. A er holding a 16-11 lead at the second technical meout of the second set, Japan fought to within one point at 20-19 before the U.S. scored five of the final six points. Team USA inched to leads of 8-7 and 16-12 at the third set technical meouts and held on for a 25-19 victory.
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IRVINE, Calif. (March 2, 2011) – The U.S. Women’s Na onal Training Team defeated the Japan Girls’ Youth Na onal Team 25-10, 25-12, 25-17 on March 2 in a friendly exhibi on match held at Concordia University in Irvine, Calif. The U.S. also won yesterday’s exhibi on match versus the Japan Girls’ Youth Na onal Team by scores of 25-11, 25-20, 25-19. A total of nine different U.S. players scored at least one point during Wednesday night’s exhibi on. Kindra Carlson (Eaton, Colo.), Becky Perry (Aus n, Texas) and Kaitlin Sather (Santa Rosa, Calif.) all scored 11 points in the victory. Sather tallied a team-high 10 kills on 20 errorless a acks to go with a block, while Perry totaled eight kills on 16 errorless a acks to go with three aces. Carlson produced six kills on 13 errorless swings, along with three aces and two blocks. Lauren Gibbemeyer (St. Paul, Minn.) notched seven points with six kills on 11 a acks and a block. Carli Lloyd (Bonsall, Calif.) charted three aces, two kills and two blocks for six points. Ashley Benson (Bloomington, Ind.) pocketed two kills and two aces for four points, while Naomi Johnson (Bloomington, Minn.) collected three points. Rounding out the scoring were Dominique Olowolafe (Lansing, Mich.) and Kari Pestolesi (Hun ngton Beach, Calif.) with two and one point, respec vely. U.S. Women’s Na onal Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) started Lloyd at se er, Carlson at opposite, Benson and Gibbemeyer at middle blocker and Perry and Sather at outside hi er. Kayla Banwarth (Dubuque, Iowa) was the designated libero for the first two sets, while Ellie Blankenship (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) was the U.S. libero in the third set. Olowolafe subbed into the match during the second set and started the third set along with Johnson, replacing Benson and Gibbemeyer. Cami Croteau (Orange, Calif.) was a back-row sub in all three sets. Perry produced a 62 percent posi ve recep on on a team-high eight a empts, while Sather had a 50 percent posi ve recep on on eight a empts. Banwarth totaled five recep on a empts with an 80 percent excellent recep on mark. Japan had 10 of its 12 Girls’ Youth Na onal Team roster members score at least one point in the match. Yui Asahi, Nozomi Ito and Sakura Doi all scored five points apiece in the match. Team USA produced a 46 percent kill percent with only four hi ng errors on 78 a acks for a .410 hi ng efficiency. The Americans held a 7-2 margin in aces, along with a 13-4 advantage in service aces. The Japan Girls’ Youth Na onal Team was limited to a 26 kill percent for the match. The U.S. jumped out to early leads in all three sets, star ng with an 8-2 advantage in the first set. The Americans reached the second technical meout leading 16-9 before closing out the set with nine of the final 10 points. The U.S. scored five of its seven blocks in the opening set. In the second set, Team USA inched its leads to 8-4 and 16-8 at the technical meouts and rolled to the 25-12 victory as it scored seven of its 13 aces in the frame. Japan fell behind 8-3 in the third set, but hung close at 20-14. The U.S. finished the set at 25-17.
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