Serbia vs USA Epic Volleyball Highlights | Women's VNL 2026

She's got two aces this week. Two aces in the VNL. Gochanin with the bump set across and blocked down the huge block up in the net for the other one, Daniele Santarelli. Serbia, down the line, Pena Kordagic has got an ace. Playing professionally in Turkey. There's the center attack from Sladjana. Avery Skinner, same spot at Cahic, and then Kordagic through the middle with another solid swing to give Serbia the two-point lead. Back aces against the Dominican Republic. Here's Skinner, what a swing, just hammers it on the angle. Sometimes that narrowed pass. Right there, Kordagic is five points already, team's got a three-point lead. Skinner goes with a tip, seemed to have found the spot, but then Serbia gets underneath it. And the right side swing from Zubic rattles off the block and down. Serbia going from side to side, a beautiful pickup, Gochanin just slides it. Crucial points here, late in this opening set. Jurjic gets the pass right on her head, she's going to get another chance to set up the offense, goes through the middle. Aleksic is dug, Eggleston, cross-court, and we are tied at 24. Here's Jordan Thompson, she goes short, oh, well, bad timing for an ace. What a moment, and exactly where you need to go, that's where the players are stacked. To look for another weakness, Aleksic takes it overhand, and a big hocking of Redke and Poulter shuts down Serbia, they were out of system. Czajic goes deep and gets the ace, and there's no doubt about it. Czajic, this is exactly what she needs. Still chasing the second, they were chasing much of the first set, they came on strong at the end. Big dig from Hintz, here's Skinner, wow, defense leads to offense. Take our word for it, that was a great center attack, here's Thompson, and that goes off hands to score. Every Skinner serves, one point lead Serbia, Mirkovic to Czajic, and that's going to find the floor. USA comes to Samedi again, and this time the block is there from Czajic. This time Samedi couldn't access the line so effectively, Serbia knew where she was going. And she goes right back in the same area, USA handles it better, and Asia O'Neill, who's just come into the game, who is one of our players to watch, shows you why she's one of our players to watch. Beautiful connection. Seven point lead, it seems like this is gone from USA, unless they've got an answer somehow. Serbia's got an answer to get a free ball over at least. Poulter sets up Thompson, he didn't really have an approach, and Kurt H. Redding like a book. The right hander on this right side when that ball is inside. Czajic, serving for the set, perfect pass, and then Thompson with a rip, so not done yet. Nice pass from Rodriguez, gets it in. First serve of the game for Asia O'Neill. Markovic with the back set, that's going to win it for Zubich, and that will do it. Jordan Poulter, who grabbed her teammates for that lengthy chat after the second set during the serving, and how about the blocking from Avery Skinner? Zubich had to stutter a little bit on her approach, wasn't as quick and as high. Avery Skinner is the co-leader in points for USA in this match with 12. Here's Zubich, oh yes, Dana Redknecht, the block party, she's the leader of it. And it all starts with the Skinner serve. 45 points in week number one for USA. But Dana Redknecht read it beautifully. And you've got to say whatever Poulter said to her team. She's going to serve for Serbia. It creates an overpass, so there you go, Zubich clobbers it down, heat off a nice serve. You've got to think Rodriguez is going to be moving towards them, but this time she's moving really effectively, but what a close down. Aleksic and Bukolic making such a phenomenal wall. Aleksic trying to take over this third, haven't had an ace yet here in this third set. Almost called it, Skinner gets it over. Aleksic wants to set this up for Bukolic, off hands, behind the Torres is under it, so she's out. Rodriguez sets, Samedi swings and scores. From on the tip, but Serbia couldn't stop the wrist away. Eggleston's going to send this up to the net for Skinner, her tip, covered, and Ivanovic sends it over. USA trying to build on their five point lead, but they've got Serbia scrambling, Antonovic over the net. USA in system. No, missed time, Antonovic, and he scores, what a whip of a swing. You said it, Rob, USA were in system, and then all of a sudden that pipe attack threw them out. The hustle from Gocinic, keeping it going, that's all you've got to do. Now, they have gone deeply into their bench, Ivanovic, that's going to go plop down onto the Serbian side. Serbia not going off to the middle far. Avery Skinner working on a 13 point game. The middle attack from Kirov, up from Hentz, Poulter sets, Skinner swings, and it's set point, United States. Avery Skinner's 19th serve is an ace, her first ace of the third set. Load up again for another serve. And Zubic shot down by the net, I don't know if Redke got it or if it was just the net. Target of the serve, she is, she's ready for it, perfect pass, perfect set, but Thompson faces a perfect block of Kunjic. Aggressive serving. Serbia trying to keep this close, they need this side out. Up from Eggleston, Poulter goes with the back set to Thompson, and she makes no mistake. Lead by two here in this fourth set, and they've got Serbia scrambling a bit. Here's Cajic, the leading scorer in the match, can't get that one through. Hentz delivers for Skinner, has to really run to play it. Mirkovic, Cajic, Skinner, at least Hentz again is on it. And the back row attacks, still they can't organize the pipe. Serbia keeps it going. Cajic is dug by Skinner. Avery Skinner swinging, Golchanin's got it, on we go, Cajic, another swing, Hentz again. Free ball, Serbia, can they use it right here, Aleksa, yes, she can. This was a huge rally. Serbia threw absolutely everything, Mirkovic was spreading it around. Yeah, that was fair. Poulter serves it deep at Cajic. And Kordogic is dug by Hentz. Here's Skinner, cross court, wicked angle, big point, United States, three point lead. I love this placement of the set, it allows Skinner to just bring out such a big... Thompson delivering, Titsa, and here's Ivanovic, the pipe attack, that's a pretty good swing. They get dug though, Golchanin gets under it. Titsa tries again, another one-armed dig from Skinner. Eggleston, can she finish, no, Thompson, Poulter, O'Neal, yes. Timeout had the opposite effect that Serbia was hoping for, now down by seven. We wanted the next two points for them to be their points. All right, Mirkovic gets to keep her serving run going, she hopes here. Poulter, the jump set, down it goes, Skinner, and that is it. United States wins the match in four sets.