2018 FIVB VNL: USA v. Japan - Tues, May 22, 6:10 AM EDT

[Gilmoy]

09-16 Bartsch-Hackley jf ace deep right (K.Inoue sprawling left). s/8h Mami Uchiseto/2h Sarina Koga/
09-17 Bartsch-Hackley, Shinnabe tight right seam tool right (through Hill's forearms)
10-17 Iwasaka jf, Adams curl 1 turn mid-right dug over, Hill 2m left seam off block not dug
10-18 Adams jf long
11-18 Shinnabe jf, Murphy right line tool right. Slightly underran it and leaned back, but it helped her line angle
11-19 Murphy jf, Uchiseto left seam not dug (Bartsch-Hackley)
12-19 Uchiseto jf, Ishii left seam squeeze down, saved but over wide right
13-19 Uchiseto jf, ..., Bartsch-Hackley pipe turn mid-left net
14-19 Uchiseto jf, Hill left seam shanked high behind outer endboard (Uchiseto)
14-20 Hill jf, Shimamura slide cross, Gibbemeyer slide cross, Ishii roll tape saved, Bartsch-Hackley left tip short line no dive
14-21 Tj2

[hoosierdraft]

Robinson passing dimes.

[Gilmoy]

14-21 Hill jf, Shimamura low-3 push upward blocked (Gibbemeyer) no cover
14-22 Hill jf, Ishii inside left seam off block, Hill pipe seam tool through (Ishii)
14-23 Hill jf inside-out just wide right
15-23 Shimamura jf, Robinson nail Lloyd shoot Bartsch-Hackley left seam deep center bounce. s/Wilhite/Gibbemeyer/
15-24 Wilhite jf, Ishii left seam bounce
16-24 Tashiro jf hang net -- ugh, blown toss
16-25 = 0-2.

Resting Larson and Akinradewo for the bigger match-ups vs. NED and BEL? Looks like Karch judged that correctly. On the other side, HC Nakada is searching for a line-up with some verve.

[jay]

K Rob is going to put a Chokehold on her libero position and ride it right to Tokyo 20. She's never got to be a full-time starter plus this allows her to maintain that slender look that she wants for her modeling social media foodie thing that she likes to do on the internet

[jay]

Japan can't be happy with this performance in front of their Hometown fans

[Gilmoy]

10s Koyomi Tominaga 14h Michelle Bartsch-Hackley
8h Mami Uchiseto 5m Rachael Adams
3m Nana Iwasaka 12o Kelly Murphy
4o Risa Shinnabe 15h Kim Hill
7h Yuki Ishii 8m Lauren Gibbemeyer
9m Haruyo Shimamura 3s Carli Lloyd
15L Kotoe Inoue 23L Kelsey Robinson

Japan -20-16 USA, G3: Tominaga is in at setter for Tashiro!
00-00 Tominaga jf, Adams 1, Uchiseto left seam, Bartsch-Hackley left seam dug onto (their) right post not saved
00-01 Bartsch-Hackley jf, Iwasaka mini-3 cut left dug into net (Lloyd) not saved
01-01 ..., Hill left line beach-dug deep chased but no 2nd
01-02 Adams jf, ..., Hill left sharp cut not beach-dug
01-03 Adams jf, Ishii 32 turn seam deep mid-left bounce
02-03 Iwasaka jf, Bartsch-Hackley pipe mid-right shanked deep
02-04 Murphy jf, ..., Shinnabe right tip Robinson pancake, Hill left dug, ..., Bartsch-Hackley pipe dug, Murphy C deep center dug, ... Murphy & Lloyd chase to own bench back-bump free, Shimamura 1 turm mid-left bounce
03-04 Shinnabe jf, Hill left seam dug, Uchiseto pipe/C cut left not dug
04-04 Shinnabe jf, Hill left cross dug (Ishii), Ishii inside left seam blocked off her own left shoulder (Gibbemeyer)
04-05 Hill jf, Ishii left seam blocked left
05-05 Ishii jf, ...
05-06 Gibbemeyer jf bad pass (Uchiseto, K.Inoue both dove), Uchiseto inside left seam blocked
05-07 Gibbemeyer jf, Tominaga backset-dump no pancake
06-07 Shimamura jf, Adams slide cross, ..., Murphy pancake fails
07-07 Shimamura jf, ...
08-07 TT1

[Gilmoy]

08-07 Shimamura jf, ..., Uchiseto left seam roofed
08-08 Lloyd jf, Tominaga dump
09-08 Tominaga hf (slide serve!), Robinson bumpset Bartsch-Hackley inside left cross kick-shank wide right
09-09 Bartsch-Hackley jf, Ishikawa 1 cut left
10-09 Uchiseto jf, Murphy right seam, Shinnabe right over seam, Hill left line?
10-10 Adams jf, Shinnabe right line not dug (Adams)
10-11 Iwasaka jf wide right
11-11 Murphy jf, Shinnabe right line onto line. Hill starts way inside to help on 1s and pipes, and cedes the line shot
12-11 Shinnabe jf, Hill 2m left cross dug (K.Inoue), Ishii left line tool left
13-11 Shinnabe jf, Hill left line, Ishii inside left roll net -- mi%*$#
13-12 Hill jf, Ishii 2m left long diagonal backspin/floater way long. Japan challenge block touch ... (Nakada is too polite, she doesn't use both challenges every set like the men's HCs)

[Gilmoy]

... Gibbemeyer's left ring finger micro-quivers! Touched
14-12 Ishii jf just wide left
14-13 Gibbemeyer jf bad pass, Tominaga spin-and-hooks tight, both Bartsch-Hackley and Adams jump for it, Bartsch-Hackley awkward hook dink, Tominaga hits on 2! s/Kurogo/Shimamura/
15-13 Kurogo jf, ...
16-13 TT2

[akbar]

Is this a good Japan team? at least potentially?

[hoosierdraft]

The Wilhite serving sub has not garnered a point yet.

[Deleted]

The Wilhite serving sub has been exceptionally ineffective.

[Gilmoy]

16-13 Kurogo hf, Bartsch-Hackley left seam dug over (Kurogo), Hill pipe? s/Shimamura/Kurogo)
16-14 Lloyd jf, Ishii 32 turn over seam touched long
17-14 Tominaga slide serve net
17-15 Bartsch-Hackley jf, Shinnabe left seam dug into USA's bench (Bartsch-Hackley) not saved
18-15 Uchiseto jf, Hill left tip short center dive late (Ishii). s/Wilhite/Adams/
18-16 Wilhite jf, Iwasaka back-1 seam bounce. s/Adams/Wilhite/, s/20h Arisa Inoue/Iwasaka/
19-16 A.Inoue jf, Murphy right cross? s/Iwasaka/A.Inoue/
19-17 Murphy jf, Ishii left line sidespins wide
19-18 Murphy jf, Shinnabe tight right seam roofed (Hill)
19-19 Tj1

[Deleted]

Murphy is god-awful.

[hoosierdraft]

So what does Murphy bring to the game when playing RB?

[Gilmoy]

19-19 Murphy jf, Ishii 32 seam bounce -- that play always works, our swing-blocking overshoots
20-19 Shinnabe jf, Hill tight left push, Ishii inside left seam, Hill left off seam touched deep
20-20 Hill jf, Ishii 32 tip short left Murphy dive-twist not saved. Robinson's pancakes are having a bonus effect on the rest of us
21-20 Ishii jf, Bartsch-Hackley left roll short line no dive -- nobody expects that!
21-21 Gibbemeyer jf, Uchiseto left seam dug, blown helpset Murphy sets free, Uchiseto left cross to right sideline
22-21 Shimamura jf, Bartsch-Hackley left roll off seam dive-dug over, Bartsch-Hackley kills it
22-22 Lloyd jf, bad pass free, Murphy right cross dug tight pushed over, ..., Tominaga kill dug, Ishii pipe mid-right dug, Bartsch-Hackley tight left cross roofed (Iwasaka)
23-22 Tominaga slide-serve long
23-23 Bartsch-Hackley jf, Shinnabe left cross dug tight (Robinson), Hill tight left push, ..., Murphy tight right line blocked behind her just wide
23-24 Tj2