Nika Daalderop first Dutch with VNL '30+'

Nika Daalderop scored 30 points leading the Netherlands to a five-set win over Korea in their last match at the 2021 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations on Sunday and entering the exclusive list of players to have scored 30 points or more in a single VNL game.

Daalderop becomes the first Dutch player to make the all-time VNL list after scoring eight times in the tie-break, including killing cross-court from the left for her side's last three points.

The 22-year-old outside hitter scored off 28 attacks (28/65 for 43%) and added two blocks.

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It is the second '30+' score of the day after Italy's Loveth Omoruyi scored 33 against Thailand and the 11th such performance in this year's VNL. Daalderop is the seventh player to make the list this year.

Earlier in the competition, Belgium's Britt Herbots had recorded four entries - the latest on Saturday night over Italy with 34.

China's Zhang Changning, with two entries in 2021, still holds this season's high of 37 points from the match against Belgium. She also scored 36 against Brazil.

Other players to have broken the 30-point mark at the VNL this year are Poland's Magdalena Stysiak with 35 against Japan, Russia's Nataliya Goncharova with 31 against the Dominican Republic and the Dominican Republic's Brayelin Martinez with 31 against Japan.

Poland's Malwina Smarzek holds the all-time VNL scoring record of 42 points from her side's 3-1 win over Bulgaria in 2019.

Players with 30 points or more in a single match at the 2021 VNL