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

Jordan Poulter's serve. Nicely handled by the Czechs, not as well as they might have liked. Free ball over for the Czech team. Grozer sends it deep. Starting setter for Czechia, Krita Hrabowska. Doing a nice job beating her offense. She does like to find it. Skinner starts it out with the serve. Czechia covers its own attack. Benczewska from the right side. Penz sends it up to the net. Eggleston with a rip to Granova under it. Here's Glenkova. Again, hence the dig. Here's Eggleston and that's going to go off the fingertips of the libero. Now to serve. An overhand by Glenkova to go through the middle. That's what they'll want to establish with Yalarova. Yalarova connecting really well with Hrabowska. They're going to be within striking distance. Here's Skinner and she is well rested for Team USA. And she just rips it cross court. Yeah, that has some power behind it. And she knows there's no libero in that five position. Gretke already two points in the game, the middle blocker for USA. Again, check out, not a great pass, but Benczewska bails them out with a dynamite swing from the right. Yeah, really excellent swing and really excellent. Tough serve by her. Skinner takes it. And Thompson with a wicked angle on the cut shot. I mean, we don't see this often from Thompson. You think about players that can. USA wants a side out here. Poulter sends it all the way across for Eggleston. And she finds the corner and loves the set from Poulter. It is so nice when you see the sort of connection with the players. Last few years. Their second year in the VNL. The middle attack from Czechia doesn't quite go down. Samody back over. Another chance. That's better through the middle. Yeah, this is a really nice run. Perfect job by Rodriguez. Rodriguez, that sets the table for Eggleston. My goodness. I mean, this pipe attack is so difficult to defend. You can see there's very little. The pride of Riverside, Illinois. Sends her serve over. Causes the Czechs difficulty. Grozer tries to bail them out. Here's the middle attack from Ogbogu. Nice pick up from Diganova. Benczewska, shut down Ogbogu. Well, it was a matter of time. Benczewska. It's a hard name at speed. That right side. Pass for Czechia, but they've got their work cut out. And they can't get by Ogbogu. Who is fired up. We were talking about this at the beginning. Here's Poulter, USA, serving for the set. Benczewska. That's how it ends. Just the way it was dominated. With the blocking of USA and Ogbogu. Thompson. Diganova takes it. Zagpul are reaching. USA, good coverage. Rettke's going to do the setting. And there's a great set from your middle blocker. See, Dana Rettke says, we can set. Diganova with a solid up. USA on it again. Skinner, popped back up. Grozer pushes it over. USA scrambling again. Rettke's out. It's back in the play. Here's the middle attack on Rettke. She's got a hand on it. Poulter blocks that one. Benczewska, off hands. Eggleston waiting for it. Here's Thompson. Here you go. Your get out of jail free card again. Someone had to put a swing on it. That was just frantic energy from both teams. Some really scrappy play. Just to keep the rallies going. And both teams mixing in some free balls. Here's Eggleston. 8-4 USA leads. And Grozer will apologize to her teammates. 8 serving 14. Skinner the target. Ogbogu couldn't get it down. And then Kova couldn't get a swing on it. And you just keep giving USA chances and Ogbogu will make you pay through the middle. Absolutely. You give them a free ball. Eggleston is the target on that far side. No, it's Skinner on this side. And then Thompson. Just hammering it down the line. Jordan Thompson really feeling one. Another good serve from Kaina Torres. Again, hasn't got yet an assist on it. And Dana Rettke doing Dana Rettke things. Grabovska. Better take from Eggleston. Here's Skinner. My goodness, does she crush that? I mean, she just makes it look so easy. Say, in aces in the tournament. Here she comes. Dignanova, solid up. Little attack. We have not seen that very often from Koulosiany. I see both her... Walker, 6'2", leader 88. Grozers gonna step in to set this. Nice dig from Skinner. Thompson down the line. My goodness. Target practice for her. That is how it seems when you're in it. But we are seeing those moments of greatness. Kova. And then she goes off the block. And Thompson working together brilliantly. Overpass. A chance for USA. Here's Thompson. What a rip. What a rip for number 12. I mean, this is one of those things that these teams practice all the time. Kova has been replaced. They go right after the new player. Shekia gets a chance to attack. They try to get in system. And that is going to be blocked. Absolutely thrilling. They're making their own luck though, aren't they? You've got to be good to be lucky, certainly. And how about that good play? Which also means Jordan Poulter is having a great game. She's doing a great job of distribution. Skinner is going to set this one though. Eggleston. Blocked down. Here's a big block for Shekia. And Koulosiany is happy. And it should be looking to you. Let's see if Shekia can build something here with Koulosiany. This is almost an overpass. What a save by Poulter. And what a rip by number 12, Jordan Thompson. Maddie Kubik-Banks out of Des Moines, Iowa. Banks has got it. USA kind of win it here but they can't on that point. Starts her movement. Right side. That's going to win it for Team USA. Stephanie Samedi gets the final point. And it's an impressive.