The battle of the two newly promoted sides went to Brescia, who fought back from 2-1 down to dominate the tie-break. Paoletti was terrific and was named man of the match. He scored a huge 29 points with 52% in attack. Thanks to the point taken, however, Tuscania is within one point of Castellana Grotte, who was defeated by Sora, but Reggio escaped in 8th place by winning in Matera.