Serie A1 Sustenium
Trento makes it 21. Monzawins in Verona and Vibo in Forli. Castellana Grotte back in contention to stay up after fifth consecutive win.
ANDREOLI LATINA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 0-3 (20-25, 21-25, 19-25)
ANDREOLI LATINA: Kovacevic 3, Popelka 1, Kohut 6, Gitto, Sottile, Pieri (L), Spairani 5, Vujevic 12, Starovic 17. DNP Cortina, Nonne, Labardi. Coach. Medei.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 19, Leonardi, Birarelli 6, Della Lunga, Juantorena 13, Zygadlo, Vieira De Oliveira 1, Sala 4, Colaci (L), Stokr 21, Bari (L). DNP Sokolov, Garcia Pires Ribeiro. Coach. Stoytchev.
Trentino did not fail in its 400th official game of the club’s history. It obtained its 21st win running in Latina.
Daniele Sottile (Andreoli Latina): “Everybody knows how strong they are, but we could have done better, especially at the net and in dig. We might have stopped to believe in it at one point. We have to look ahead, focus on the coming games, because Castellana is getting more and more dangerous”.
Radostin Stoytchev (coach Itas Diatec Trentino): “In such games, our priority is to maintain a high level of play and concentration. We managed to do that tonight and we consequently took the three points. The aim right now is to continue to prepare for the Champions League Final Four as well as we can, grabbing victories but more importantly playing well and with the right mentality. There is still work to be done but we’re on the right track and performances like tonight’s proves it”.
YOGA FORLÌ – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 2-3 (19-25, 25-22, 20-25, 26-24, 14-16)
YOGA FORLÌ: Falasca 29, Ricci Petitoni, Bacci, De Pandis (L), Ainsworth 14, Sintini 1, Kovacevic 7, Bellei 2, Caldeira 13, Oivanen 15. DNP Olivucci, Bovolenta. Coach. Molducci.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Rivera Caamano 10, Coscione 1, Suljagic 1, Anderson 25, Ferraro (L), Kindgard, Baroti, Simeonov 23, Barone 8, Fanuli (L), Nikolov 15. DNP Feroleto, Ananiev. Coach. Di Pinto.
Never ending game. It’s more a question of pride than points for Forli while Vibo Valentia was looking for its first win of the year. One point in the tie-break was the difference for Di Pinto’s team.
Graydon Ainsworth (Yoga Forlì): “We have to play one game at a time. We have to try our best against each team, that’s what we’ll do next Sunday against Monza. We have to stay calm, and try to gather as much as possible until the end of the season. We played well today, If we’d have won, nobody could have complained”.
Manuel Coscione (Tonno Callipo Vibo valentia): “I had a very good time in Forli but Vibo’s offer arrived before Forli decided what to do on the market. We are happy, even if it would have been better to take the three points. Still, we have obtained our first victory in 2011, useful to reach our target, which is to get into the top 8”.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE – COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA 3-1 (27-29, 25-22, 25-14, 25-20)
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Milushev 21, Rak 11, Cozzi 13, Patriarca, Falaschi 2, Dvoranen 13, Rodriguez 14, Gallotta, Cicola (L). DNP Pagano, Guglielmi, Guerra, Torre. Coach. Gulinelli.
COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA: Popp 4, Marra (L), Gonzalez 7, Ruiz 10, Perazzolo 1, Nilsson 3, Massari 1, Zlatanov 15, Holt 10, Tencati 6, Boschi. DNP Piano. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Safety is very close after a fifth consecutive victory for Castellana over Piacenza. A brilliant performance at the net, a super Milushev and a team full of confidence were the key to this positive outing.
Fosco Cicola (BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “We are back in this championship and we’ll keep living everything until the end. We are happy with what we’re doing and the crowd is supporting us a lot too now. It was not easy either today either given how the first set went as they came back from behind serving very well and won it. Then, I think we deserved the victory because we dominated the following sets”.
Marcus Popp (Copra Morpho Piacenza): “We managed to win the first set with Ruiz’s serves then we did not manage to stay in the game. Castellana played very well and deserved the win. Our attitude was good before the game but that obviously was not enough”.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA 1-3 (25-22, 19-25, 24-26, 18-25)
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli 1, Pajenk 14, Kosmina, Brunner 6, Meoni, Lasko 19, Smerilli (L), Lotman 9, Zingel 2, Cala Gerardo 11, Herpe 1. DNP Mazzi. Coach. Bagnoli.
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Rauwerdink 15, Pesenti, Forni 13, Buti 6, Rooney 8, Travica 3, Gavotto 18, Shumov, Exiga (L). DNP Cetrullo, Krumins, Molteni, Alborghetti. Coach. Monti.
Monza started off tense in the first set before stepping up a gear and using the serve of Exiga, who had another excellent performance and was named MVP.
Alen Pajenk (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We really started well this game, then we lost our focus and our serve did not work well tonight. Monza really had a good game after the first set while we struggled in reception, and we did not have any answer against their blocks”.
Simone Buti (Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza): “The defeat against Castellana Grotte had hurt and today we struggled at the beginning of the set, we were tense, but then we found our rhythm. We definitely served well, just like we had done the first time we met Verona this season, we are happy to have won again. After the straight set loss of last week, it was important to get back on track. We’re chasing the fourth-fifth place which we’ll hopefully celebrate at the end of the regular season”.
Played Saturday 26
M. ROMA VOLLEY – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 1-3 (25-21, 16-25, 20-25, 20-25)
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Zaytsev 13, Paolucci, Lebl 6, Uriarte 1, Cesarini (L), Corsini 3, Bencz 18, Yosifov 9, Cupkovic 15. DNP Tomatis, Saraceni, Corsano, Cisolla. Coach. Giani.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Mastrangelo 8, Henno (L), Parodi 13, Fortunato 10, Wijsmans 15, Carletti, Grbic 4, Peda 2, Nikolov 16, Patriarca. DNP Galic, Montagna, Mulatero. Coach. Giuliani.
Results
Andreoli Latina – Itas Diatec Trentino 0-3 (20-25, 21-25, 19-25); Yoga Forlì – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 2-3 (19-25, 25-22, 20-25, 26-24, 14-16); M. Roma Volley – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 1-3 (25-21, 16-25, 20-25, 20-25); BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Copra Morpho Piacenza 3-1 (27-29, 25-22, 25-14, 25-20); Marmi Lanza Verona – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 1-3 (25-22, 19-25, 24-26, 18-25). Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Casa Modena e RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino – Sisley Treviso 02/03/2011 at 8:30
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 61, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 50, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 44*, Sisley Treviso 39*, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 34, Casa Modena 32*, Marmi Lanza Verona 29, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 26*, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 26, Copra Morpho Piacenza 25, M. Roma Volley 24, Andreoli Latina 20, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 18, Yoga Forlì 7.
*1 Game in hand: Lube Banca Marche Macerata, Sisley Treviso, Casa Modena, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino.
Round 23
Wednesday 2 March at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Casa Modena
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino – Sisley Treviso
Fixtures
Round 24
Saturday 5 March at 4pm
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino Live on Rai Sport 1
Sunday 6 March at 6pm
Copra Morpho Piacenza – Lube Banca Marche Macerata Live on Rai Sport 1
Sisley Treviso – Andreoli Latina
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
Casa Modena – M. Roma Volley
Itas Diatec Trentino – Marmi Lanza Verona
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Yoga Forlì
European Cup
Macerata in Challenge Cup final
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – EA PATRON LUX 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-23)
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lampariello 2, Savani 6, Paparoni (L), Vermiglio 4, Stankovic 11, Martino 11, Van Walle 6, Omrcen 5, Podrascanin 11. DNP Marchiani, Conte, Vadeleux. Coach. Berruto.
EA PATRON LUX: Mantekas 6, Ferreira De Silva 1, Soultanopoulos 5, Stefanou (L), Kournetas 1, Dornelas 11, Aspiotis 6, Siqueira 8, Patrinos, Papadopoulos. DNP Makrygiannis. Coach. Christopoulos.
Macerata and the Greek of Patras met for the second time in three days and the Italians obtained its pass to the Challenge Cup final in front of its fans. Macerata won the Champions League and three times the Cev Cup but the Challenge Cup still eludes its prestigious trophy cabinet. In the final, Macerata will fight it out with the Turkish team of Izmir, which eliminated Aich/Dob (Austria) at the Gloden set (15-6). First leg in Italy.
Results
GM Capital Challenge Cup – Semi-final return leg
Saturday 26 February at 7.30pm
Arkas Izmir (TUR) – Posojilnica Aich/Dob (AUT) 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-23. Golden set 15-6)
Sunday 27 February at 6pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – E.A. Patron Lux (GRE) 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-23)
Fixtures
GM Capital Challenge Cup – Final first leg
Wednesday 9 March at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (ITA) – Arkas Izmir (TUR)
Serie A2 Sustenium
Padova tie-break winner against an excellent Segrate, Ravenna cut deficit to 5. Nice victories for Isernia and Perugia. Santa Croce dominates Mantova, wins for Pineto, Loreto and Genova.
CLUB ITALIA AERONAUTICA MILITARE ROMA – PALLAVOLO PINETO 0-3 (36-38, 21-25, 20-25)
CLUB ITALIA AERONAUTICA MILITARE ROMA: Pinelli 1, Pesaresi (L), De Giorgi 2, Postiglioni 7, Lirutti 6, Mazzone 7, Paris 3, Fedrizzi 10, Vettori 16, Sperandio, Lanza 7. DNP Della Corte. Coach. Schiavon.
PALLAVOLO PINETO: Modica 3, Messana (L), Cuda 4, Sborgia 5, Galabinov 3, Loglisci 4, Moretti 5, Stefanov 24, Bozko 17. DNP Testagrossa, Centorame, De Leo, Calderan. Coach. Conte.
GEOTEC ISERNIA – GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 22-25, 25-20)
GEOTEC ISERNIA: Fiore 17, Turano 7, Valera 5, Sabbi 21, Spampinato (L), Westphal 14, Giosa 8, Capra, Puhar, Beccaro. DNP Gato, De Caria, Bortolozzo. Coach. Cannestracci.
GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO: Ravellino 3, Rossini (L), Vedovotto 7, Orduna, Nemec 16, Rossi 5, Rosalba 15, Lipparini 1, Marino, Di Benedetto 3. DNP Nardi, Benedetti, Marini. Coach. Radici.
EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA – MARCEGAGLIA CMC RAVENNA 1-3 (23-25, 25-23, 18-25, 20-25)
EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Luppi 10, Bonetti, Bartoli 13, Grassano, Sivula 16, Garnica 7, Mazzali, Ippolito 8, Botti 9, Peli (L). DNP Candellaro, Mast, Goi. Coach. Bonitta.
MARCEGAGLIA CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 14, Kovalchuk, Plesko 4, Corvetta, Sirri 14, Tabanelli (L), Castellano 3, Rambelli, Moro 24, Salgado 13. DNP Zamagni, Gherardi, Monti. Coach. Babini.
VOLLEY SEGRATE 1978 – PHYTO PERFORMANCE PADOVA 2-3 (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 11-15)
VOLLEY SEGRATE 1978: Cazzaniga 21, Temponi Araujo 19, Gallosti (L), Guemart 8, Giglioli, Alletti 6, Caprotti (L), Russo 5, Argilagos, Bellini 1, Canzanella 14. DNP Castellani, Ronaldo Royal. Coach. Ricci.
PHYTO PERFORMANCE PADOVA: Garghella (L), Busi, Tiberti 3, Cricca 6, Koshikawa 16, Rosso 14, De Marchi 17, Sabo 7, Uchikov 16, Burgsthaler 11. DNP Gottardo, Giannotti, Pagni. Coach. Montagnani.
ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO – EUROGROUP GELA 3-2 (25-18, 29-31, 17-25, 25-16, 16-14)
ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO: Di Marco 12, Marzola, Dolfo 12, Paoli 13, Romiti (L), Moretti 14, Visentin 6, Corti 7, Mor 2, Marchisio, Ereu 17, Koresaar 3. Coach. Fracascia.
EUROGROUP GELA: Sequeira 22, Maccarone 2, Quartarone, Barbisan 2, Veloso Pinto 21, Tomassetti 13, Bucaioni 1, Rizzo (L), Belardi 10, Scott 1, Mari 4, Martinengo 3. DNP Tranquillo. Coach. Dalù.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA – SIR SAFETY PERUGIA 0-3 (21-25, 26-28, 20-25)
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Costantino 3, Roberts 18, Scappaticcio 1, Gaetano, Polidori 6, Libraro 17, De Rosas, Darraidou, Scuderi (L), Roberti 2, Giacomini 6. DNP Pavan. Coach. Gatto.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Bagnolesi, Hietanen 11, Rigoni, Fusaro (L), Barbareschi 13, Serafini, Tomasello 7, Curti 5, Saitta 7, Dokic 8, Gardner 5. DNP Prandi, Lattanzi. Coach. Fant.
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE – CANADIENS MANTOVA 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19)
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE: Monopoli 2, Elia 7, Noda Blanco 7, Mattioli 2, Tosi (L), Tamburo 24, Catania (L), Pambianchi, Hrazdira 21, Baldaccini 12, Cotroneo. DNP Tosi. Coach. Blengini.
CANADIENS MANTOVA: Miraglia Carvalho 19, Coscione, Cortellazzi 6, Frosini 1, Spiga 1, Botto 14, Gemmi 9, Beretta 6, Nash, Parusso 5, Tognazzoni (L). DNP Ferri Lazzaroni, Cavalieri. Coach. Totire.
CARIGE GENOVA – CHEBANCA! MILANO 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-21)
CARIGE GENOVA: Zappaterra (L), Mercorio 2, Nuti 1, Di Franco 7, Antonov, Paoletti 26, Pecorari 8, Ogurcak 11. DNP Boroni, Donati, Groppi, Manassero. Coach. Del Federico.
CHEBANCA! MILANO: Durante (L), Insalata 3, Vecchiato, Cauteruccio, Di Manno 13, Vajra 3, Mattera 2, Janusek 13, Angelov 5, Daolio, Robbiati 7. DNP Gualtieri. Coach. Fumagalli.
Results
Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma – Pallavolo Pineto 0-3 (36-38, 21-25, 20-25); Geotec Isernia – Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 22-25, 25-20); Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia – Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna 1-3 (23-25, 25-23, 18-25, 20-25); Volley Segrate 1978 – Phyto Performance Padova 2-3 (23-25, 25-22, 25-23, 20-25, 11-15); Energy Resources Carilo Loreto – Eurogroup Gela 3-2 (25-18, 29-31, 17-25, 25-16, 16-14); Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora – Sir Safety Perugia 0-3 (21-25, 26-28, 20-25); NGM Mobile Santa Croce – Canadiens Mantova 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-21, 25-19); Carige Genova – CheBanca! Milano 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-21)
League table
Phyto Performance Padova 67, Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna 62, NGM Mobile Santa Croce 46, Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 44, Carige Genova 43, Volley Segrate 1978 40*, CheBanca! Milano 39, Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 39, Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 38, Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 37, Geotec Isernia 34, Eurogroup Gela 32, Sir Safety Perugia 27, Canadiens Mantova 23*, Pallavolo Pineto 20, Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma 6.
*1 Game in hand: Volley Segrate 1978, Canadiens Mantova
Round 24
Wednesday 2 March at 8.30pm
Canadiens Mantova – Volley Segrate 1978
Fixtures
Round 26
Sabato 5 March at 8.30pm
CheBanca! Milano – Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia
Sunday 6 March at 11.30am
Sir Safety Perugia – Geotec Isernia Live on Sportitalia 2
Sunday 6 March at 6pm
Canadiens Mantova – Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello
Club Italia Aeronautica Militare Roma – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
Pallavolo Pineto – Carige Genova
Phyto Performance Padova – Energy Resources Carilo Loreto
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna – NGM Mobile S.Croce
Eurogroup Gela – Volley Segrate 1978
