The results
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Casa Modena 3-2 (25-16, 17-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Sisley Treviso 2-3 (21-25, 17-25, 28-26, 26-24, 9-15)
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA – CASA MODENA 3-2 (25-16, 17-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-12) –
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Rauwerdink 1, Krumins, Forni 8, Molteni 8, Buti 7, Rooney 20, Travica 8, Gavotto 27, Shumov, Exiga (L). DNP Cetrullo, Pesenti, Zito. Coach. Monti.
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Fabroni, Kooistra 15, Mossa De Rezende 4, Dennis 21, Berezhko, Kooy 16, Casadei, Creus Larry 11, Casoli 8, Piscopo. DNP Ciabattini, Diaz. Coach. Bagnoli.
Monza made the court advantage count by beating Modena at the tie-break. Gavotto was unstoppable (56% in attack) and was named MVP.
Simone Buti (Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza): “There’s not much difference between the two teams, and I am convince each game will be like that, very close. In the end, I think the team that will show more character will clinch it. It’s true that going there with a game lead gives us a lot of motivation, we have two match-points: We’ll go to Modena aiming to seal it. It would be an unbelievable satisfaction to go through and do so in Modena”.
Creus Larry (Casa Modena): “It’s been a very tight game, the team that managed to stay more composed clinched it. Shame for us, we wasted some opportunities making mistakes in the end”.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – SISLEY TREVISO 2-3 (21-25, 17-25, 28-26, 26-24, 9-15)
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lampariello, Savani 22, Paparoni (L), Vermiglio 4, Marchiani, Conte 2, Stankovic 8, Martino 7, Van Walle 2, Omrcen 12, Podrascanin 7. DNP Vadeleux, Cacchiarelli. Coach. Berruto.
SISLEY TREVISO: Elgarten, Fei 28, Horstink 16, Kovar 5, Papi, Farina (L), Boninfante 2, Bontje 11, Maruotti 5, Vanin (L), Bjelica 7. DNP Szabo, De Togni. Coach. Piazza.
The pride of Treviso did not allow the numerous fans to celebrate in Cuneo. Treviso won it at the tie-break and cancelled the first of three match points. The two teams will meet again for Game 4 on Monday but in Treviso. In the tie-break, the guest escaped from the start (8-3) thanks to some powerful serving from Bjelica, Fei and Horstink, and they never looked back.
Mauro Berruto (coach Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “We made so many mistakes, too many, then we did well in the third and fourth set, but to win those games you have to play from the start. Treviso served very well at the start of the tie-break, they immediately created a gap, which was too big to get back. Game 4 ? We have to win it, and start playing again on our strengths, that is to say aggressiveness in attack and on the serve”.
Roberto Piazza (coach Sisley Treviso): “The game could have been over a lot sooner If we had not made that many mistakes. In the third set for example, we really wasted a great opportunity. Now we’ll have to be determined at 100% in Game 4 to further extend this series”.
Playoff Serie A1 Sustenium – QUARTER FINAL GAME 3
Thursday 14 April at 8.30pm
Itas Diatec Trentino (1) – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino (8)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (2) – Marmi Lanza Verona (7)
Playoff Serie A1 Sustenium – GAME 4 (If needed)
Saturday 16 April at 4pm
Casa Modena (5) – Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza (4)
Sunday 17 April at 6pm
(one game live at 8.30pm)
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino (8) – Itas Diatec Trentino (1)
Marmi Lanza Verona (7) – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (2)
Monday 18 April at 8.30pm
Sisley Treviso (6) – Lube Banca Marche Macerata (3)
Playoff Serie A1 Sustenium – GAME 5 (if needed)
Wednesday 20 April
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza (4) – Casa Modena (5)
Thursday 21 April at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata (3) – Sisley Treviso (6)
Itas Diatec Trentino (1) – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino (8)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo (2) – Marmi Lanza Verona (7)
PLAYOFF SEMI-FINALS
Game 1: Sunday 24 and Monday 25 April
Game 2: Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 April
Game 3: Saturday 30 April and Sunday 1 May
Game 4: Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 May
Game 5: Saturday 7 and Sunday 8
PLAYOFF FINAL
Final (V-Day): Sunday 15 May in Roma (PalaLottomatica)
1ª- Itas Diatec Trentino | 2 |
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3-0 3-1 |
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8ª- RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino | 0 |
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4ª- Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza | 2 |
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3-1 0-3 3-2 |
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5ª- Casa Modena | 1 |
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2ª- Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo | 2 |
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3-0 3-2 |
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7ª- Marmi Lanza Verona | 0 |
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3ª- Lube Banca Marche Macerata | 2 |
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3-0 3-1 2-3 |
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6ª- Sisley Treviso | 1 |
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