Sunday, 17 July 2016

Princess Cup South East Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Tournament: Australia,Vietnam,Philippines and Thailand win their respective matches on Day 2.

Princess Cup South East Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Tournament saw great spiking action on second day as Australia faced Malaysia in the opening game.The Aussies wasted no time and controlled the game from the onset as they hurried to a win in the opening set by 25-09 margin.In the second set Malaysian spikers showed some spirit as they rallied on with some spirited performance in second set but the Aussies showed class and control as they used their height and reach to advantage to seal the second set by 25-17 margin.In the third set Australia started off well but however in the midway they seemed to lost the plot making some errors of the net and of the court allowing Malaysia a sniff back into the game as the set went down all the way to the wire but Australia managing to pull the set of 25-22 margin to win by comprehensive 3-0 margin.
Australia vs Malaysia (3-0) : 25-09; 25-17 and 25-22

In the second match of the day Vietnam faced Indonesia as Vietnam started as favorites in battle for South Asian supremacy.Vietnam had a comfortable opening set as they caught Indonesia napping in the opening two sets winning by comprehensive 25-15 and 25-17 margin Vietnam were clinical in the opening two sets as they stretched Indonesia all over the court and surprised them with big smashes across the net to scurry to a 2-0 lead. As Vietnam looked to run away with the game Indonesia came back strong in the third set as tactical substitution worked well for Indonesia as they lead by good 5 to 7 point margin all through the third set. As Indonesia looked to pull a set back Vietnam kept their rivals in sight as they fought back point by point to stage a late dramatic comeback in the final set eventually winning by 26-24 margin to complete a 3-0 drubbing.
Vietnam vs Indonesia (3-0) : 25-15;25-17 and 26-24

In the third match of the day Philippines triumphed New Zealand(3-1) by 25-23;25-13;17-25 and  25-17 .

The final match of the day host Thailand faced Singapore.Thailand were overwhelmingly favorite to win the clash in front of a vocal crowd as they blanked Singapore 25-05;25-08 and 25-07 to saili through a comfortable 3-0 win.Thailand were no match for Singapore as they toyed with their opposition with strong tactical formational play to beat Singapore in less than an hour.
Thailand vs Singapore (3-0): 25-05;25-08 and 25-07

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