2021-05-28 17:19 By: Xinhua
RIMINI, Italy, May 27 (Xinhua) Japan, the United States and Turkey remained unbeaten after the conclusion of the first week of play at the 2021 FIVB women s Volleyball Nations League.
Japan, who had hammered reigning Olympic champions China 3-0 on Wednesday, beat South Korea 25-18, 25-18 and 27-25 for their third straight victory. Sarina Koga led the Japanese scoring with 20 points and Mayu Ishikawa added 18. In the first and second sets we played a good game against Korea. In the third, we struggled to close the set and match, but eventually we managed to do it, said Ishikawa. We have had a great start in the tournament, and we want to continue it this way. We will do our best in the next matches.
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Minnesota Golden Gophers senior opposite hitter Stephanie Samedy received a pair of huge honors on Wednesday when she was named a First Team All-American, and the recipient of the Senior CLASS Award for volleyball. Samedy is now a four-time All-American and becomes just the second ever Gopher to win the Senior Class Award.
The Senior CLASS Award is given annually to the most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I women’s volleyball. The award is chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I women’s volleyball coaches, national volleyball media, and fans. Samedy becomes the second Gopher to win the award after Paige Tapp was honored in 2016.