Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A

Serie A1 playoffs

Game 3 needed between San Giustino and Latina

8th of final game 2:

Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia (9) – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte (8) 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-19)

Altotevere San Giustino (10) – Andreoli Latina (7) 3-2 (25-17, 25-23, 16-25, 20-25, 16-14)

ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO – ANDREOLI LATINA 3-2 (25-17, 25-23, 16-25, 20-25, 16-14) – ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO: Fiore, Van Den Dries 1, Mc Kibbin 2, Coali, Cesarini (L), Bohme 10, Mattioli 13, Torre, De Togni 10, Maric 34, Lo Bianco (L), Cebulj 11. DNP Guttmann, Gradi. Coach. Fenoglio.

ANDREOLI LATINA: Rauwerdink 16, Rossini (L), Gitto, Sottile 3, Jarosz 11, Patriarca 12, Verhees 8, Prandi (L), Troy 14, Noda Blanco 13, Fragkos 1, Guemart. Coach. Prandi.

San Giustino forced Latina to the deciding game 3 with a superb performance. The hosts took the first two sets but Latina fought back to push it to the tie-break. Led by Noda Blanco, San Giustino showed great fighting spirit to catch up and tie it at 10 all in the fifth set and then clinch it on a Maric spike. MVP: Goran Maric.

Marco Fenoglio (coach Altotevere San Giustino): “This win is a reward for all the sacrifices made during the season. Now we’re going to Latina to have a go, we’ll give everything we have, we don’t want to stop now”.

Salvatore Rossini (Andreoli Latina): “We knew San Giustino was better than what they’d done in game 1. They really made it hard for us, especially in the first two sets, we managed to get back in it but in the tie-break they were better than us. We’ll have to be very careful in game 3, they have no intention to let go”.

Played at 6pm

TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA – BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-19) TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 3, Cortellazzi, Kaliberda 12, Farina (L), Forni, Buti 6, Klapwijk 18, Barone 8, Urnaut 8. DNP Montesanti, Lavia, Rocamora, Badawy. Coach. Blengini.

BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Menzel 3, Elia, Paparoni (L), Falaschi 2, Dolfo, Stivachtis 1, Sabbi 6, Ferreira 9, Yosifov 3, Cester 8, Casoli 7. DNP Ricciardello. Coach. Gulinelli.

8th of final Game 3

Sunday March 24 at 6pm

Andreoli Latina (7) – Altotevere San Giustino (10)

BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte (8) – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia (9)

One live game at 5.30pm on Rai Sport 1

Playoff Serie A1: QUARTER-FINALS

Between march 27 and April 7

Playoff Serie A1 – SEMI-FINALS

Between April 10 and April 21

Playoff Serie A1 – FINAL

Between April 25 and May 8 (all games live on Rai Sport)

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