VIETNAM was unrelentless in defending its crown by staving off a tall Kazakhstan squad in four sets, 25-14, 25-19, 14-25, 25-23, to stay unbeaten in the Asian\u00a0Volleyball Confederation Challenge Cup\u00a0for Women on Friday\u00a0at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.<\/p>\n
Opposite spiker Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen racked up 30 points\u201426 on attacks\u2014three blocks and one service ace\u2014to help the Vietnamese top Pool B with a 3-0 won-lost card.<\/p>\n
The Vietnamese opened its bid by beating Singapore, 25-8, 29-27, 25-10, and Hong Kong, 25-13, 25-17, 25-16, earlier in the tournament organized by the Philippine National Vollyball Federation headed by Ramon \u201cTats\u201d Suzara and supported by Meralco, PLDT,\u00a0Smart,\u00a0Akari,\u00a0AyalaLand,\u00a0Nuvali,\u00a0Foton, POC, PSC, Mikasa,\u00a0Senoh, Asics, Maynilad, Makati Shangri-La,\u00a0Rebisco,\u00a0Cignal,\u00a0OneSports,\u00a0OneSports+ and\u00a0PilipinasLive.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really\u00a0didn\u2019t have a game against Kazakhstan for a long time, like six years,\u201d team captain Tranh Thi Thanh Thuy said. \u201cThis time, they are really tall and strong, so they are a little bit intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut our team did pretty well today. I\u2019m very proud,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
The Vietnamese go for a sweep of Pool B if against Indonesia on Sunday at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith\u00a0all the players we have now, we are confident to take the championship because now we have a good connection,\u201d Thuy said.<\/p>\n
Iran rallied past Chinese-Taipei, 24-26, 25-20, 25-18, 28-26, to go 1-1 in Pool A also on Friday and bounce back from its 17-25, 23-25, 21-25 loss to India on opening day.<\/p>\n
Aytak Salamat delivered 23 points, 22 on attacks, and Shadehsari Poorsaleh had 18 kills for Iran, which faces host Philippines on Saturday at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was necessary to keep calm,\u201d skipper Dorsa Fallahkordkhel said. \u201cWe don\u2019t have enough experience last time but now that we\u2019re in our second match, so we watched their movements and we listened to all that coach.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMost in our team are young. We develop our experience every match so that we can improve also. We believe in ourselves, and we try to be better every game,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Chinese-Taipei suffered its third straight beating to stay winless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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