USA Completes Sweep with 3-1 Win over Poland to a Sold Out Crowd
Team USA generates a commanding lead in Group 1 Pool B of the 2015 FIVB World League competition by defeating Poland for the second night in a row to a sold out crowd (10,000) at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, IL. Aaron Russell led Team USA with 20 points on 19 kills and 1 block.Rookie national team player Russell’s hitting percentage was .826 against a tough Polish team. Poland was once again led by Bartosz Kurek with 12 kills and 1 service ace. The first set has Murphy Troy, David Smith and Aaron Russell across the front row. Matt Anderson, Max Holt and Micah Christenson in the back row. Erik Shoji was the libero throughout the match. Team Poland started Nowakowski, Mika, Kurek in the front and Drzyzga, Kubiak and Bieniek across the backrow. Team USA had a brief lead at 2-1 but never regained the lead from that point. Poland lead by 1 to 4 points throughout the set with Team USA last tying things up at 20-20. A tough Kurek jump serve handcuffed Shoji for an ace putting Poland u