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USA complete formidable weekend at home

 

CHICAGO, United States, June 17, 2018 - Matthew Anderson served up some magic to help push the USA closer to the VNL finals and make it a weekend to remember in Chicago as Iran were beaten 3-0 (29-27 25-20 26-24) to maintain their formidable home turf record. 

 

John Speraw’s team were clinical all over the court but especially dangerous from the service line with Anderson finishing with three aces as well as 13 spikes and two blocks to seal the triumph which should ensure the second placed Americans finish in the top six and make the trip to Lille at the start of July. 

 

You have to go back to Juy 2016 for the last time the US lost a set at home and after racking up a perfect record in Chicago with straight-set wins over Poland, Serbia and now the plucky Iranians, that excellent run continues.  

 

There were a total of eight aces while the consistent threats of Aaron Russell - 11 points - and Torey Delfaco - 10 points - added to the pressure.


Milad Ghara performed well again, bagging nine spikes, two blocks and two aces while the big hitting Porya Yali also impressed with 13 points. 

 

Iran’s VNL campaign may now be over but they have shown enough in the last few weeks to confirm there’s plenty to build on for next year’s tournament.