The Japan women's volleyball team was handed its second straight defeat at the FIVB World Grand Prix on Saturday when it was beaten in four sets by the United States.
Japan, which had won its first six matches before the streak came to an end on the first day of the Sendai meet in Pool M on Friday, lost 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-18 at Sendai Municipal Gymnasium. The Americans improved to 7-1 in the tournament.
Captain Kristin Lynn Hildebrand led the United States with 21 points and Kelly Murphy scored 16, while the top scorer for Olympic bronze medalist Japan was captain Saori Kimura with 13, followed by Miyu Nagaoka with 12.