Serie A1
Trento top with a game in hand
Round 21 results
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-1 (26-24, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22); Copra Elior Piacenza – Andreoli Latina 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-21) Played February 20; Casa Modena – Altotevere San Giustino 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-20); Sir Safety Perugia – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 1-3 (19-25, 11-25, 25-17, 21-25) ; Itas Diatec Trentino – Marmi Lanza Verona 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-20); BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – CMC Ravenna 3-1 (29-31, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17)
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO – MARMI LANZA VERONA 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-20)
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 11, Sintini, Birarelli 7, Juantorena 8, Vieira De Oliveira, Uchikov 5, Lanza 2, Djuric 9, Colaci (L), Stokr 7, Chrtiansky Jr 3, Bari (L), Burgsthaler 2. Coach. Stoytchev.
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Rak, Kosmina, Ter Horst 5, Gotsev 8, Meoni, Bolla 1, Pesaresi (L), Gavotto 13, Peacock, Viafara 3, Fedrizzi 5, De Marchi 1. DNP Centomo. Coach. Bagnoli.
Trentino took the first opportunity to lock the top spot of the regular season. To do so, the World Champs only needed two points put took all three against Verona. The difference between the two teams is clear in every department of the game as well as in the number of mistakes made. Djuric had 78% in attack, 2 aces and a total of 9 points which earned him the MVP award. Juantorena (60%) and Kaziyski (60%) also had excellent performances.
Emanuele Birarelli (Itas Diatec Trentino): “We had a decent game, we put in practice what we’d seen during the week in training. We never slowed down despite the fact it was a rather easy game, and credit to us for doing that. We wanted the points to win the regular season, but it is only an intermediary stage that leads to what we want to achieve in this end of season. Being first gives you some advantage and we’ll try to make the most of it”.
Michele Fedrizzi (Marmi Lanza Verona): “In the first set, Trento made it very hard for us, while we have been a little shy. We tried to recover in the second part of the game but against such a team it’s always difficult to express your game. I really wanted to do well in this game but I didn’t. Still, it was great to be back in the PalaTrento, even as an opponent”.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-1 (26-24, 21-25, 25-22, 25-22) CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lampariello, Savani 12, Zaytsev 29, Stankovic 7, Kovar, Monopoli, Henno (L), Travica 2, Kooy 14, Podrascanin 7. DNP Pajenk, Starovic. Coach. Giuliani.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Antonov 11, De Pandis (L), Wijsmans 16, Kohut 5, Grbic 2, Della Lunga, Sokolov 22, Abdelaziz 1, Rossi 8. DNP Marchisio, Galliani. Coach. Piazza.
Macerata secured second place with a game in hand thanks to a 3-1 victory over Cuneo in front of yet another sold-out crowd. This means they will begin the quarter-final series with a 1-0 advantage, and so will they in the semis if they qualify. More good news for Macerata as Jiri Kovar made his comeback five months after his knee injury. Cuneo was without Ngapeth, who got injured the day before, while Macerata rested Parodi because of abdominal pain.
Alberto Giuliani (Coach Cucine Lube Banca Marche): “Intense and nervous game, we wanted the end the regular season at home by sealing second place and we did it. This will give us a good advantage in the playoffs, and also a 90% chance to take part in the Champions League next season, this is therefore an important achievement. We are also very happy with the superb return from Jiri Kovar, who trained a lot at badminton and had a few sessions with the team. What we’ve seen of him is enough to understand the kind of talent we have been missing during the season”.
Wout Wijsmans (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “Macerata has been more consistent than us during the game, this was the key to their victory. Let’s not blow this loss out of proportion, our goal is now to finish the regular season with a win, and then get ready for the Champions League Final Four and the playoffs”.
CASA MODENA – ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO 3-0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-20)
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Sala 4, Bisi, Deroo 12, Quesque 8, Celitans 17, Vesely 10, Pinelli, Baranowicz, Piscopo. DNP Donadio, Kovacevic. Coach. Lorenzetti.
ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO: Fiore 2, Van Den Dries 1, Guttmann 3, Mc Kibbin, Coali, Cesarini (L), Bohme 10, Mattioli 1, Torre 1, De Togni 1, Maric 8, Lo Bianco (L), Cebulj 7. Coach. Fenoglio.
In front of over 3000 supporters, Modena swept San Giustino and secured fifth place with a game in hand. Modena will face Cuneo in the playoffs quarter-finals. Solid performance from Lorenzetti’s men who registered 57% in reception and attack and had 8 blocks. Mvp: Michele Baranowicz (Casa Modena)
Angelo Lorenzetti (Coach Casa Modena): “Training has been complicated last week. The boys have done very well though and we managed to get what we wanted, which is to be in the top six of the regular season. We are happy and now we just have to keep working…”
Marco Fenoglio (Coach Altotevere San Giustino): “The team is carrying out heavy loads of work to be ready for the playoffs. Besides, we knew we were up against a team that had improved a lot and was stronger than us. Today, Modena was much better than us, but we definitely could have played better too”
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE – CMC RAVENNA 3-1 (29-31, 25-19, 25-23, 25-17)
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Ricciardello (L), Falaschi 4, Dolfo 6, Stivachtis, Sabbi 28, Ferreira 17, Yosifov 13, Cester 12, Casoli 2. DNP Menzel, Elia, Ferreira. Coach. Gulinelli.
CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 11, Owens 2, Zhukouski 2, Psarras, Sirri 5, Tabanelli (L), Di Franco, Zanuto 14, Moro 15, Bellei 2, Pelekoudas 6. DNP Mazzotti, Radunovic. Coach. Fresa.
Castellana Grotte clinched victory in a hard-fought game: A historical victory that hands the club 8th place and the possibility to have the playoffs first round decider at home. Once again the MVP was Giulio Sabbi.
Flavio Gulinelli (coach BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “It’s a result that makes us very happy, and in spite of some unfair critics, at the end of the first set we fought hard for the shirt and obtained a historical result for us and Castellana Grotte at the end of a difficult encounter. Our opponents had nothing to lose and they came here to play all out. We handled this situation well, imposed our game and deservedly won”.
Mauro Fresa (coach CMC Ravenna): “We tried our best but Castellana was excellent and led by a superb Sabbi, who really hurt us with his serve. We lacked consistency on the serve, especially in the clutch moments, and some referee decisions have probably not done us any favour either. But let’s think about the future, we’ve been thinking about it for a while, the club will take its decisions. But in the meantime, we’ll try to finish the season with dignity against Trento next Sunday”.
Played Saturday:
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 1-3 (19-25, 11-25, 25-17, 21-25)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Alletti 6, Van Harskamp, Petric 14, Daldello 1, Giovi (L), Tomassetti 2, Schwarz 1, Tamburo 16, Vujevic 8, Edgar 1, Semenzato. DNP Van Rekom, Pochini. Coach. Kovac.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 1, Cortellazzi, Kaliberda, Farina (L), Forni, Rocamora, Badawy 12, Buti 8, Klapwijk 20, Barone 8, Urnaut 19. DNP Montesanti, Lavia. Coach. Blengini.
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 51, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 47, Copra Elior Piacenza 44, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 40, Casa Modena 36, Sir Safety Perugia 33, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 31, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 29, Andreoli Latina 28, Altotevere San Giustino 20, CMC Ravenna 10, Marmi Lanza Verona 9.
Fixtures
Serie A1 round 22
Sunday March 10 at 5.30pm
Andreoli Latina – Casa Modena Live on RAI Sport 1
Sunday March 10 at 6pm
Altotevere San Giustino – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte Live on Sportube.tv
CMC Ravenna – Itas Diatec Trentino
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Marmi Lanza Verona – Copra Elior Piacenza
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sir Safety Perugia
Serie A2
Round 22
Serie A2 round 22 results
Exprivia Molfetta – Conad Reggio Emilia 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23); Sieco Service Ortona – Elettrosud Brolo 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 25-18) Differed on RAI Sport 1 on Tuesday March 5 at 8pm; Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Tonazzo Padova 3-2 (17-25, 25-18, 25-20, 23-25, 16-14); Caffè Aiello Corigliano – Coserplast Matera 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18); Vero Volley Monza – Sidigas HS Atripalda 3-0 (25-22, 31-29, 25-20); Pallavolo Loreto – Gherardi SVI Città di Castello 0-3 (22-25, 21-25, 16-25)
Rested: B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – CONAD REGGIO EMILIA 3-1 (20-25, 25-19, 25-19, 25-23)
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Morelli 2, Aprea, Van Dijk 31, Del Vecchio 12, Verhanneman 1, Rizzo (L), Giglioli 4, Ippolito 7, Giosa 9, Saitta 3. DNP Mattei, Tamborra, Antonaci. Coach. Cichello.
CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Luppi 12, Grassano 12, Orduna 2, Goi (L), Tondo 6, Pellegrino 3, Barbareschi 18, Diachkov 13, Groppi. DNP Grassi, Biribanti, Castellani, Pagni. Coach. Cantagalli.
SIECO SERVICE ORTONA – ELETTROSUD BROLO 3-1 (25-20, 25-20, 21-25, 25-18)
SIECO SERVICE ORTONA: Cetrullo 21, Simoni 11, Muagututia 10, Sborgia 12, Di Meo 3, Lanci, Lipparini 5, Zito (L). DNP Guidone, Lapacciana, Scìo, Pappadà, Orsini. Coach. Lanci.
ELETTROSUD BROLO: Buzzelli 1, Blasi, Sesto 2, Ruiz 11, Pereyra 24, Cavanna 3, Ferraro 5, Paoli 1, Capra 7, Mengozzi 8, Ciabattini (L). DNP Ricci, Scolaro. Coach. Tofoli.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA – TONAZZO PADOVA 3-2 (17-25, 25-18, 25-20, 23-25, 16-14) GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Paolucci 3, Marzola, Fortunato, Scuderi, Mazzone 12, Paris 1, Milushev 26, Patriarca 16, Siltala 12, Anzani 12, Romiti (L). DNP Mauti, Gaudieri. Coach. Ricci.
TONAZZO PADOVA: Leonardi 8, Moretti 5, Vedovotto 18, Volpato, Giannotti 17, Balaso (L), Rosso 19, Garghella, Pedron 4, Salgado 8. DNP Mattera, Maniero. Coach. Schiavon.
CAFFÈ AIELLO CORIGLIANO – COSERPLAST MATERA 3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-18, 25-18)
CAFFè AIELLO CORIGLIANO: Fabroni 4, Van Garderen 11, Smerilli (L), Santucci 9, Tomasello 6, Bortolozzo 1, Padura Diaz 29, Sperandio 5, Marretta 7. DNP Casciaro, Paris, Fernando David Rodriguez, Giombini. Coach. Torchio.
COSERPLAST MATERA: Matheus 1, Casulli (L), Percoco, Postiglioni 4, Pinerua 15, Janusek 10, Suglia 9, Corsini 11, Di Tommaso 2, Rispoli. DNP Berni. Coach. Nacci.
VERO VOLLEY MONZA – SIDIGAS HS ATRIPALDA 3-0 (25-22, 31-29, 25-20)
VERO VOLLEY MONZA: Hrazdira 16, Pieri (L), Tiberti 1, Do Nascimento Jr, Cozzi 10, Botto 9, Beretta 6, Reggio, Baroti 13. DNP Cauteruccio, Cappelletto, Angelov, Puliti. Coach. Del Federico.
SIDIGAS HS ATRIPALDA: Cazzaniga 14, Candellaro 7, Di Marco 6, Cortina (L), Scappaticcio, De Paola 13, Izzo, Libraro 9, Cavaccini (L), Mrdak 1. DNP Gabriele, D’angelo, Bassi. Coach. Totire.
PALLAVOLO LORETO – GHERARDI SVI CITTA’ DI CASTELLO 0-3 (22-25, 21-25, 16-25)
PALLAVOLO LORETO: Spescha 4, Sarnari, Gabbanelli (L), Peda 12, Piccinini 4, Caporaletti 6, Belcecchi 4, Marchiani 3, Moretti 2, Nobili 3. DNP Leoni, Polidori. Coach. Fracascia.
GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO: Franceschini 3, Fromm 6, Carminati 5, Lensi (L), Grasso, Massari 7, Visentin 4, Sartoretti 2, Piano 8, Van Walle 13, Braga 5, Tosi (L). DNP Rosalba. Coach. Radici.
League table
Gherardi SVI Città di Castello 59, Exprivia Molfetta 46, Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora 42, Sidigas HS Atripalda 37, Vero Volley Monza 35, Caffè Aiello Corigliano 34, Tonazzo Padova 34, Sieco Service Ortona 32, Conad Reggio Emilia 26, Coserplast Matera 21, B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena 19, Elettrosud Brolo 19, Pallavolo Loreto 10.
1 more game: Tonazzo Padova, Sieco Service Ortona, Coserplast Matera
Fixtures
Serie A2 round 23
Saturday March 9 at 6pm
Sidigas HS Atripalda – Caffè Aiello Corigliano
Sunday March 10 at 6pm
Elettrosud Brolo – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
Sieco Service Ortona – Vero Volley Monza
Tonazzo Padova – Pallavolo Loreto
Gherardi SVI Città di Castello – Exprivia Molfetta Differed on RAI Sport 1, Tuesday March 12 at 8pm
B-Chem Golden Plast Potenza Picena – Conad Reggio Emilia
Rested: Coserplast Matera
