Thailand Tour – April, 2011
Australian National Junior Men’s Team – (’93-’94 NJM)
v. Navy
in Bangkok, Thailand

Match #5 – 25th April 2011
AUS NJM defeated by Navy 0:3
22-25,27-29, 24-26

’93-’94 NJM (Points scored):
1 Gerrard Lipscombe (Libero)
4 Corey Leathart (DNP)
5 Chris Morrow (2)
6 Brad Mason (6)
9 Jordan Power (8)
10 Beau Graham (3)
14 Sam Brisbane (4)
15 Simon Hone (5)
16 Rory Welsh (C) (0)
17 Jake Guymer (9)
18 Tom Menzies (7)
19 Nic Borgeaud (4)

Match Statistics:
Attack – Team 42% kill 19% err (23%ke)
Guymer 54% kill (13) 23% err
Graham 50% kill (6) 17% err
Morrow 50% kill (4) 0% err
Menzies 45% kill (11) 18% err

Block – Team 9 kills 7 controls
Guymer 2 kills 2 controls
Hone 2 kills 1 control
Borgeaud 2 kills

Passing – Team 1.94 35% perfect 3 err
Lipscombe 2.16 (25) 44% perfect 1 err

Serving – Team 1.94 4 ace 7 errors
Menzies 2.22 (9)- 1 ace 0 errs,
Brisbane 2.13 (16)- 2 ace 1 err

Defence – Team 10 digs
Lipscombe – 3 digs, Mason, Guymer & Brisbane 2 each

MATCH – REPORT
The National Junior Men’s Team (NJM) played their final cross-over match today. Having already qualified for the semi-finals this match was to decide their semi-final opponent.
The decision was made to not chance Leathart’s knee so that he would be fit for the semi-final. Sam Brisbane was also given the chance to start the match and played well throughout.

The Australians started well and took a 7-1 lead in the 1st set. The team was serving well forcing 3 aces in the set. Unfortunately as the set got closer to the end the Thais were more effective in stopping the Australian attacks. The Navy team caught and passed our score and finished the set with a 25-22 win. It was definitely a set that the NJM could have won.

The NJM were able to put aside that disappointment and fought hard in the 2nd set. The attack improved, along with the pass which led to Guymer, Graham and Morrow killing more quick attacks. Australia led at 16-13 but the Thais had closed the gap by 20-20. From there it was point for point before an attack from Mason that was clearly spiked off the block was incorrectly judged an error to bring a disappointing end to a good 2nd set at 27-29.

Both teams improved their play in the 3rd set with more consistent attacking. Australia struggled to block the Thai combinations while the Thais had difficulty with the height and power from our attackers. The Thai Navy team opened an early two point lead which they held for most of the set. The Australian NJM fought back late to even the score at 24-24 but could not repeat yesterday’s heroics and slipped to a 24-26 loss.

The team played well but, as the scores would indicate, just couldn’t close out any of the sets today.

Tomorrow’s semi-final will be against the Thai Air force team which contains many players from the Thai Junior National Team.

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