[johnbar]

Kind of a wild match for Cochrane/Hancock.  I turned it on half way through the first set, at the technical time-out, and they were down 14-7.  The teams mostly traded points until the Chinese got to set point at 20-15 (I think; might have been 20-14).  The Canadians managed to tie it and get their own set point at 21-20.  Neither team could close it out, until the Chinese finally finished it 33-31.

The second set was almost a mirror image.  Cochrane/Hancock jumped to the early lead (4-0, 9-3), but the Chinese gradually caught up.  It also went extra points, but the Canadians won this one, 24-22.

The third set was similar to the first, with Canadians jumping out to 5-0 lead, but the Chinese quickly closed the gap, and went ahead 10-8.  It was tied again at 11, but then the Chinese scored four in a row to finish it.

There didn't seem to be any wind (checked the weather), so no "good side".  Just streaky.  Well, they are still in high school (mostly).

The stream was a single fixed camera, fairly high up, so I could hardly tell the players apart.  I'm not sure I saw any successful blocks (i.e., that resulted in a point).

A shame to go all that way for a single match.  I hope they enjoyed practicing and interacting with the other teams.

BTW, although Ruby Cochrane is representing Canada, she lives in Hermosa Beach and attends Mira Costa.  Her beach club is MB Sands, run by Patti and Mike Dodd.  So she's got good coaches. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubycochrane/

[johnbar]

Kind of a wild match for Cochrane/Hancock.  I turned it on half way through the first set, at the technical time-out, and they were down 14-7.  The teams mostly traded points until the Chinese got to set point at 20-15 (I think; might have been 20-14).  The Canadians managed to tie it and get their own set point at 21-20.  Neither team could close it out, until the Chinese finally finished it 33-31.

The second set was almost a mirror image.  Cochrane/Hancock jumped to the early lead (4-0, 9-3), but the Chinese gradually caught up.  It also went extra points, but the Canadians won this one, 24-22.

The third set was similar to the first, with Canadians jumping out to 5-0 lead, but the Chinese quickly closed the gap, and went ahead 10-8.  It was tied again at 11, but then the Chinese scored four in a row to finish it.

There didn't seem to be any wind (checked the weather), so no "good side".  Just streaky.  Well, they are still in high school (mostly).

The stream was a single fixed camera, fairly high up, so I could hardly tell the players apart.  I'm not sure I saw any successful blocks (i.e., that resulted in a point).

A shame to go all that way for a single match.  I hope they enjoyed practicing and interacting with the other teams.

BTW, although Ruby Cochrane is representing Canada, she lives in Hermosa Beach and attends Mira Costa.  Her beach club is MB Sands, run by Patti and Mike Dodd.  So she's got good coaches. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubycochrane/