The Australian women's volleyball team has been beaten by Korea at the Asian Championship in China but remain a chance to make the top eight.
After beating The Philippines in their opening encounter, the Volleyroos took a set off the highly rated Koreans before losing 3-1 25-11 24-26 25-11 25-14.
"We came out of it pretty happy," captain Shae Sloane said.
"To get that second set off Korea, we haven't done that sort of thing in a while. And to get to 24-all, and then come away with the set showed a lot of fight from us.
"The other three sets we played okay, but they really stepped it up and we just found it hard to go with them."
It's a new look women's Volleyroos team, with several experienced players either retired or unavailable.
But Sloane said having so many new players is a bonus for the team.
"We're a young team and not afraid to do anything, we're pretty fearless at the moment," she said.
Australia take on Asia's fifth-ranked team, Kazakhstan, on Friday, with a win giving the ninth-ranked Australians a shot at the top eight.
"They're definitely beatable," Sloane said.
The Australian women's team, which receives no Government funding, has climbed from a world ranking of 100 at the start of 2014 to top 50 in under a year.
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