Serie A1
Big match goes to Trento
Città di Castello newly promoted in the A1
Results
Casa Modena – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-18, 25-20); Copra Elior Piacenza – Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3 (25-17, 18-25, 19-25, 25-19, 12-15); Marmi Lanza Verona – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 2-3 (19-25, 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 13-15); CMC Ravenna – Sir Safety Perugia 0-3 (14-25, 22-25, 20-25).
Played Saturday
Andreoli Latina – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 0-3 (28-30, 26-28, 22-25); Altotevere San Giustino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 2-3 (25-27, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 13-15)
This weekend, the Italian League and its clubs were united with UNIAMO in the sixth Rare Disease day. Some informative material was given in the arenas underlining the support of the League and its clubs.
CASA MODENA – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-18, 25-20)
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Sala 2, Bisi 1, Deroo 20, Quesque, Celitans 20, Vesely 8, Pinelli, Kovacevic 16, Baranowicz 5, Piscopo. DNP Catellani. Coach. Lorenzetti.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lampariello, Pajenk 2, Savani 10, Zaytsev 18, Stankovic 8, Monopoli, Henno (L), Travica 1, Starovic 13, Kooy 1, Podrascanin 5. DNP Randazzo. Coach. Giuliani.
Unbelievable atmosphere created by over 5000 spectators in Modena as the hosts had the better of the Italian champions of Macerata. Thanks to this win, Lorenzetti’s boys consolidate their fifth place. Born in 1994, Fabio Bisi made his full debut in the Serie A. Modena dominated at the net with 14 blocks to 3, and in attack: 54% versus 46%.
Mvp: Uros Kovacevic (Casa Modena)
Uros Kovacevic (Casa Modena): “That was a great feeling, this arena is amazing. I enjoyed every minute of it. To have a chance against a top team like Macerata we needed a top quality performance and we gave more than 100%. We have to keep working hard, each game has its own story and the only way to get better is to maintain the focus and intensity in training”.
Hubert Henno (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “Our approach to the game was not the best, but we did well to bounce back in the second set. But then we did not manage to impose our will, it’s a difficult moment for us and you could see that in the third and fourth set”.
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (25-17, 18-25, 19-25, 25-19, 12-15)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Latelli (L), Marra (L), Papi 11, Fei 22, Simon 14, Zlatanov 18, Holt 4, Tencati 1, Maruotti, Vettori, De Cecco 5. DNP Corvetta, Ogurcak. Coach. Monti.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 17, Sintini, Birarelli 7, Juantorena 14, Vieira De Oliveira 2, Uchikov 3, Djuric 10, Colaci (L), Stokr 15, Chrtiansky Jr 1, Bari (L), Burgsthaler 1. DNP Valsecchi. Coach. Stoytchev.
The snow did not stop the Piacenza fans who packed the arena for the big game against Trento. In its last home game before the playoffs, Piacenza fought hard for five sets and almost 2 hours but Trento came out on top and took two points. De Cecco proved to be a superb organizer in the clutch time, but Raphael did extremely well too on the other side of the net.
Luca Monti (coach Copra Elior Piacenza): “We played with an excellent attitude, the only disappointment is for the third set, in which we faded. In the fourth set, both teams played at a lower level but we did well to fight through it. We gave everything we had, and we realized we had qualities that troubled Trento. We should keep in mind those positive aspects for future encounters against Trento”.
Massimo Colaci (Itas Diatec Trentino): “Each one of us knew perfectly how important and difficult was going to be this encounter. Piacenza is a tough place to go to, they have an excellent team. Their serve made it particularly hard for us. It’s really been a tough game but we can be happy with the two points that means we stay top of the league”.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 2-3 (19-25, 25-21, 25-21, 23-25, 13-15) MARMI LANZA VERONA: Kosmina, Ter Horst 4, Gotsev 8, Meoni, Pesaresi (L), Gavotto 20, Peacock 3, Viafara 6, Fedrizzi 18, De Marchi 11. DNP Bolla, Centomo. Coach. Bagnoli.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 1, Cortellazzi 1, Kaliberda 4, Farina (L), Rocamora 1, Badawy 10, Buti 5, Klapwijk 18, Barone 11, Urnaut 24. DNP Montesanti, Lavia, Forni. Coach. Blengini.
In a heated atmosphere and among the many charity initiatives in Verona, Vibo Valentia came out on top at the tie-break. Still Verona had a positive performance, they were also disappointed with some referee decisions at the end of the fourth set. MVP: Urnaut.
Francesco De Marchi (Marmi Lanza Verona): “The important thing for us is to end the season with dignity, and today we showed some positive. However, we keep being unlucky but we can be satisfied because we played at a different level compared to what we did in recent games”.
Tine Urnaut (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “It’s been a thrilling game but we still haven’t reached the level of play we would like. We are still fighting for sixth place but we only got two points. Still, this was an incredibly tense and spectacular game”.
CMC RAVENNA – SIR SAFETY PERUGIA 0-3 (14-25, 22-25, 20-25)
CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 4, Psarras 1, Sirri 6, Tabanelli (L), Di Franco 2, Radunovic 2, Zanuto 10, Bellei 12, Pelekoudas 1. DNP Owens, Zhukouski, Mazzotti. Coach. Fresa.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Alletti 7, Van Harskamp, Petric 16, Daldello 1, Giovi (L), Schwarz, Tamburo 15, Vujevic 4, Edgar 2, Semenzato 2. DNP Van Rekom, Tomassetti, Pochini. Coach. Kovac.
Ravenna could do very little to contain Perugia. The game became very hard before it even began: indeed, the team lost Zhukouski (back problem) and Moro (flu), who were substituted by Psarras and Bellei.
Mauro Fresa (coach CMC Ravenna): “We do have our problems but we don’t have much luck either. Losing two key players in the morning really made it hard. But we’ll keep fighting in the last two games, starting with Sunday’s game in Castellana Grotte”.
Slobodan Kovac (coach Sir Safety Perugia): “We had seen Ravenna begin very well in their last game, so we got on court ready to play. Once we won the first set, Ravenna lost its focus and made a lot of mistakes, while my team maintained a good level of play until the end”.
Played Saturday
ANDREOLI LATINA – BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE 0-3 (28-30, 26-28, 22-25)
ANDREOLI LATINA: Rauwerdink 7, Rossini (L), Gitto 2, Sottile 1, Jarosz 8, Patriarca 6, Verhees 8, Troy 6, Noda Blanco, Cisolla 1, Fragkos 13, Guemart 1. DNP Prandi. Coach. Prandi.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Ricciardello (L), Falaschi, Dolfo 7, Ferreira, Sabbi 22, Ferreira 8, Yosifov 5, Cester 12, Casoli. DNP Menzel, Elia, Stivachtis. Coach. Gulinelli.
ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 2-3 (25-27, 25-23, 25-20, 19-25, 13-15)
ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO: Fiore 13, Guttmann, Coali, Cesarini (L), Bohme 3, Torre 2, De Togni 5, Maric 26, Cebulj 21. DNP Van Den Dries, Mc Kibbin, Mattioli, Lo Bianco. Coach. Fenoglio.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Antonov 12, Ngapeth 14, De Pandis (L), Galliani, Kohut 8, Grbic 7, Della Lunga 4, Sokolov 33, Rossi 2. DNP Marchisio, Abdelaziz. Coach. Piazza.
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 48, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 44, Copra Elior Piacenza 44, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 40, Casa Modena 33, Sir Safety Perugia 33, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 28, Andreoli Latina 28, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 26, Altotevere San Giustino 20, CMC Ravenna 10, Marmi Lanza Verona 9.
1 game more: Copra Elior Piacenza, Andreoli Latina
Fixtures
Saturday March 2 at 6.30pm
Sir Safety Perugia – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia Live on RAI Sport 1
Sunday March 3 at 5.30pm
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Live on RAI Sport 1
Sunday March 3 at 6pm
Casa Modena – Altotevere San Giustino Live on Sportube.tv
Itas Diatec Trentino – Marmi Lanza Verona
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – CMC Ravenna
Copra Elior Piacenza-Andreoli Latina (already played): 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-21)
Serie A2
Città di Castello in the A1
PALLAVOLO LORETO – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 23-25) PALLAVOLO LORETO: Spescha 14, Gabbanelli (L), Peda 10, Piccinini 4, Belcecchi 2, Ranghieri 3, Marchiani 3, Moretti 9. DNP Sarnari, Polidori, Caporaletti, Nobili. Coach. Fracascia.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Paolucci 3, Marzola, Fortunato, Scuderi (L), Mazzone 4, Paris 11, Milushev 20, Patriarca 9, Siltala, Anzani 9, Romiti (L). DNP Hendriks, Mauti. Coach. Ricci.
TONAZZO PADOVA – B-CHEM GOLDEN PLAST POTENZA PICENA 2-3 (22-25, 25-19, 17-25, 25-14, 14-16) TONAZZO PADOVA: Leonardi 4, Moretti 21, Vedovotto 20, Volpato 2, Giannotti 1, Balaso (L), Rosso 16, Mattera 2, Garghella, Pedron 1, Salgado 8. DNP Maniero. Coach. Schiavon.
B-CHEM GOLDEN PLAST POTENZA PICENA: Tobaldi 7, Cecato, Miscio 2, Zamponi 1, Mercorio 18, Zamagni 8, Muzio 26, David 12, Bianchi (L), Della Corte. DNP Benaglia, Zampetti. Coach. Graziosi.
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – CAFFÈ AIELLO CORIGLIANO 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-13)
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Morelli 1, Aprea, Van Dijk 15, Del Vecchio 1, Verhanneman 7, Rizzo (L), Giglioli 8, Ippolito 15, Giosa 4, Saitta 4. DNP Mattei, Tamborra, Antonaci. Coach. Cichello.
CAFFè AIELLO CORIGLIANO: Fabroni 2, Van Garderen 11, Smerilli (L), Santucci 1, Tomasello 2, Paris, Padura Diaz 18, Sperandio 6, Giombini 1, Marretta 2. DNP Aversente, Casciaro, Bortolozzo. Coach. Torchio.
GHERARDI SVI CITTÀ DI CASTELLO – SIECO SERVICE ORTONA 3-1 (25-27, 25-14, 27-25, 25-17)
GHERARDI SVI CITTÀ DI CASTELLO: Franceschini, Fromm 17, Carminati 1, Lensi (L), Massari 15, Visentin 5, Rosalba 1, Piano 6, Van Walle 22, Braga 5, Tosi (L). DNP Grasso, Sartoretti. Coach. Radici.
SIECO SERVICE ORTONA: Cetrullo 21, Simoni 10, Muagututia 19, Sborgia 7, Di Meo, Lanci, Lipparini 7, Zito (L), Orsini. DNP Guidone, Lapacciana, Scìo, Pappadà. Coach. Lanci.
COSERPLAST MATERA – ELETTROSUD BROLO 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-22)
COSERPLAST MATERA: Matheus 3, Casulli (L), Percoco, Postiglioni 5, Pinerua 19, Janusek 22, Suglia 6, Corsini 7, Di Tommaso 2, Rispoli, Gaetano. DNP Berni. Coach. Nacci.
ELETTROSUD BROLO: Buzzelli 3, Blasi, Ricci, Sesto 10, Ruiz 15, Pereyra 21, Cavanna 2, Ferraro 1, Paoli 4, Capra 1, Mengozzi 2, Ciabattini (L). DNP Scolaro. Coach. Tofoli.
Serie A2 round 21
Results
Pallavolo Loreto – Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 23-25); Tonazzo Padova – B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena 2-3 (22-25, 25-19, 17-25, 25-14, 14-16); Conad Reggio Emilia – Vero Volley Monza – To be played at 8pm; Exprivia Molfetta – Caffè Aiello Corigliano 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-13) Differed on RAI Sport 1, Tuesday February 26 at 8pm; Gherardi SVI Città di Castello – Sieco Service Ortona 3-1 (25-27, 25-14, 27-25, 25-17); Coserplast Matera – Elettrosud Brolo 3-1 (18-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-22)
Rested: Sidigas HS Atripalda
League table
Gherardi SVI Città di Castello 56, Exprivia Molfetta 43, Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 40, Sidigas HS Atripalda 37, Tonazzo Padova 33, Caffè Aiello Corigliano 31, Vero Volley Monza 29, Sieco Service Ortona 29, Conad Reggio Emilia 26, B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena 19, Elettrosud Brolo 19, Coserplast Matera 18, Pallavolo Loreto 10.
1 game in hand: Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora, Vero Volley Monza, Conad Reggio Emilia. 1 game more: Tonazzo Padova, Sieco Service Ortona, B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena.
Fixtures
serie A2 round 22
Sunday March 3 at 6pm
Exprivia Molfetta – Conad Reggio Emilia
Sieco Service Ortona – Elettrosud Brolo Differed on RAI Sport 1 Tuesday March 5 at 8pm
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Tonazzo Padova
Caffè Aiello Corigliano -Coserplast Matera
Vero Volley Monza – Sidigas HS Atripalda
Pallavolo Loreto – Gherardi SVI Città di Castello
Riposa: B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena
Serie A2
Frusinate Sora – Coserplast Matera Wednesday
The game between Sora and Matera, which had been postponed because of the recent earthquake, will be played on Wednesday February 27 at 8.30pm.
