Porec, Croatia, July 3, 2015 – The Netherlands and the Czech Republic opened up their campaigns in the new season in Group 2 of the FIVB World Grand Prix 2015 with a four-set battle. The Dutch survived a tough opposition from their first Pool J rival in Porec, Croatia to gain the three points with a 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 26-24, 25-18) victory. Judith Pietersen contributed 22 points to top the scorers’ chart of the game, but it was substitute Anne Buijs who came in during the second set to score some decisive points and shine with a total of 17, as many as the Czech Republic’s most prolific players – Michaela Mlejnkova and Helena Havelkova.
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