Piacenza lost in the Bubo Fontana memorial against Cuneo in its last friendly game. Cuneo took revenge for their 3-1 loss against Piacenza in the Alassio tournament earlier this month. Still, Piacenza gave it a good fight, improving in two categories compared to the last two outings: blocks (10) and serve. Ngapeth shined with 25 points and was named MVP of the encounter.

BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA 3-2 (25-19; 23-25; 27-25; 16-25; 13-15)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo: Mastrangelo 14, Antonov 7, Ngapeth 24, Wijsmans 2, Kohut 10, Grbic 2, Della Lunga 10, Sokolov 17, De Pandis (L). dnp. Rossi, Abdelaziz, Marchisio and Galliani.

Copra Elior Piacenza: Tavana 7, Corvetta, Papi 9, Ogurcak 4, Holt 16, Maruotti 7, Vettori 18, Marra (L).