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Post by jna on Sept 6, 2015 8:21:22 GMT -5
Unfortunately the plans of achieving the triple crown didn't come true. Team USA was beaten by two of the strongest teams ( Serbia and Russia) at the tournament and struggled a lot against other two strong teams (China and Japan) in order to prevail. Should this be a red flag for us on what's to come in the next olympics?. Would Russ Rose be the one and only capable of achieving such feat?.
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Post by trojansc on Sept 6, 2015 17:52:12 GMT -5
AWARDS
MVP - Zhu Ting (CHN)
Best Setter - Niverka Marte (DOM) Best Middle - Daymara Lescay (CUB) Best Middle - Tetori Dixon (USA) Best Outside - Brankcica Mihajlovic (SRB) Best Outside - Tatiana Kosheleva (RUS) Best Opposite - Nataliya Obmocheavea (RUS) Best Libero - Brenda Castillo (DOM)
Huge fan of Dominican Republic and I am stunned Marte got best Setter. Castillo routinely is awarded Best lib, and as deserved, but this tournament I was extremely impressed with Russia's libero.
And I don't want that to seem like I'm bagging on Marte as a setter. I think she has a great tempo with her sets, but wow Best Setter at the World Cup is a big title.
Also not sure about the middle selections. Congrats to Dixon though.
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Post by kro2488 on Sept 6, 2015 18:34:02 GMT -5
Unfortunately the plans of achieving the triple crown didn't come true. Team USA was beaten by two of the strongest teams ( Serbia and Russia) at the tournament and struggled a lot against other two strong teams (China and Japan) in order to prevail. Should this be a red flag for us on what's to come in the next olympics?. Would Russ Rose be the one and only capable of achieving such feat?. Overall this is not surprising to me, I saw signs of this happening when we were playing China when they were at full strength even before the World Cup. Being the number 1 team in the world doesn't mean you get an easy shot at a gold medal. If you don't rise to the occasion and play your best when it matters you will have less than optimum results. We will have just as much of a chance as any of the other top teams to medal, just depends who we play and how consistent we are, that's the only issue.
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