Serie A1: Round 18
On Wednesday 26, the postponed game between Ravenna and Piacenza will be played at 8.30pm.
Round 18 results
Altotevere Città di Castello-Diatec Trentino 2-3 (26-24, 15-25, 25-27, 25-20, 11-15); Casa Modena-Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 0-3 (21-25, 19-25, 18-25); Copra Elior Piacenza-Andreoli Latina 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 26-24); CMC Ravenna-Bre Lannutti Cuneo 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-22); Calzedonia Verona-Exprivia Molfetta 2-3 (22-25, 27-25, 21-25, 25-21, 13-15); Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Sir Safety Perugia 0-3 (17-25, 23-25, 19-25)
ALTOTEVERE CITTà DI CASTELLO – DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (26-24, 15-25, 25-27, 25-20, 11-15) – ALTOTEVERE CITTà DI CASTELLO: Franceschini, Fromm 21, Carminati, Corvetta, Dolfo, Massari 11, Tosi (L), Piano 15, Van Walle 15, Rossi 9, Marchiani. DNP Lensi, Sartoretti. Coach. Radici.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Sintini, Solé 16, Ferreira 20, Suxho 2, Lanza 22, Colaci (L), Nelli 2, Fedrizzi 1, Burgsthaler 7, Van Dijk 20. DNP Thei, De Paola, Polo. Coach. Serniotti.
Trentino came out on top at the tie-break at the end of a battle that lasted over two hours against Città di Castello. Coach Serniotti was without Sokolov and Szabo but with new signing Van Dijk. In the tie-break, Trento took the early initiatives (5-8) but Città di Castello got back thanks to two consecutive points from Fromm (10-10). That’s when Lanza took over for the guests to give Trento the win.
MVP: Alexandre Ferreira
Filippo Lanza (Diatec Trentino) : “We did not adapt well to the court and we struggled to contain their serve and dig at times. Dominated in the fourth, we found our game in the tie-break and played with determination. This win could turn things around for us after a difficult period”.
Matteo Piano (Altotevere Città di Castello): “We could have done better but we’ll have to be happy with this. Our team is young but we managed to play face to face with much more experienced squads. We’re having an excellent season, but we have to work our socks off every day”.
CASA MODENA – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 0-3 (21-25, 19-25, 18-25) – CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Sala 8, Sket 7, Deroo 3, Kampa, Bartman 3, Beretta 2, Bossi 2, Mossa De Rezende 1, Kovacevic 7, Ngapeth 10. DNP Hendriks. Coach. Lorenzetti.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Henno (L), Parodi 8, Zaytsev 17, Stankovic 9, Patriarca, Kovar 8, Kurek 1, Baranowicz, Podrascanin 8. DNP Paparoni, Monopoli, Giombini, Vitelli. Coach. Giuliani.
In front of over 5000 supporters, Macerata defeated Modena in its own house to stay top of the league table. An extremely solid performance for Macerata, led by the trio Zaytsev-Parodi-Baranowicz (former Modena player). Modena lacked consistency in attack (37%) and they failed to convert important opportunities in the first set.
MVP: Michele Baranowicz
Angelo Lorenzetti (Coach Casa Modena): “It’s been an extremely intense week, mentally tiring with three very important games for us. I’d say the boys did very well for one set and three quarters. The shame is that we made a lot of mistakes in the first set on the counter and against such a focused Macerata team, you can’t afford to do so”.
Alberto Giuliani (Coach Cucine Lube Banca MarcheMacerata): “We’re still working our way back up, but I think there were clear signs of healing tonight. The team had an excellent game on the serve and in attack. Now we have to work and get our players back to full fitness before the Italian cup final four”.
CALZEDONIA VERONA – EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA 2-3 (22-25, 27-25, 21-25, 25-21, 13-15) – CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 16, Blasi, Pesaresi (L), Ter Horst 6, Coali, Gasparini 34, White 11, Boninfante 1, Bellei, Anzani 9, Gonzalez 1. DNP Centomo. Coach. Giani.
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Piscopo 5, Mazzone 14, Izzo, Del Vecchio 9, Cesarini (L), Sabbi 41, Fornés Jul 3, Casoli 10, Saitta 6. DNP Diamantini, Zanuto, Porcelli. Coach. Cichello.
The hard-fought encounter in the PalaOlimpia arena went all the way to the wire with top scorer Sabbi (41) leading the guests to victory. In the tie-break, Verona took a 7-5 lead but Molfetta fought back (9-10). Then Gasparini was blocked and Sabbi finished the job off for the guests.
MVP: Gasparini.
Mitja Gasparini (Calzedonia Verona): “We have not played as a team tonight in the clutch times, this is the problem we had. I am angry, you cannot win like that. Once again, we lacked the needed composure to seal it”.
Giulio Sabbi (Exprivia Molfetta): “The win we were looking for to move up the table finally arrived. This is our first victory on the road, two valuable points we dedicate to our manager who recently passed away. We’re all happy and satisfied, this win will give us a boost and motivation for the coming fixtures”.
CMC RAVENNA – BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-22)
CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 7, Kauliakamoa Jr, Cricca, Toniutti 1, Tillie 10, Scarpi (L), Klapwijk 12, Cester 7, Bari (L), Cebulj 13. DNP Ricci, Jeliazkov, Koumentakis, Patriarca. Coach. Bonitta.
BRE LANNUTTI CUNEO: Rauwerdink 2, Antonov 6, Marchisio (L), Gonzalez 3, De Pandis (L), Casadei 3, Kohut 8, Alletti 6, Coscione, Rouzier 4, Maruotti 12. DNP De Togni, Picco. Coach. Piazza.
Led by MVP Klapwijk, a brilliant Ravenna thrashed Cuneo to make it four wins in a row.
Marco Bonitta (Coach CMC Ravenna): “We finally won one 3-0, a result that makes us feel completely satisfied. We have maintained a really high level of play, this was really an excellent performance. The key moment arrived after the defeat against Modena, we got going from there and collected four victories in a row. Winning helps you gain confidence and improve the quality of your game”.
Cuneo did not release any post-game interview.
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA – SIR SAFETY PERUGIA 0-3 (17-25, 23-25, 19-25) – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Sardanelli, Trinidad De Haro 2, Plot, Randazzo 11, Farina (L), Forni 4, Crer 1, Gavotto 13, Ogurcak 13, Presta 1. DNP Steuerwald, Thiaw. Coach. Blengini.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Buti 3, Paolucci 1, Petric 12, Della Corte, Giovi (L), Cupkovic, Barone 7, Della Lunga 3, Mitic, Vujevic 9, Atanasijevic 17, Fanuli (L), Semenzato 3. Coach. Kovac.
The game started with a special ovation for the three former Vibo player Barone, Buti and Fanuli. Coach Blengini had to make do without starting setter Steuerwald, Cisolla and Villena, while Crer and Ogurcak were far from physically 100% fit. Young setter from Trinidad De Haro made his full debut as Petric and Atanasijevic (MVP) did the job for the guests, who came back home with a straight set victory.
Pablo Damian Crer (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “We knew it was going to be tough for us, be that for the quality of the opponent and for our long injury list. We tried our best. We can’t put our heads down and have to keep giving our best in training even if it is difficult to train with consistency like this. Now we’ll focus on the next game against Trento”.
Rocco Barone (Sir Safety Perugia): “At the start it was tough to be back and play in this splendid gym. There were a lot of emotions. The game went well for us, we could take advantage of the fact they were without their starting setter. I came on fine in the game, coach Kovac always wants us to be ready anytime. We don’t want to stop now, we want to do well in the cup semi-final and get to the playoffs in good shape”.
Played on Saturday February 22
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA – ANDREOLI LATINA 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 26-24)
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Le Roux 5, Papi, Fei 8, Smerilli (L), Kaliberda 14, Simon 10, Zlatanov 11, Husaj, Tencati, Vettori 8, De Cecco 3. DNP Partenio. Coach. Monti.
ANDREOLI LATINA: Candellaro, Rossini (L), Gitto 4, Sottile 1, Verhees 3, Paris, Noda Blanco 9, Starovic 14, Fragkos 12. DNP Michalovic, Skrimov, Tailli. Coach. Simoni.
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 49, Copra Elior Piacenza 45, Sir Safety Perugia 39, Diatec Trentino 33, Bre Lannutti Cuneo 26, Altotevere Città di Castello 25, Calzedonia Verona 25, Casa Modena 25, CMC Ravenna 20, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 19, Exprivia Molfetta 15, Andreoli Latina 15.
1 game in hand: Copra Elior Piacenza, Exprivia Molfetta; 2 games in hand: CMC Ravenna;
Fixtures
Serie A1 round 15 (postponed game)
Wednesday February 26 at 8.30pm
CMC Ravenna – Copra Elior Piacenza
(Gnani-Cappello)
Serie A1 round 19
Saturday March 1 at 5.30pm
Sir Safety Perugia – CMC Ravenna Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Sunday March 2 at 5.30pm
Exprivia Molfetta – Copra Elior Piacenza Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Sunday March 2 at 6pm
Diatec Trentino – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Calzedonia Verona Live on Sportube.tv
Bre Lannutti Cuneo – Altotevere Città di Castello
Postponed to Tuesday March 11 at 8.0pm
Casa Modena – Andreoli Latina
Serie A2: Round 19
Padova and Monza keeps dominating. Sora loses ground, beaten by Ortona. Matera beats Cantù, while Castellana collects a tie-break win over Milan.
Results:
Itely Milano-Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 2-3 (21-25, 25-22, 25-16, 23-25, 11-15); Tonazzo Padova-Caffè Aiello Corigliano 3-0 (26-24, 25-23, 25-21); Sieco Service Ortona-Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 3-1 (25-18, 36-38, 25-17, 25-20); Coserplast Openet Matera-Cassa Rurale Cantù 3-1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-16, 26-24); Vero Volley Monza-B-Chem Potenza Picena 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-12)
Rested: Elettrosud Brolo
ITELY MILANO – MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE 2-3 (21-25, 25-22, 25-16, 23-25, 11-15) – ITELY MILANO: Seregni (L), Rigoni 2, Sirri 9, Bencz 27, Mattera 5, Cerbo (L), Giglioli 5, Bertoli 9, Valsecchi 13. DNP Di Felice, Daolio, Tescaro, Barsi. Coach. Maranesi.
MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE: Cazzaniga 13, Petrosillo, Primavera (L), Libraro 19, Mariella, Castellano 16, Sperandio 11, Pellegrino 4, Spadavecchia 10, Battista (L), Braico 1. DNP Civita, Ciavarella. Coach. Fanizza.
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