USA advance to FIVB U18 World Championship quarterfinals

ISMAILIA, Egypt, September 10, 2019 – USA advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIVB U18 Girls’ World Championship after defeating Egypt 3-0 (25-13, 27-25, 25-17) on Tuesday.

Jessica Mruzik scored 18 points, including three aces and two blocks, to lead the winners. Devyn Robinson added 8 points in the victory.

Meanwhile, Puerto Rico and Canada were defeated by Italy and Brazil and now are relegated to compete for the 9-16 positions.

Puerto Rico lost to Italy 3-0 (25-12, 25-18, 25-21). Italy dominated in attacks (31-15), blocks (6-4) and aces (8-5). The winners committed 27 errors compared to 30 by the losers.

Brazil swept Canada 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-19).  Brazil had a slight edge in attacks (23-22) and led in blocks (11-7) and aces (5-3). The Canadians committed 31 errors to 25 by the South American

In the opening of the playoff for the positions 17-20, Mexico defeated Cameroon 3-0 (25-13, 25-12, 25-20), while Belarus beat Congo 3-0 (25-11, 25-7, 25-20).