ARLINGTON 鈥� Attackers Kiera Van Ryk of Surrey, sa国际传媒, and Alexa Gray of Calgary each had 13 points as sa国际传媒 beat South Korea 3-0 Sunday in women's Volleyball Nations League action.
The Canadians won each set comfortably by scores of 25-15, 25-12 and 25-18.
Middle blocker Emily Maglio of Coquitlam, sa国际传媒, had nine points and setter Brie O鈥橰eilly of Langley, sa国际传媒, had five aces and seven total points.
sa国际传媒 dominated in attack points (44-21), blocks (8-5) and aces (9-4).
The Canadian women are still vying for a place at this summer's Olympics in Paris.
Seven women鈥檚 teams have already qualified. The remaining five spots will go to the top five not-yet-qualified teams in the FIVB rankings as of the end of the Volleyball Nations League preliminary phase.
sa国际传媒 was ranked 10th after the win over South Korea and improved to 5-3 in VNL play.
"There are no easy games in VNL," said sa国际传媒 head coach Shannon Winzer. "Coming out against Korea we wanted to put a lot of pressure on them with serve, work to be clean on block and have our attackers vary their attack in angles and shots.
"Most importantly we wanted to remind ourselves to enjoy playing the game! I think we did a pretty good job, and can find confidence going into an important round three."
The next round is in Fukuoka, Japan, where sa国际传媒 plays Italy on June 11, and then Japan, Netherlands and France.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 2, 2024.
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