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USA qualify to Top-8 with undefeated record

KORTRIJK, Belgium, July 11, 2021 The USA Women advanced to the Final Eight of the FIVB U20 World Championship with an undefeated 3-0 win-loss record after defeating Turkey in straight sets 3-0 (25-18, 27-25, 25-22) on Sunday.


Allysa Batenhorst, Emily Londot and Allison Jacobs each collected 11 points to lead the American offense. They previously got victories over Russia (3-1) and Thailand (3-0).


The competition moves now to the Netterlands where the top two teams of each of the four pools will compete in two new pools for the positions 1 to 8 while the two teams of the bottom will move to two pools to play for the 8 to 16 places.


Emily Landot, USA's opposing attacker: “Our block really came out today. We have been working on it, our timing and Emily Landot, USA's opposing attacker: “Our block really came out today. We have been working on it, our timing and the urgency to do it, paid off. We worked as a team, we never gave up. Furthermore, we play with a lot of heart, we leave it all on the floor. We give it our all - this is what makes us Team USA."