06 Jun 2008

Australian Institute of Sport v France Junior Team

France Tour - Match 12 - 29-1-08

Result:  AIS lost to France Junior Team 1 : 3 (20-25, 20-25, 28-26, 23-25)

Australian Institute of Sport v Presov
Slovakia Tour - Match 11 - 24-1-08

Result: AIS lost to Presov 0 : 3 (20-25, 17-25, 20-25)

Australian Institute of Sport v Slovakia Junior Team
Slovakia Tour - Match 10 - 23-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Slovakia 3 : 2 (20-25, 23-25, 25-20, 25-10, 15-13)

Australian Institute of Sport v Slovakia Junior Team
Slovakia Tour - Match 9 - 22-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Slovakia 3 : 1 (25-16, 25-20, 30-32, 25-22) 

Australian Institute of Sport v Slovakia Junior Team
Slovakia Tour - Match 8 - 21-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Slovakia 3:2 (25-17, 20-25, 19-25, 28-26, 15-13)

Australian Institute of Sport v Malpensa Volley Somma
Italy Tour - Match 3 - 18-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Malpensa Volley Somma 3:2(25-27, 25-20, 25-21, 22-25, 15-12)

Australian Institute of Sport v Varese Selection
Italy Tour - Match 2 - 17-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Varese Selection 3:2 (25-15, 20-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-10)

Australian Institute of Sport v Montichiari Junior Team
Italy Tour - Match 5 - 15-1-08

Result:        AIS defeated Montichiari 3:2 (22-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-12, 15-9)

Australian Institute of Sport v Sweden Junior Team
Sweden Tour - Match 3 - 11-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Sweden 3 : 1 (25-17, 24-26, 25-21, 25-23) 

Australian Institute of Sport v Team Valla
Sweden Tour - Match 3 - 10-1-08

Result: AIS lost to Team Valla 2 : 3 (25-16, 25-22, 20-25, 20-25, 7-15) 

Australian Institute of Sport v Sweden Junior Team
Sweden Tour - Match 2 - 9-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Sweden 3 : 2 (25-20, 17-25, 25-21, 19-25, 18-16) 

Australian Institute of Sport v Sweden Junior Team
Sweden Tour - Match 1 - 8-1-08

Result: AIS defeated Sweden 3:1 (20-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-19)

Over the weekend of the 28-30 March, the AIS Men’s Volleyball team travelled to Melbourne and Dandenong to compete against number 1 ranked Japanese University Team, Nittaidai and also against some local Victorian club teams to compete in the 2008 Eric Hayman Cup.

Match 1

AIS def Nittaidai Uni 3:1 (24-26, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23) AIS out-blocked Nittaidai, with the teams height the deciding factor.

Best Players: White 20 kills, Passier 9 blocks and Zingel 4 blocks and 8 kills.

Match 2

AIS lost to Nittaidai Uni 3:0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-17) Nittaidai played much better, while the AIS were error prone, especially in reception.

Match 3

AIS lost to Nittaidai Uni 3:0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-21) AIS played much better in the decider as a team however Nittaidai were too consistent.

The team consisted of:

Tom Bawden
Jasper Boyschau
Tom Edgar
Bradie Foster
Hamish Hingston
Travis Passier
Harrison Peacock
Adam White
Aidan Zingel
Zane Christensen (Snr team)
Phil DeSalvo (Snr Team)
Peter Baumann (Visiting/Trialling AIS)
Jason Hughes (non AIS)

In the first hit-out for 2008 since returning from the Jan-Feb Europe Tour, the AIS Volleyball Squad used the opportunity to work different team combinations with a mixture of both new and experienced members.