Sep the 11 Sitting Women Senior
Canada’s sitting team comes on strong, but falls to Netherlands
Canada’s women’s sitting volleyball team came out swinging today, winning its first set, but then falling to the Netherlands 1-3 (25-22, 17-25, 17-25, 22-25) in front of 7000 fans at Riocentro.
Felicia Voss-Shafiq of Burnaby, B.C. served up four aces in a row to give Canada its first lead of the tournament 8-7 in opening set; helping the team to its first set win of the Paralympics.
I feel pretty good about how we played. We had a pretty solid game plan going in. We had hosted the Netherlands over the summer to help us train, so we know a lot of how they played and their systems.
Netherlands is ranked fifth in the world, and Canada is 14th in women's sitting volleyball.
The Canadian team has a few veterans, but also has acquired several players who are relatively new to the sport. This is the first-ever team Canada has sent to the Paralympics in this discipline.
Our coaches are phenomenal and are a big reason our program has grown so much over the last little while. We have recruited three really strong new players, a couple of players came back, and it’s really helped us.
Canada, now with two losses, plays Ukraine (ranked third in the world) on Tuesday September 13 at 6:30pm in Brazil, or 5:30 EDT.
Ukraine is a bigger team than we are...So we have to stick to our game plan and know how to work around them at the net