The US national team recorded its third consecutive victory in the Men's Volleyball Nations League after prevailing over host Canada with a score of 3:2 (20:25,33:35,26:24,25:21,15:11) in an extremely competitive match from the first week of the tournament in Ottawa. The encounter lasted more than two hours and offered a serious comeback after the Americans were trailing 0:2 sets. Bulgarian Ivaylo Ivanov was the second referee of the match.
For the first time, a nominal libero served \u2013 Erik Shoji, who was not in a libero uniform, made the first serve at 20:19 in the third set for the USA, and his serve resulted in a break point.
With this success, the USA solidified its second-place position in the VNL provisional standings with 3 wins and 8 points, while Canada is ninth with 1 win and 5 points. In the world ranking, the Americans occupy fourth position, and the Canadians are eighth.
The Canadians started better and took the first two sets after 25:20 and a dramatic 35:33. The Americans, however, showed character and brought back the excitement after 26:24 in the third set. A convincing performance followed in the fourth set for 25:21, and in the tie-break, the visitors imposed their superiority and closed the match at 15:11.
The top scorer in the match was Canadian Wassenaar-Ketzinsky with 21 points. Hartke contributed the most to the USA's success with 18 points, and McHenry added 15. For the hosts, Maar scored 16 points.

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