Results:
Ninfa Latina-Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 0-3 (21-25, 17-25, 15-25); Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Calzedonia Verona 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-20); Tonazzo Padova-DHL Modena 3-1 (19-25, 25-22, 25-21, 26-24); Exprivia Molfetta-Diatec Trentino 3-1 (25-21, 26-24, 18-25, 25-14)
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – DIATEC TRENTINO 3-1 (25-21, 26-24, 18-25, 25-14) – EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Kaczynski, Candellaro 5, Spadavecchia, De Barros Ferreira 10, Barone 5, De Pandis (L), Hierrezuelo 9, Fedrizzi 16, Hernandez Ramos 33. DNP Mariella, Porcelli. Coach. Di Pinto.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 13, Nelli 16, Antonov 2, Bratoev, Giannelli 3, Lanza, Solé 6, Colaci (L), Van De Voorde 9, Urnaut 10, Mazzone. DNP Mazzone. Coach. Stoytchev.
The Molfetta players needed a special performance to keep the dream alive and they found it. Standing ovation from the home fans who are now certain to see their team back for game 4. The hosts dominated in every area of the game and they showed the kind of character that had got them a lot of great moments during the regular season. Hernandez was outstanding, he scored 33 points, 6 of which were aces, while the MVP of the game was Fedrizzi who registered 53% in attack for 16 points. Six aces for him too.
Daniele De Pandis (Exprivia Molfetta): “I think everything went to perfection today, both technically and mentally. We did what the coach had asked us this week: to be even more aggressive than the best team in Italy. We want to do very well in both our home games in these playoffs to send it all to the Game 5 and try to bring as much excitement to our amazing fans as possible”.
Matej Kaziyski (Diatec Trentino): “It’s never enjoyable to lose. This week we’ll face two difficult games, one on the road, but we’re confident we can win both of them. I still have to settle in the group. I want to congratulate Molfetta. They took a lot of risks on the serve and they ripped maximum rewards, even if it’s true we made a lot of mistakes in reception”.
TONAZZO PADOVA – DHL MODENA 3-1 (19-25, 25-22, 25-21, 26-24)
TONAZZO PADOVA: Cook 20, Orduna 2, Giannotti 23, Balaso (L), Quiroga 1, Volpato, Averill 5, Berger 12, Diamantini 4. DNP Leoni, Bassanello, Milan, Lazzaretto. Coach. Baldovin.
DHL MODENA: Mossa De Rezende 2, Casadei 13, Rossini (L), Sartoretti, Ngapeth 23, Nikic 9, Piano, Bossi 9, Sens, Saatkamp 12, Vettori. DNP Donadio, Soli, Sighinolfi. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Padova played one of its best games of the season to have the better of the Modena giants. The hosts had MVP Giannotti and Cook as the main architects of this memorable evening. Modena lost its way after the first set as Vettori’s absence made itself felt. They also proved inaccurate in the important moments of the game.
Valerio Baldovin (coach Tonazzo Padova): “It’s been a tough game, we struggled to receive their serve in the first set. But credit to the boys who gained confidence little by little and believed. From the third set on we had impressive percentages in attack. We shouldn’t put our heads down after a defeat and neither should we get carried away after a victory. We’ll keep working as always, so that we can play face to face the coming games”.
Salvatore Rossini (DHL Modena): “It’s true we did not have our greatest game, but let’s remember there is an opponent to beat on court. They played superb volleyball, congratulations to them on this brilliant performance. This does not change anything for us. We knew it would be hard. We will work hard during the week to prepare Game 3. That’s the playoffs for you”.
NINFA LATINA – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA 0-3 (21-25, 17-25, 15-25) – NINFA LATINA: Sottile, Sket 5, Pavlov, Romiti (L), Tailli, Hirsch 10, Yosifov 6, Rossi 3, Maruotti 7. DNP Krumins, Mattei, Ferenciac. Coach. Placì.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA: Juantorena 16, Stankovic 9, Christenson 2, Cester 4, Grebennikov (L), Miljkovic 11, Cebulj 14. DNP Parodi, Vitelli, Priddy, Kovar, Corvetta, Podrascanin. Coach. Blengini.
Civitanova made the double and goes 2-0 up in the series. The visitors left Latina no chance thanks to an excellent 63% in attack and 8 aces. MVP Klement Cebulj (Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova)
Roberto Romiti (Ninfa Latina): “We knew they would have stepped up a gear. Their serve has been a big part of their success, we just couldn’t keep up”.
Klement Cebulj (Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova): “They had put us under a lot of pressure on Thursday night, but today we had an excellent game. Now we have to win at home to seal the series”.
SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA – CALZEDONIA VERONA 3-0 (25-17, 25-23, 25-20) – SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA: Buti 9, Fromm, De Cecco 2, Kaliberda 8, Giovi (L), Russell 16, Tzioumakas, Elia, Atanasijevic 13, Birarelli 6. DNP Holt, Dimitrov, Fanuli. Coach. Kovac.
CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 3, Kovacevic 13, Pesaresi (L), Gitto, Spirito, Baranowicz 1, Starovic 15, Bellei, Sander 9, Anzani 5. DNP Lecat, Frigo, Bucko. Coach. Giani.
It’s Perugia again. In a sold-out house, Kovac’s men made it 2-0 in the series over Verona. The hosts were led by the extremely inspired De Cecco, while Aaron Russell was the only possible MVP of the game as he had an extraordinary game (16 points at 70%). Perugia was also on top of it in the reception with 57% and Giovi did miracles in dig. Besides, even if Atanasijevic is not as impressive as usual, he still shows up to smash down the big points.
Aleksandar Atanasijevic (Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “It’s been a great game which ended with a very positive result for us. Now we have ten days to rest and recharge our batteries for Game 3. We’ll go to Verona to try to repeat the performance we had today. Big thank you to our fans who has really been the extra man on court”.
Giacomo Belli (Calzedonia Verona): “We had a poor game today, we have probably suffered the psychological effect of Game 1. We knew playing here would be tough and that was confirmed. We hoped we could get back in it by fighting point after point, but that wasn’t to be. We have one chance left, we’ll give everything we have”.
Fixtures
League playoffs: quarter-finals game 3
Saturday 19 March at 8.30pm
Diatec Trentino – Exprivia Molfetta Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 20 March at 6pm
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova –Ninfa Latina Live on Lega Volley Channel
DHL Modena – Tonazzo Padova Live on Lega Volley Channel
Wednesday 23 March at 8.30pm
Calzedonia Verona – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Round 24 results:
Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte-Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 0-3 (19-25, 20-25, 25-27); Aurispa Alessano-Sieco Service Ortona 2-3 (16-25, 25-14, 25-20, 24-26, 13-15); Cassa Rurale Cantù-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 0-3 (23-25, 24-26, 16-25); BAM Mondovì-Potenza Picena 1-3 (25-19, 23-25, 19-25, 22-25); Club Italia Roma-Emma Villas Siena 1-3 (14-25, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26); Conad Reggio Emilia-Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana 2-3 (25-21, 20-25, 33-31, 18-25, 11-15); Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania-Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-21)
MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (19-25, 20-25, 25-27) – MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE: Bulfon 11, Nero (L), Primavera (L), Scopelliti 4, Primavera, Tartaglione 11, Pedron 3, Bonetti 12, Giosa 5. DNP Latorre, De Serio, Ntotila. Coach. Fanizza.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Fabroni 3, Festi 7, Santucci (L), Bacca 13, Rosso 17, Hoogendoorn 10, Buzzelli, Giglioli, Marrazzo, Sperandio 9. DNP Mariano, Lucarelli, Mauti. Coach. Soli.
AURISPA ALESSANO – SIECO SERVICE ORTONA 2-3 (16-25, 25-14, 25-20, 24-26, 13-15) – AURISPA ALESSANO: Cernic 22, Piazza, Bolla 14, Torsello 3, Russo (L), Pellegrino, Lamb 4, Jeliazkov 20, Bisanti (L), Piscopo 14. DNP Muccio, Marzo. Coach. Bramato.
SIECO SERVICE ORTONA: Simoni 8, Guidone, Matricardi, Sesto 10, Soonias 3, Cortina (L), Toscani, Di Meo 23, Lanci 2, Paoletti 14, Borgogno 13. DNP Orsini. Coach. Lanci.
CASSA RURALE CANTù – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA 0-3 (23-25, 24-26, 16-25) – CASSA RURALE CANTù: Monguzzi 5, Butti (L), Groppi, Riva, Tiozzo 15, Gerosa 2, Preti 14, Krolis 14, Robbiati 8. DNP Molteni, Rudi, Mazza, Cominetti, Gaggini. Coach. Della Rosa.
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Pinelli 4, Marra (L), Casoli 15, Michalovic 16, Forni 7, Vedovotto 12, Silva De Araujo, Presta 5. DNP Korniienko, Ferraro, Maccarone, Corrado, Sardanelli. Coach. Mastrangelo.
BAM MONDOVì – VOLLEY POTENTINO POTENZA PICENA 1-3 (25-19, 23-25, 19-25, 22-25) BAM MONDOVì: Menardo, Ghibaudo 1, Parusso 10, Thei (L), Manassero 15, Longo 4, Cortellazzi 3, De Luca 11, Perla 4, Roberts 17. DNP Peirano, Peluffo, Fabiano. Coach. Barisciani.
VOLLEY POTENTINO POTENZA PICENA: Cavuto 13, Codarin 7, Pierotti 14, Partenio 3, Cristofaletti, Calistri (L), Moretti 16, Biglino 12, Quarta 2. DNP Miscio, Ferrini. Coach. Graziosi.
CLUB ITALIA ROMA – EMMA VILLAS SIENA 1-3 (14-25, 25-20, 21-25, 24-26)
CLUB ITALIA ROMA: Piccinelli (L), Caneschi, Zoppellari 2, Zonca 16, Osak 7, Marta, Argenta 17, Galassi 10, Tofoli, Di Martino 8. DNP Panciocco, Gaia. Coach. Totire.
EMMA VILLAS SIENA: Di Marco 8, Majdak 35, Scappaticcio 2, Raffaelli 8, Tamburo, Pistolesi, Mengozzi, Braga 10, Marchisio (L), Noda Blanco 11. DNP Fantauzzo, Bortolozzo. Coach. Caponeri.
CONAD REGGIO EMILIA – GLOBO SCARABEO CIVITA CASTELLANA 2-3 (25-21, 20-25, 33-31, 18-25, 11-15) – CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Cetrullo 18, Dolfo 15, Tondo 17, Bevilacqua, Kody 5, Benaglia 9, Silva 9, Scaltriti, Marchiani, Morgese (L), Douglas-powell 5. DNP Cargioli, Bonante. Coach. Cantagalli.
GLOBO SCARABEO CIVITA CASTELLANA: Cesarini (L), Paolucci 4, Da Silva Costa 33, Tataru, Marinelli 11, Sacripanti, Rau, Marsili, De Matteis 5, Puliti 7, Alborghetti 6, Menicali 10. DNP Santilli. Coach. Spanakis.
MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA – CENTRALE DEL LATTE MCDONALD’S BRESCIA 3-0 (25-20, 25-12, 25-21) – MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA: Calonico 8, Bonami (L), Ottaviani 10, Mrdak 15, Monopoli, Shavrak 7, Esposito 9. DNP Anselmi, Straino, Hueller, Vitangeli, Mazzon, Pieri. Coach. Tofoli.
CENTRALE DEL LATTE MCDONALD’S BRESCIA: Norbedo 5, Agnellini 2, Rodella 8, Tiberti 1, Cruz 1, Fusco (L), Bisi 9, Sorlini, Statuto, Cisolla 13. DNP Montanari. Coach. Zambonardi.
League table
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 54, Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 53, Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana 45, Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 44, Conad Reggio Emilia 40, Cassa Rurale Cantù 39, Emma Villas Siena 38, Potenza Picena 37, Sieco Service Ortona 32, BAM Mondovì 29, Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 24, Club Italia Roma 24, Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 24, Aurispa Alessano 21.
Fixtures
Serie A2 UnipolSai round 25
Saturday 19 March at 8.30pm
Sieco Service Ortona – Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania Live on Lega Volley Channel
Emma Villas Siena – BAM Mondovì Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 20 March at 12am
Aurispa Alessano – Conad Reggio Emilia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 20 March at 4pm
Potenza Picena – Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sunday 20 March at 6pm
Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana – Cassa Rurale Cantù Live on Lega Volley Channel
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte Live on Lega Volley Channel
Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia – Club Italia Roma Live on Lega Volley Channel
