The first encounter of the new season has been a roller coaster of emotions. An excellent crowd of 1500 at the PalaPoli arena witnessed a game against Città di Castello that went all the way to the tie-break but did not finish happily for the hosts. Molfetta was 3-0 and 8-3 up in the tie-break, and even hanged on to a 12-8 lead but Castello got back in it. In the end, the top scorer, Uchikov made two mistakes at 14 all that gave the win to the guests. Still, a point against such a strong opposition can only be seen as a positive result.