Welcome to Taipei National University stadium for Australia’s second of the round robin matches to decide positions 9-14. We won yesterday match against Turkmenistan by forfeit.
The match will commence in about 35 minutes time at 2pm AEST. Both teams are on court now going through their warm ups.
Official warm up at the net has started. The girls are hitting freely and looking good.
Game Time: Starting line up 1st Set: Orchard, Jensen, Maycock, Rourke, Praski, Bertolacci, Libero Choat
Sri Lanka to serve.
Back court set up to Rourke, who floats out for point to Sri Lanka.
Rourke into the net, 0-2
Sri Lanka serves into the net 1-2
Jensen into the net on serve 1-3
Aussies passing isnt too good. Rourke keeps the ball in play, Aussies tip for a win. Triple block again on Rourke. Aussie scrambline well in the rally. Rourke off hands for a point. 3-3
Sri Lanka hits around the block for a point 3-4
Bertolacci and Praski combine for kill block. 4-4
Rourke to jump serve. Sri Lanka attempt to tip over Praski, don’t make the net. 5-4
Sri Lanka setter tries to dump , Bertolacci and Praski combine for middle play win. 6-4
Rourke kill serve 7-4
Rourke serve, Bertolacci/Praski block combination play works again for the Aussies. Aussies lead into the first technical time out 8-4
Sri Lanka hit around Bertolacci for a kill down the line. 8-5
Orchard tools the block 9-5
Great pick up Maycock, but Sri Lanka tip for the win. 9-6
Ross on for Rourke. Nails the pass
Orchard hits over block to deep 1. 10-7
Bertolacci to serve.Sri Lanka miscommunication on attack. Easy block for the Aussies. 11-7
Easy serve, sets up combination play by the Sri Lankans 11-8
Block kill to Jensen 12-8
Point to Sir Lanka 12-9
Great passing by Choat, Bertolacci able to give Maycock one on one hitting advantage. Point to Ausies 13-9
Great blocking not giving Sri Lanka a chance 14-9
PRaski/Rouke block kill 15-9
Rourke cross court kill over triple block again. Australia leads into the second technical timeout 16-9
Great cover by Orchard picking up two Sri Lankan attacks. Maycock down the line for a winner 17-9
Short serve by Jensen puts Sri Lanka under pressure. Block kill Australia 18-9. Sri Lanka call a time out.
Jensen to continue erving. Praski all over the setter trying to tip. SRI into the net. 19-9
Sri Lanka off hands 19-10
tough serve, Aussie scramble. SRI hit out deep. 20-10
Bates on for Bertolacci. Congrats on 50th game for Australia!!!!
Ace serve for Maycock 21-10
SRI call 2nd time out.
Australia going too early on the block and not penetrating. Easy wipe off for SRI.
Bates tips, SRI hits into the net 22-11
rourke to serve. Back court hit by SRI over triple block wins the point. 2-12
Maycock makes a great pass, quick play combination between Bates and Praski win the point. 23-12
SRI off hands for point. 23-13
Bates sets Orchard one on one, who hits sharp angle cross court around blocker for the kill 24-13
SRI shank the serve
Australia take out the first set 25-13
Second set line up: Bates on Bertolacci off. Watt on Praski off
Orchard, Jensen, Maycock, Rourke, Watt, Bates. Libero for Watt is Choat
Aussies to Serve. Orchard has the ball.
Combination play by SRI, with third player up hitting the ball 0-1
Bates backsets fooling blockers, Maycock puts away an easy win.1-1
SRI pass into the net 2-1
Scramble play by the Aussies, sees Rourke push ball off hands for a win 3-1
Watt all over the SRI setter. Rourke puts away cross court ball for the win. 4-1
The Aussies are still too early on block giving SRI easy win off hands.
Rourke puts away easy cross court win. 5-2
SRI winner 5-3
Miscommunication between Watt/Bates 5-4
Rourke down the line off hands 6-4
Rourke jump serve off SRI hands for a winner 7-4
SRI float hits for easy pick up, Orchard hits cross court for the winner 8-4
Australia lead into the first technical time out 8-4
SRI cross court hit for a winner 8-5
Bates/Watt combine for point 9-5
Aussies dont form block, SRI easy winner 9-6
Bad pass 9-7
Rourke back court hit but foot on the 3m line 9-8
Aussies struggling with this server. 9-9
Experience of ORchard shows with a team settling down the line winner 10-9
Aussies still struggling with the block, SRI shank easy ball out of court 11-9
Bates to serve. leaves an out ball for point to Aussies. 12-9. SRI call time out
Aussies leaving the line, Bates makes the pick up. but SRI win the point 12-10
Great pass by Choat, sets up the quick middle hit Bates/Jensen combination for the kill 13-10
Great scrambling play by the Aussies, SRI pressured into a setter error. 14-10
Orchard back court spike catches the net 14-11
Triple block on Rourke still not enough. Rourke puts away another winner 15-11
Aussie serving putting pressure on SRI. Watt all over the block, SRI hit net. Aussies lead into 2nd technical time out 16-11
Jensen to continue serving. Block kill combination Watt/Maycock 17-11
Error Australia 17-12
Ross/Maycock miscommunication, SRI point on serve 17-13
Maycock makes the pass, ball slips through Bates hands, point SRI 17-14
SRI jump server giving Aus trouble. 17-15. Coach Manser calls a time out
Great pass by ORchard, scramble play by Aussies, sees Rourke put ball away for another winner.18-15
Watt tips for a winner 19-15. SRI call time out
SRI cross court winner 19-16
SRI serve out deep 20-16
Rourke to serve. SRI tip to middle of court for a winner. 20-17
SRI serve out wide 21-17
Great serve by Watt from 5 to the oppositions 5. Shanked by SRI 22-17
SRI shank 2nd serve by Watt 23-17
SRI cross court hit for the win 23-18
Choat on for Watt.
Off set sees Orchard float ball out back 23-19
Out call by refs 23-20
Great combination Jensen/Bates beats block 24-20
SRI find way around block 24-21
SRI again beat block 24-22
SRI serve into the net.
Australia win the second set 25-22. Australia lead 2 sets to 0
3rd Set Starting line up
Frostick on, Orchard off for a rest.
Frostick, Jensen, Maycock, Rourke, Watt, Bates. Libero Choat
SRI to serve.
SRI into the net to give Aus the early lead 1-0
Great block Maycock/Watt put pressure on SRI. SRI hits into the net next ball. 2-0
Jensen serves out (fine) 2-1
Cross court hit by Rourke, rebounds off SRI and out the back of the Aussie court. 3-1
Maycock serves SRI shanks. 4-1
Block error Aus 4-2
Rourke off hands kill. 5-2
SRI kill 5-3
Great pass by Aussies, set up Bates/Watt kill through the middle. 6-3
Frostick cross court for the winner. 7-3
SRI down the line for a kill. 7-4
Shank on serve by Aussies 7-5
Maycock great pass, Bates tips wide 7-6
SRI into the net 8-6
Australia lead into the 1st technical time out.
Bates serve puts pressure on SRI. Long rally, Maycock hits into hands, Aussies unable to get ball up. 8-7
Day on for Maycock
Day makes immediate impact. Off hands for a winner! 9-7
Great pick up by Bates, Day sets Rourke who finds the block 9-8
Bates/Jensen combination for quick behind play 10-8
Jensen serve puts pressure on SRI. Bates passes to Day who puts second ball away for the winner. 11-8
SRI call time out.
Jensen serve puts pressure on SRI again. Watt reaches for block. SRI point 11-9
Short ball to Rourke, Blockers jumping late get the block 11-10
Ball rolls along net and drops into court on Aussie side. 11-11
Coach Manser calls a time out.
Great pass by Frostick, lets Bates give Rourke one on one block. Rourke hits line for the win. 12-11
SRI get passed block 12-12
Bates makes aggressive dump 13-12
Rourke jump serve gives Aus easy pass. Bates puts ball away for easy point. 14-12
Rourke jump serves for ACE. SRI backing away from the ball.
SRI kill 15-13
Frostick hits line for kill 16-13. Australia lead into the 2nd technical time out.
Watt to serve. SRi hit line to pressure the Aussies. Frostick pushed too far wide takes out the antennae.16-14
Ross pass sets up slide play Jensen/Bates for the kill. 17-14
Frostick solo block kill 18-14
SRI calls time out
Bates serves, SRI shanks. 19-14
SRI combination play beats the Aussie block 19-15
Jensen trickles ball over, SRI tries to take the line, but hit net. 19-15
Frostick to serve, SRI hit off hands for the win. 20-16
Grat Choat pass, sets up Bates set to Day, down the line for the kill. 21-16
Rhi Watt for kill on the ‘C’ 22-16
Too much pressure for SRI, hitting error 23-16
Sri substitution
Wide set by SRI, sees themhit the antennae.
Great scramble play by the Aussies. SRI error. 25-16
Aussies win 3-0
Filed under: 2011 Asian Seniors
Congratulations on a solid win Australia, keep the momentum going girls, we are all barracking for you. The written commentary really keeps us in the picture,its a nail biting read ,good stuff.
Go Australia!!