POLAND vs USA | EPIC GRAND FINAL

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May 1, 2026
Nice ball.
Well played, Washington.
Tracking Jurczyk.
Great read by Washington.
Come on.
Great touch by Francie.
Good save by Hancock.
Free ball, low pole and four options available.
And the speed of Jurczyk.
It's the one thing she's got.
1.83m.
Not the tallest for a middle.
Yeah, undersized as a middle,
but she does such a great job
just snapping down quickly.
That's a good serve.
That one dropped very quickly.
Even with that standing float,
it becomes difficult at times
because she puts so much speed behind it.
She's able to switch it up well.
Another chance here for the USA.
Not quite zippy enough out to Washington.
It certainly was zippy enough
from Wernerski to Jurczyk though.
Easy free ball here.
Should be for the USA.
Chance to score.
It will be done.
Trouble here for Poland.
Right up to the moment
where Ryzanski gets them out of it.
Talk about Magdalena Stiszak so much,
but Ryzanski is always right there.
She's such a big...
Pass up by Stenzel.
And a great put away by Stiszak
to bring up set point for Poland.
Good finish by Stiszak.
And on this ball,
little bit of tempo going with it.
Blockers late.
That seam wide open.
Asia O'Neill just really
stepping up for this team.
They've inserted her off the bench
a few times throughout the...
Good serve.
Brilliant bit of defense by Poland.
USA come knocking again.
Ball is open.
O'Neill take the point forward.
Jurczyk up again so early.
Jurczyk, one of the most efficient attackers
in this tournament.
People think they're just making stuff up.
Just adding rules into this game.
It doesn't happen.
They wouldn't know.
Fair plays of Bogu.
Puts it on the floor.
Carlini finally getting
those middles going.
It's a good time to do it
off that perfect pass.
Bogu coming in up.
Pointing for that.
He wanted the pipe to be run.
Oh, Jose.
That's great reactions.
I can't believe it.
How did the USA not win that point?
Canela is such a good blocker.
Great reaction.
Free swing.
What a hit.
Skinner so difficult
to make this play out of system.
Watch how far the blockers
are lined up toward the antenna.
Leaving so much cross court open.
A lot of space
and she rips it.
USA waiting for that one.
Jose handling the outsides
much better this set
than what we saw in set one.
Well played.
Konelec.
Easy one, two, three.
Finish for Poland.
Great pass.
Wanierska gets Konelec
going even off the net.
Great speed.
Easy one.
So too was that.
No double called.
Play on.
Carlini was having a chat
with the ref about it.
Not happy.
They'll be happy now though
as Cook finds the point
for the USA.
As these rallies extend
you see the pins.
Good cover.
So good.
That's her keeping Poland
up there.
That is until Stysiak.
She picks a moment
Stysiak.
When she wants to have a swing
she'll hit it
and it's almost unstoppable.
She hits it at like
nine billion miles.
To go to Stysiak.
Poland have turned things around
in this set.
That was the one thing
Cook was talking to Francie about
early in the first set.
Out of the attack.
Oh, what a set.
Oh, what a shame.
From the USA.
Brilliant blocking though
by Poland.
And not only that
USA were ready for it.
And that's why they're much
better at volleyball
than I am.
Good test for Wernerski
to see if she's ready
to get...
That's right in the corner.
Huge shot from the outside.
This could be it.
Well played Skinner.
Huge block.
That's what the USA...
I mean it's such a key part
of their game
when they get it right.
They're one of the best.
Just the way that the front row
works so well together.
It's a very good serve.
Couple of options here.
Well played.
No carry.
No catch ball called.
But then Kanelluk
does the business
and Poland get the point.
But there's still a couple behind.
That's three in a row now
for the USA.
Through this entire finals
it's been so impressive
to watch them
do their work up front.
Just close these blocks
up to a great job
in finishing them.
She was going to do that
really, didn't she?
It wasn't the most
well disguised
but it brings up
set point.
Yeah, that little look
over the net
before this ball comes in.
A bit too tight.
Couldn't get around it
enough to do anything
with it.
You want that ball
just a little bit tighter
in these out-of-distance
situations.
A tough serve.
Pickups at the moment.
Poland are playing
some inspired block defence.
That's a really good
touch from Hentz.
And Skinner finds
a way through.
Perfect.
Got Morgan Hentz
in the back row.
And this time
offensively
great feed from
Lauren Carlini.
Perfect pass situation.
O'Neill sees
one blocker
in front of her.
Good ball from Cook.
That's world-class.
That's like
Akinradowo
at her best.
The height she got on that.
For Carlini to trust
Asia O'Neill
coming into this
someone who's never
played with Team USA
before.
It's a good serve.
This has to go up
for Stysiak.
She makes it again.
Drews.
It's no good.
Done it.
They've taken
bronze here
in Arlington.
They have beaten
the USA
by three sets
to two.
