In the first set of the bronze medal match, Cannon and Sponcil broke away on an 11-1 run to take a 17-7 lead against eighth-seeded Sandra Ittlinger and Isabel Schneider. Sponcil hit the set winner for a 21-11 close. The Germans, however, fought back in the second set. They took a slight edge and paced ahead through almost the entire set. Finally, Ittlinger converted the second set point with a powerful hit for 21-17 to level the match. In the tie-breaker, the Americans fought back from an early three-point lag, caught up at 8-8 with three in a row and took over the scoreboard at 11-10. An ace by Sponcil delivered the match point and Cannon converted it with a kill block for a 2-1 (21-11, 17-21, 15-12) win.
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