Asian Championship 2011 – Match 5 – AUS vs IND

Welcome to Australia’s 5th match of the tournament against India. The winner of this match will go on and play Kazahkstan tomorrow for the 9th position. The loser plays off against Sri Lanka for the 11th position.

The match is scheduled for 2.30pm AEST. The Indian team are on court going through their stretching exercises. We will see the Aussies out there shortly.

Game v India. Smallest crowd attendance so far.
Starting line up: Orchard, Jensen, Maycock, Rourke, Praski, Bertolacci. Libero: Choat
Orchard is given the instruction to serve to 5. Starts the game with an unplayable serve. Aus lead 1-0
India cross court hit, chased out of court by Rourke who nearly flattened the ball boys!
Rourke hits out 1-2
Great pass by Orchard, middle set to double block 1-3
Overpass by ROuke, smashed back at Aussies 1-4
Bertolacci splits the block with ball to 2 and Maycock. Aussies back on track 2-4
India tools off Praski 2-5
Ross.E. makes a great pass. Rourke to a double block is shut out. 2-6
Praski kills an overpass 3-6
Maycock to serve. Instruction is to 5. Puts the pressure on India. Rourke puts the outside ball away for a winner 4-6
Maycock serve again pressures India receivers. Rourke shuts out overpass. 5-6
Massive Stuff block by Praski 6-6
India hits around Praski and out. 7-6 OOps it was in. 6-7
India tip wide 7-7
Rouke jump serve puts india under pressure. Orchard off hands keeps the ball in play. India hit into the net trying to avoid the Aussie block. Australia lead into the first technical time out 8-7
Rourke to continue serving. Good pass by India but better pick up by Ross. India find the seam on our block 8-8
Ross pass sets up back court play to Rourke who puts it away for a winner.
Praski serves line, India hit line for a winner. 9-9
Choat on for Praski.
Miscommunication on the quick ball between Bertolacci and Jensen 9-10
Rourke great pass, Jensen runs the dummy and Orchard hits. But india find the floor our our side.
Maycock shank 9-12
Coach Manser calls a time out
Orchard finds hands to hit off 10-12
Bertolacci to serve. India hit line for an off arm winner. 10-13
Choat pass, Bertolacci sets high to Maycock, who puts it away for a winner. 11-13
Orchard serves, India under pressure. They hit the antennae 12-13
Orchard serves long 12-14
Rourke given a high ball close and puts it away for the kill 13-14
Jensen serves line to line. Praski jump sets, Aussies scrambling but India tip for an win 13-15
Rourke into block, off hands for a winner. 14-15
Bertolacci off, Bates on.
Maycock serve putting pressure on India. They hit out 15-15
Praski kill block 16-15. Australia lead into the 2nd technical time out 16-15.
Maycock continues to serve. India run a combination play, ball lands in just in front of Ross. 16-16
Great pass by Ross, fantastic set by Bates, Rourke hits high and over the block for a kill mid court. 17-16
India into hands and out for their point 17-17
Ross with inventive style sets the ball up for play. Ball touched off block for India 17-18
Australia not able to put the ball away, India wins point 17-19
Orchard off, Frostick on
India dump middle for an easy win 17-20
Aussies fooled by combination play 17-21
Coach Manser calls second time out.
Rourke puts away back court ball. 18-21
Blockers not getting to quick play 18-22
Jensen tips low ball wide 18-23
Rourke makes back court spike count 19-23
Bates to serve. India hits wide 20-23
INdia call time out
Bates to continue to serve.Maycock attempts the dump. India take out the net. Point Aus 21-23
INdia not liking the pressure. Hit into the antennae. India call second time out.
Bates continues to put pressure on India receivers. They hit wide. 23-23
Bates serves out 23-24

India ace serve for the set 23-25
Second set: Line up Frostick, Jensen, Maycock, rourke, Praski, Bates, Libero: Choat
India win the first point hitting through the seam of the block between Jensen and Rourke 0-1
Rourke saves a short ball and puts away a winner. 1-1
Jensen serves putting pressure on India. Bates/Praski combination take the point. 2-1
Stuff block by Maycock. 3-1
Jensen continues with the tough serves. India hit off block for the point. 3-2
Praski/Bates combination doesn’t work 3-3
Frostick pass too close to save 3-4
Maycock tries to hit off block on a close set. 3-5
Aussies leave a deep serve 3-6
Bertolacci on/Bates off
Aussies go to the go to girl, Rourke puts the ball away for a win 4-6

Aussies scrambling but not winning the point. 4-7
Praski/Bertolacci slide puts pressure on INdia 6-7
Rourke Ace serve 6-7. There’s a credit.
Two serves, two aces. (That’s a hunge) 7-7
Third serve too deep. 7-8.  India lead into the first technical time out 7-8
Frostick off hands for the kill. 8-8
Praski to serve. Jensen kill block.9-8
Praski jump float puts pressure on the Indian. Bertolacci/Jensen stuff block 10-8

India hit cross court for point 10-9
India hit out 11-9
Bertolacci serves, Maycock leaves the line and India take it for the point. 11-10
Tough cross court serve, Maycock pass error. 11-11
Bertolacci sets Frostick in 2, splitting the block. Frostick puts ball away down the line. 12-11
Frostick serves out 12-12
India off hands for tip win 12-13
Maycock hits cross court for the winner 13-13
Jensen to serve. India into Maycock/Praski block and out. 13-14
INdia serving error 14-14
Praski tips the slide for a winner 15-14
Praski stuff block 16-14. Australia lead into the second technical time out.
India combination play takes the point. 16-15
Bertolacci splits the blockers for Rourke to put away an easy kill. 17-15
India hits around Praski 17-16
Block by Bertolacci/Praski. 18-16
Praski float serve is good, but India front court setter slams down an easy dump. 18-17
Aus serve receive error. 18-18
Ref calls 4 hits on Aussies. 18-19
India serve hits the net and rolls over. 18-20
Aussies not scrambling too well. Coach Manser calls time out 18-21
ross ignores the IN call by Rourke. Ball out by metres. 19-21
Bertolacci set gives Frostick opportunity for roll shot down the line for the winner. 20-21
Bertolacci sets Frostick for the line kill. 21-21
Bertolacci to serve again. Mix up serve puts pressure on India. Frostick tips for a winner. 22-21

India off hands and into the Aus court for a point. 22-22
Great play by the Aussies, cross court winner by Maycock. 23-22
Frostick to serve. Tough serve, shanked by India 24-22
India calls time out.
Frostick to serve for the set.  Deep serve puts the pressure on. Rourke combines with Jensen for block, India rebound hit next ball deep down line. 24-23
Aussies reply with a Rourke kill 25-23
Australia level the game 1 set each.
3rd set sees Watt on for Jensen. Frostick who is playing well stays on.
Frostick, Watt, Maycock, Rourke, Praski, Bertolacci. Libero: Choat.
Frostick serve puts pressure on INdia, who hit out. 1-0
Another great serve by Frostick. Watt reads the block well, Rourke hits short ball into the net. 1-1
Rourke makes up for it by killing the next ball mid court. 2-1
Watt to serve, difficult floater, too difficult for India. 3-1
India combination play beats our blockers 4-2
India serves into the net 4-2
Maycock to serve. Another run around play by India gets past our blockers 4-3
India hit off Rourke down the line 4-4
Bertolacci gives Rourke a sweet ball, who puts it away mid court. 5-4
Rourke to serve. Aussie error 5-5
Ross quick pass, great Bertolacci slide set, put away by Praski.
India hit off hands 6-6
Bertolacci making some great sets, finds Frostick who puts away a cross court winner.
Bertolacci serves into the net. 7-7

Day on for Maycock

Rourke nominated as on court captain.
India serve into the net. Point to the coach!
Australia lead into the first technical time out 8-7
The crowd has multiplied 10 fold.
Frostick to serve.
Great deep float serve. India make setting error 9-7
Frostick to serve again. hits same spot. INdia run a combination play. Watt nearly stops it. 9-8

Ross pass is on the money, Bertolacci sets Watt who hits a mid court winner. 10-8

INdia hit base line 10-9
Aus blocked out10-10
Rourke has two attempts, kills the 2nd. 11-10

Day to serve.

Deep floater, India hit off hands and out the back of court. 11-11
ross pass sets up Bertolacci dump for a winner. 12-11
Rourke to serve. Bertolacci/Praski combine for quick middle play for the point. 13-11
rourke serve knocks India receiver over. Great pick up down the line by Day. Great setting by Bertolacci, Praski just went for too big a hit and hit wide 13-12
Great offensive play by the Aussies, sets Frostick up for down the line winner 14-12
Praski serve into the net 14-13
Frostick another kill 15-13
Bertolacci to serve. India combination play hit long. 16-13 Australia lead into the second technical time out.
Rourke back court hit, hit the net and trickles over for the win. 17-13
Watt blocking well. Ross, the biggest libero ever is playing extremely well. India hit off hands for the win. 17-14
India hit wide but called touched 17-15
Jen Day splits the block for cross court kill 18-15
Frostick tries too hard on the serve and misses to the right. 18-16
Rourke finds the block 18-17
Balls too short and low for Rourke to swing at. India back in the game 18-18
Coach Manser call time out. Great pass, Bertolacci reads the block well sets Day one on one who hits down the line for the kill. 19-18
Praski covers her own block with her foot and keeps the game going, but India win the point 19-19
India hit long 20-19
Australia dont close the gap in the block and India make full use of it. 20-20
Maycock on for Day. rourke steps into the middle to help and stuff blocks 21-20
rourke to serve. Serves long.21-21
Great rally, sees India hit long. 22-21. INdia call time out.
Praski to serve. Short jump float puts pressure on India. Frostick hits off hands for the kill 23-21
Deep float by Praski. India reply finding the seam between Frostick and Watt.
23-22
Set pushed too wide, Frostick can’t save it.
Frostick puts ball away for winner. 24-23
Great blocking by Watt.

Frostick tips for the kill. 25-23
Australia lead 2 sets to 1
Fourth set line up. Frostick, Maycock, Watt, Rourke, Praski, Bertolacci.  Libero Ross
Ordinary pass, Great chase by Bertolacci, Smash cross court by Rourke 1-0
India hit wide 2-0
Great serving by Watt putting pressure on the Indian receivers. INdia hit wide 3-0
Back court tip by Frostick 4-0
Watt serves deep ACE. (That’s a credit)
India call a time out. 5-0
Watt continues to pressure India with her serve. India cross hit, catches Frostick on the line 5-1
Carry by Australia 5-2
Maycock has the line to hit, but misses deep. 5-3
rourke and Bertolacci getting the sets to work. Rourke puts away another winner. 6-3
India hit off hands 6-4
India serve into the net. 7-4
Aussies serve tough, off hands for a winner.  Australia lead into the first technical time out 8-4
Rourke to continue serving. Uses the net to trickle the ball over.  India reply with cross court winner. 8-5
India hit off hands 8-6
Rourke with back court kill 9-6.
Praski jump float change up serve gives us an easy point. 10-6
INDIA hit off hands down the line 10-7
Aussies let an easy ball land mid court. 10-8
India serve hits the net and trickles over. A flying Watt unable to pick it up. 10-9
Maycock passing error 10-10
Coach Manser calls a time out.
Passing line up Ross, Rourke, Frostick. Frostick hits through block for a kill. 11-10
Aussies leave too much line for the Indians. 11-11
All in the net, Ref calls to our favour 12-11
India roll the ball into the middle of the court again for an easy point. 12-12
India serve into the net. 13-12
Great serve by Watt again. Pressuring the Indians. India hits off Rourke’s hands 13-13
Rourke fired up now, hits another mid court winner. 14-13
Maycock to serve, deep floater,…too deep. 14-14 (That’s a fine)
Easy service error by Aussies. Point to India 14-15
Rourke again, the go to girl, 15-15
India hit through Australia block 15-16. India lead into the second technical time out.
Frostick makes the pass on a difficult float serve. Bertolacci sets Praski up for slide kill. 16-16
India hit wide  down the line. 17-16
Frostick tips for a kill. 18-16
Praski jump float serves for a winner 20-16
Praski ACE serve 20-16. (That’s a credit)
India call time out
India make adjustments to get the Praski serve. combination play wins the point. 20-17
Frostick too much angle 20-18
Watt blocking everywhere! then combines with Bertolacci for the kill through the middle. 21-18
India hits cross court off block for a point. 21-19
Great play by Aussies, see Watt hit just out. 21-20
INdia serve out deep 22-19
India through the block 22-21
Rourke on fire – winner cross court 23-21
Watt to serve. Pressures india. India try to break through a Rourke/Praski block but shut down! 24-21
Set point Australia
Bertolacci/Praski combination in the middle see Australia win the 4th set. 25-21

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