FIVB World League: Gavin Schmitt Out for Second Match vs. Portugal

Canadian Gavin Schmitt will not be playing in tonight's FIVB World League match against Portugal. Schmitt leads Canada and is third in World League scoring with 54 points through three matches  

Canadian Opposite Gavin Schmitt will not be suiting up for Canada in tonight's second FIVB World League match against Portugal. 

Schmitt suffered a lower body injury in last night's match and we be re-assesed after the match.

Canada sits has a record of 2-1 so far in World League, and Schmitt has been their go-to player , leading the team with 54 points (47 kills, 6 service aces, and 1 block) .

Both Dallas Soonias and Louis-Pierre Mainville are on tonight's roster, so one of them will fill the role. Another potential fill is Rudy Verhoeff, who is on the Senior A roster for the first time this weekend, and won a CIS National Championship in the position with Trinity Western in 2012.