USA Downs Peru at Montreux 3-1

Montreux, Circa 1900

Next Up: Germany on Thursday

Led by Tayyiba Haneef-Park (20 points) and Kim Glass (18 points), the U.S. Women’s National Team opened the 2011 Montreux Volley Masters Tournament in Montreux, Switzerland yesterday with a 3-1 victory (25-7, 24-26, 25-11, 25-19) over Peru.  Former Penn Stater’s Alisha Glass, and Christa Harmotto started all four games, while Nicole Fawcett appeared in three games.  For a complete write-up of the match by Bill Kaufman of USA Volleyball, Click Here.  Below is a video replay of the match:


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On Thursday, June 9th, the U.S. Women will take on Germany, which lost on Tuesday to China, 3-2 (23-25, 27-25, 24-26, 25-22, 11-15) (for the complete list of remaining Qualification games, scroll down this page).

Here are the stats from the USA-Peru match:

Everybody Into the Pool

The eight teams in this year’s tournament are shown below. Click on the team’s name to see the team’s roster.

Pool A

China

Germany

Peru

USA

Pool B

Cuba

Italy

Japan

Netherlands

Remaining Qualification Games: June 8, 2011 to June 10, 2011

Date
Time
Results
NED
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CUB
Wednesday, 06.08.11
16:30
JPN
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ITA
Wednesday, 06.08.11
18:30
PER
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GER
Wednesday, 06.08.11
21:00
CHN
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PER
Thursday, 06.09.11
16:30
GER
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USA
Thursday, 06.09.11
18:30
JPN
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NED
Thursday, 06.09.11
21:00
ITA
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NED
Friday, 06.10.11
16:30
CUB
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JPN
Friday, 06/10.11
18:30
USA
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CHN
Friday, 06.10.11
21:00