VNL 2022

Herbots’ 31 points not enough to stop Serbia

Last year’s top scorer puts in a tremendous effort against the reigning world champions

Published 01:30, 01 Jun 2022

Herbots faces the Serbian block in one of her 76 attacking attempts

The first 30-point performance of the Volleyball Nations League 2022 did not result in a win. Despite a tremendous effort by outside hitter Britt Herbots, Belgium could not handle reigning world champions Serbia and fell 3-1 (14-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-22) in Ankara, Turkey.

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The top scorer of the 2021 VNL, the 22-year-old Herbots is one of the rising stars of the new generation in international volleyball and completed a stellar club season in Italy with Igor Gorgonzola Novara in 2022, helping the team finish second in the country’s league.

BRITT HERBOTS – VNL PLAYER STATISTCS

Against Serbia, Herbots scored 31 points, ten more than the second most productive player on the court, 27 of which were in kills, more than any other player has scored in the event in a single match so far. The Belgian outside hitter was the recipient of an impressive 76 sets during the match and converted 35.53% of her attempts into points. She also had a match-high three aces and registered a block to reach her total of 31 points.

Herbots was instrumental to Belgium’s win in the first set, scoring an ace point with her powerful topspin jump serve at 4-5 and flying from the backcourt to swing and give her team a comfortable seven-point lead at 13-6.

Herbots' serves are one of her most efficient scoring weapons

Her only blocking point in the match came at the end of the second set, when she single-handedly stopped outside hitter Sara Lozo at the net to deny the Serbians their first set point and score Belgium’s 17th point of the set at 17-24.

She also brought to an end one of the most exciting and electric rallies of the match in the third set. Herbots had to swing three times before scoring and did so with a powerful sharp angle hit to cut the Serbian lead to 9-6.

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With at least 11 more matches to be played during the 2022 VNL, starting on Thursday, against Italy, at 19.00 local time (16.00 GMT), Herbots could be on pace to beat her 337-point output at the 2021 VNL.

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