The Netherlands prevailed over Egypt on all scoring counts, most substantially in attack with 44 successful swings against just 25 from the African team. 21-year-old opposite Nicole Van De Vosse registered an impressive 77% success rate in spiking to lead the way with a 12-point match high, including one ace and one kill block. Swinging with 70% success, 22-year-old outside hitter Iris Vos put away two kill blocks and an ace as well to reach the double digits with 10 points. With nine points to her name, outside Mariam Metwally Mohamed Morsy (Meeto) was Egypt’s leading scorer of the match.
“I really like that we kept a really good level. We prepared well, of course, with video, but we had to go out from our own game. I think we kept that really clean and you saw that we made it out really well, so I am happy,” Dutch opposite Elles Dambrink told VBTV. “Having a good blocking game gives us a lot of confidence for the next matches.”