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Canadian women lose five-set VNL heartbreaker to host Americans

Canada's women's volleyball team lost a five-set match to the host United States on Saturday night at College Park Center in Arlington, Texas.
The match took place during the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League's 18-team round robin stage, with Canada positioned near the bottom of the standings, ranking just above South Korea and Thailand.
Canada lost the first set 26-24, then won the second and third sets 25-23 and 25-20 respectively, but the U.S. won the fourth set 25-21 to force a decisive fifth set.
Canada's Hilary Howe Johnson led scoring with 29 points while Anna Smrek contributed 13, and the U.S. clinched the tiebreaker 19-17, with Avery Skinner scoring 21 and Madisen Skinner 19.
The narrow loss left Canada ranked 16th in the round robin and set them up to play Thailand on Sunday, while the U.S. faces China the same day.

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