Credem Banca Serie A2 Regular Season concluded last Sunday, with Alva Inox 2 Emme Service Porto Viro finishing eighth in the final standings. For the third time in five years, the black-and-fuchsia team qualified for the promotion playoffs, after two consecutive appearances between 2022 and 2024. In the quarterfinals, Matteo Bologna’s team will face top seed Abba Pineto, winner of the Coppa Italia, who will be looking to add the Super Cup to their trophy cabinet at Easter. As announced recently by the Lega Pallavolo di Serie A, Game 1 will be played on Sunday, April 12th at 6:30 PM in Pineto, Game 2 on Wednesday, April 15th at 8:30 PM in Porto Viro, and the possible Game 3 on Sunday, April 19th at 6:30 PM, again in Abruzzo.
Before heading into the series against Abba, Alva Inox 2 Emme Service are analyzing their regular season numbers. The Polesine team finished their season with 35 points in the standings, with a record of 11 wins and 15 losses and a set ratio (the ratio of sets won to losses) of 0.82. Their performance between the first and second half of the season was almost polar opposite: three wins and ten losses in the first half, eight wins and five defeats in the second half. Overall, they have won seven games at home, compared to four away wins.
Regarding team fundamentals, Porto Viro scored 1,234 winning attacks (12.46 per set) during the Regular Season, with a scoring percentage of 47.6%, ranking sixth overall in the category. With 225 total blocks, the black-and-fuchsia team also achieved the same position in the ranking of winning blocks per set (2.27). The perfect receptions were 448 out of 1828 (24.5%), and the aces 96 (0.97 per set).
