Confirmed Teams for the 2010 Tournament include:
The Korean Air Jumbos (Korea)
UPCN (Argentina)
Zhejiang (China)
UC Irvine (USA)
+ Sada Cruzeiro (Brazil)
Tuesday, October 5
UPCN Voley (ARG) - UC Irvine (USA) 3-2 (22-25, 24-26, 25-17, 26-24, 15-12)
UPCN found its momentum after losing the first fought sets to defeat the USA team in a very tie breaker match.
The match took place at Crwford Tribunal starting at 0:30 am Argentine time (8:30 pm Californian time on Tuesday) ending about 5:30 am our time. This Wednesday, at 8:00 pm local time - mid night Argentine time, UPCN and Korean Air Jumbos will play the second match for San Juan Team.
The wing spiker Kamil Barankek was the best scorer of the match with 34 points while Leonardo Patti and Rodrigo Peres Lopes scored 7 each. Jordan Dufault of the local team scored 20 points followed by Kevin Carroll with 21 and Cory Yofer with 12.
The best weapon of UCI that hurt Argentina all evening was serving scoring 21 aces, including five each for Kevin Carroll, Jordan Dufault and Austin D'Amore.
UPCN (3): Patti Leonardo (11), Porporatto Gustavo (11), Aramburu Juan (4), Baranek Kamil (34), Garcia Heber (3) Junior (6), Garrocq Sebastian (L).
Substitute players included: Molina Gustavo (7), Peres Lopes Rodrigo (9).
Coach: Armoa Fabian
UCI (2)2: Carrol Kevin (21), McDonnell Dan (10), Dufault Jordan (20), D'Amore Austin (11), Schmitz (9), Yoder (16), Webster Kenny (L).
Substitute players included: Dejno (3), Spittle Anthony, Stork Daniel, Wynne Ian, Thomas Will, Kevorken Scott.
Coach: David Kniffin
Wednesday, October 6
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) - Zhejiang (CHN) 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-18 )
Korean Air Jumbos (KOR) - UPCN Voley (ARG) 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-19)
Evan Patek was the best scorer of the match with 29 points for 29 puntos para el Air Jumbos, while for the Argentine team again Baranek was the best player, scoring 16 points followed by Gustavo Porporatto (10) and Leonardo Patti (7).
With the score leveled at 19-19 Air Jumbos found the way to win with the great output of Patek the first set. UPCN started leading on the second but again the Korean team found its momentum at the decisive points. The same happened on the third set of this international teams' competition with the Korean team winning a very fought match during most of the same, appart from the final of each set where Air Jumbos found the way to close by a difference in scoring not shown on the fight of the match.
Korean Air Jumbos (3): Patek (29), Bae, Taik (8 ), T. Kim (13), Chang (5), Jin (7), J. Kim (L).
Substitute players included: Choi, L. Kim, Lee.
Coach: Shin Young Chul
UPCN (0): Patti Leonardo (7), Porporatto Gustavo (10), Aramburu Juan Cruz (1), Peres Lopes Rodrigo (3), Baranek Kamil (16), Sousa Jose (6), Garrocq Sebastian (L).
Substitute players included: Moreno Alexander (5), Molina Gustavo (1), Nielson Ernesto.
Coach: Armoa Fabian
Thursday, October 7
UPCN Voley (ARG) - Zhejiang (CHN) 3-0 (25-11, 26-24, 25-22)
"My team played well and even though the last two sets were very even I knew that my boys could win the match” expressed the Argentine Coach, Fabian Armoa, after the match. “We are obtaining our rhythm and we have to keep playing together, maintaining our concentration and we will do a good performance” added Armoa, who is in charge for third consecutive season of the team.
Kamil Baranek was the best player again, on this third match with 17 points for the Argentine Team, followed by Alex Moreno with 14 while China had in Zhu Guilong with 10 points its leader in scoring.
“We had problems with Argentine serving. We never faced such a good team. We played better than against the Brazilian Team and our goal is to improve match after match” said the Chine Coach, Zhu Ledan.
UPCN (3): Kamil Baranek, Leo Patti, Juan Aramburu, Alex Moreno, Junior, Gustavo Porporatto, Sebastian Garrocq (L).
Substitute players included: Rodrigo Peres Lopes, Matias Salvo, Ernesto Nielson.
Coach: Fabian Armoa
Zheijiang 0: Wan Loungri, Jin Zhihong, Zhu Gilong,Ku Jinghi, Xu Xiaobing, Yu Lei, Zhou Yuan (L).
Substitute placer included: Dai Wentao.
Coach: Zhu Ledan
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) - Korean Air Jumbos (KOR) 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-21)
Friday, October 8
Korean Air Jumbos (KOR) - UC Irvine (USA) 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-15)
Saturday, October 9
UC Irvine (USA) - Zhejiang (CHN) 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-18, 19-25, 15-12)
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) - UPCN Voley (ARG) 3-1 (28-26, 25-16, 14-25, 25-22)
As per Fabian Armoa, UPCN head coach: "Argentina an Brazil are hitorical high classical rivals, therefore matches are played with more excitement. This was a very leveled set. There were mistakes but the balance is positive"
For Marcelo Mendez, Brazilian coach, "It was a hard match. Our digging worked right and so our output in general".>
The best scorers of the match were for UPCN, Alexander Moreno (20), Leonardo Patti (13), Kamil Baranek (13) and Junior (10) while for Sada Cruzeiro were Felipe Ferraz (16), Douglas Cordeiro (14), Rodrigo Ceola (13) and Marcos Acacio (11).
Sunday, October 10
Sada Cruzeiro (BRA) - UC Irvine (USA) 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-17)
Korean Air Jumbos (KOR) - Zhejiang (CHN) 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-15)
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SADA Cruzeiro Wins 2010 UC Irvine International Volleyball Tournament
SADA Cruzeiro from Brazil was team champion of the second annual UC Irvine International Volleyball Tournament presented by Asics and Hyatt Regency held on the UCI campus.
SADA Cruzeiro went 4-0 in the tournament to claim the title. Korean Air Jumbos defeated Zhejiang of China 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-15) on Sunday to finish in second place with a 3-1 record. UPCN Voley from Argentina was third (2-2), while UC Irvine was fourth (1-3) and Zhejiang was fifth (0-4).
Brazil’s Felipe Ferraz was named Tournament MVP, while SADA Cruzeiro’s William Arjona and Douglas Cordeiro joined him on the All-Tournament team. UPCN’s Kamil Baranek and Jose Sousa and Korean Air Jumbos Evan Patek and Kim Woong Jin were also all-tournament selections.
In the second match of the day the Korean Air-Jumbos defeated Zhejiang of China 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-15). Leading the Korean Air Jumbos was Evan Patak with 13 kills and Bae Ho Cheul with 29 assists.
Leading China was Jin Zhihong with nine kills and Zhu Guilong and Yu Lei with seven kills.
In the first set the Korean Air-Jumbos would go on to win 25-19. The set was pretty much one-sided as the Koreans never trailed. Evan Patak would lead the Air-Jumbos with seven kills and only one error in the set. Patak would also ace three of his services.
The second set would be much of the same as Korean won the set 25-17. Patak and Kim Woon Jin led the team in kills with 10 combined.
The Air Jumbos played outstanding defense in the third set holding the Chinese to a .167 attack percentage. Korea would win the set 25-15 and the match, 3-0
In the first match Sunday SADA Cruzeiro from Brazil defeated UC Irvine 3-0(25-16, 25-22, 25-17).
“I think my team played well,” head coach Marcelo Mendez said. “We were able to get good side-outs in important situations. When our team fell behind, we just had to regain our focus, we found our focus in a timely manner and were able to regain our composure. I think the tournament has been amazing and we really have enjoyed ourselves. We are looking forward to coming back if they will have us.”
Brazil was led by Samuel Fachs with 12.5 points on 11 kills followed by Renato Felizardo with 12 points on nine kills and five total blocks. Setter William Arjona had 36 set assists and an ace. Libero Sergio Norueira led all players with 14 digs.
Jeremy Dejno led UC Irvine with eight kills on 17 attempts. Dan McDonnell recorded seven kills followed by Jordan Default with six. Anthony Spittle totaled 19 set assists.
Brazil took set one, 25-16. Brazil started strong taking an early 6-2 lead with a 4-0 run. Brazil used a balanced attack with five players posting at least two kills each. Marcos Acacio lead the team with four kills. Brazil posted an impressive .583 hitting percentage with no errors (14-0-24).
UCI took a 16-13 lead in the second set on a Dejno kill. Brazil battled back to go up 21-18 on five unanswered points. UCI came within one, 21-20, on a Dan McDonnell block, but SADA Cruzeiro would score the next two points and go on to the 25-22 victory.
The Anteaters rallied on five straight points to tie the third set at 13-13. The set remained close until Brazil rallied for eight unanswered points taking a 24-17 lead. William Arjona ended the set and match with a kill 25-17.
“I think they were just a better team tonight,” UCI head coach said. “We did some good things, but they were just one touch better. Whether it be one more dig, one more set, or one more kill, they just seemed to have it. I think we had some good rallies but they were just able to finish, their skill level was very high.”
“I think the tournament was wonderful,” Speraw ended. “We were able to bring in some good competition which is great for our guys. The win against China was big. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to UCI assistant coach David Kniffin for making this tournament roll with ease. He is amazing.”
TOURNAMENT MVP: Felipe Ferranz, SADA Cruzeiro
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
William Arjona, Sada Cruzeiro
Douglas Cordeiro, Sada Cruziero
Kamil Baranek, UPCN Voley
Jose Sousa, UPCN Voley
Evan Patek , Korean Air Jumbos
Kim Woong Jin, Korean Air Jumbos
Tournament Champions: SADA Cruzeiro (Brazil)
Tournament Runner-Up: Korean Air Jumbos (Korea)
Third Place: UPCN Voley (Argentina)
Fourth Place: UC Irvine (USA)
Fifth Place: Zhejiang (China)
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