Volleyball: Japan falls to Brazil in 5 sets at women's world c'ship

Japan suffered a crushing quarterfinal loss to Brazil at the women's volleyball world championship Tuesday after racing to a two-set lead.Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Brazil won 18-25, 18-25, 25-22, 27-25, 15-13 on the back of a match-high 25 points by Gabi in a 2-hour, 18-minute contest played in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.Kotona Hayashi had a team-high 21 points for Japan, followed by 19 from Nichika Yamada and 18 from Mayu Ishikawa, whose attack met the net at Brazil's match point."I failed in my spike attempt in that situation," the 22-year-old Ishikawa said. "It's frustrating that we …READ FULL ARTICLE