Richmond Volleyball ran out 3-0 winners over Portsmouth in last week’s National Cup first round tie.
D Cleather and L Tomášek showed great footwork and dominated the net with several kill blocks and their execution against one man blocks was very efficient.
Portsmouth never looked comfortable with Richmond’s strong serving. By the third set Richmond looked disinterested and played a dangerous game allowing Portsmouth to come close by three points but the middle attackers closed the game.
Richmond coach David Rijvers said: "It was a good performance in the first and second sets especially.
“We lacked fluidity and cohesion with our passing but compensated for strong blocking.
Final Result: Portsmouth VC [0] v Richmond VC [3] Set Results: 16-25; 19-25; 22-25 Richmond's Player of the Match:: D.Cleather Team List: P.Ceglowski, G.Scatigna-Gianfagna (cpt), M.Ghelfi, D.Cleather, T.Lasocki, L.Tomášek, T.Stepien; M.Sokolowski, Y. Zdorovcov, A.Kornilov, R.Bachor, E.Bardi, D.Rijvers (Coach)
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