(Rimini, Italy) June 17, 2021: Canada earned its fourth victory and second 3-0 win in two days at Volleyball Nations League on Thursday.

"I'm happy with the way my team fought today," Gord Perrin, team captain with 14 points today, said in the post-match interview.  "I feel it's a step forward in this match... we haven't played our best volleyball so far, but in the games against Germany and Japan we played better and we were able to win."

Ryan Sclater was top scorer in the match with 16 points, Stephen Maar and Arthur Szwarc both had 11 points. Canada was strong in serving today with seven aces, compared with one for Japan, as well as in blocking (6-2).

Yesterday, Canada beat Germany but fell to Poland on Tuesday. On Friday, the women’s team resumes play and faces Italy, and the men return next week for their final matches.  

Women’s update is here.
In Canada, matches are live online and select matches are on CBC TV: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/broadcast
 
Recap of recent results:

Week 4 (Men) 
June 17
JPN vs CAN 0-3 (22-25, 23-25,18-25)
June 16
CAN vs GER 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 25-21)
June 15
CAN vs POL 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 19-25)

Week 4 (Women)
June 14
KOR vs CAN 3-2 (15-25, 25-18, 27-29, 25-20, 21-19)
June 13
RUS vs CAN 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-14)
June 12
CAN vs SRB 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-21, 25-18)

Week 3 (Men)
June 11
CAN vs FRA 1-3 (25-20, 21-25, 22-25, 17-25)
June 10
RUS vs CAN 3-1 (25-18, 25-18, 23-25, 25-23)
June 09
SLO vs CAN 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-22)
 
Week 3 (Women)
June 08
CAN vs NED 0-3 (19-25,12-25, 21-25)
June 07 
CAN vs JPN 0-3 (16-25, 15-25, 15-25)
June 06
CAN vs POL 2-3 (25-22, 25-21, 21-25, 17-25, 7-15)
 
For full VNL results and updates, see the event web site:
https://en.volleyballworld.com/volleyball/competitions/vnl-2021/

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