VNL 2021

Nataliya Goncharova turns out second high scoring of day at VNL

Russian opposite strikes 31 times against Dominican Republic

Published 04:07, 06 Jun 2021

lxss5btjlnwvf9wpqp37

Russia's Nataliya Goncharova struck 31 times against the Dominican Republic for second '30+' score of the day at the 2021 VNL.

Nataliya Goncharova hammered 31 points as Russia outlasted the Dominican Republic in five sets, becoming the second player in a day to break the 30-point mark, Sunday at the 2021 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League.

She is the first Russian to make the exclusive list of players that have scored 30 points or more in a single VNL match.

Goncharova, 32, had 30 kills from 58 swings (52%) against the Dominican Republic, plus one block.

Earlier on Sunday China's Zhang Changning had fired off 37 points against Belgium.

Belgium's Britt Herbots has also made the list of high scorers in this years VNL - twice, with 33 points against the Dominican Republic and another 32 against Korea.

Top 10 VNL high scores

Pts
Player
Ctry
vs
Edition
42
Malwina Smarzek
POL
BUL (3-1)
2019
40
Paola Egonu
ITA
CHN (2-3)
2019
39
Malwina Smarzek
POL
THA (2-3)
2018
39
Paola Egonu
ITA
CHN (1-3)
2019
37
Zhang Changning
CHN
BEL (2-3)
2021
36
Zhu Ting
CHN
NED (3-1)
2018
35
Malwina Smarzek
POL
CHN (3-2)
2018
35
Tijana Boskovic
SRB
NED (2-3)
2018
35
Malwina Smarzek
POL
DOM (3-2)
2019
35
Bethania de la Cruz
DOM
JPN (3-2)
2019