Aug 08, 2012 04:37 PM EDT
Olympics 2012 Men's Indoor Volleyball Results: Russia Defeats Poland, Advancing to Semifinals

The Russian team came out to win quickly as they swept Poland in the quarterfinals of Men's Indoor Volleyball at the 2012 London Olympics. Russia beat Poand 25-17, 25-23, 25-21 advancing to the semifinals. 

Russia's Maxim Mikhaylov and Dimitriy Muserskiy led the team in scoring. Mikhaylov had 10 spikes, 2 aces and 1 block, finishing with 13 points. Muserskiy had 7 spikes, 3 blocks and 2 aces. 

Russia looked too strong in the first set as they jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Poland battled back cutting the lead down to three making it an 7-5 game, but Russia pushed the lead by up to four cutting their rally by scoring two points making it 9-5. 

Poland once again threatened with a run and skimmed the lead down to two points with the game 14-12 on behalf of Russia. This when Russia went nuts. They scored six straight points making it an eight-point differential, which was too much to overcome. The set ended with Jakub Jarosz misfiring on the serve.

Poland followed with a valiant effort in the second set.

They jumped out to a 5-2 lead that quickly evaporated as Russia went on a 4-1 run to tie the game at six. Poland went on a 6-3 run to take a three-point advantage as the scoreboard read 12-9, but the three-point cushion was not enough as Russia tied it at 14 and then at 15.

The match tied one last time at 19 before Russia took the definitive 20-19 lead. After this point they never trailed and finished the set off on a spike from Mikhaylov.

The third set quickly became the Russia's as they jumped out to a 11-7 lead after the score was tied at seven. The four-point lead augmented to five and then six as the Russian's led Poland 17-11.

The Polish came close late in the match as they trailed only by three as they went on a 13-7 run. Russia swatted Poland away on another spike, this time by Alexander Volkov, who finsihed with 7 spikes in the game.

Russia will now face either Germany or Bulgaria in the semifinals. 

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