Serie A1 TIM – Round 18
Piacenza breaks Cuneo’s winning streak, while Trento goes 6 points clear at the top. At the bottom, only Latina grabs a point against Modena.
ANDREOLI LATINA – TRENKWALDER MODENA 2-3 (25-27, 22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 13-15) –
ANDREOLI LATINA: Van Den Dries 3, Gitto, Giovi (L), Saitta 3, Snippe 14, Nikic 2, Fabroni 3, Geric 12, Vujevic 16, Spairani 9, Giombini 20. DNP Cortina. Coach. Medei.
TRENKWALDER MODENA: Manià (L), Soli, Kooistra 15, Dennis 31, Pagni 2, Kooy, Ciabattini, Esko 2, Casoli 7, Diaz Mayorca 13, Piscopo 4. DNP Biribanti. Coach. Prandi.
Latina grabbed a crucial point against Modena at the end of a spectacular game. Dennis led Modena to a two-nil lead but then Latina ignited a comeback to force a tie-break.
Giampaolo Medei (Andreoli Latina): “I am very satisfied with the way my team played. The group worked as a unit, everybody contributed and we proved we could be competitive against anyone. The disappointment lies more on the first set than the fifth”.
Camillo Placì (Trenkwalder Modena): “Congratulations to Latina for their performance today. We struggled to receive their serve. Casoli was not hundred percent fit. Dennis is a crucial player in our team but he played well in the set that mattered”.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23) –
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lebl 4, Raymaekers 4, Cisolla 8, Paparoni 2, Vermiglio 2, Bartoletti 1, Fantin 4, Smerilli (L), Martino 6, Monopoli 1, Omrcen 20, Podrascanin 7. DNP Corsano. Coach. De Giorgi.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA: Hubner 8, Savani 21, Bucaioni, Cernic, Nemec 7, Ogurcak 1, Sintini 5, Pippi (L), Stokr 12, Bovolenta 1. DNP Lo Bianco, Fanuli. Coach. Di Pinto.
Still without Corsano, Macerata made a “full” of victories with the latest against Perugia, which ruined Di Pinto’s debut on the bench. Igor Omrcen was written all over this win. The Croatian was logically named MVP as he tallied 20 points. De Giorgi had to give up on Cisolla who suffered a knee problem.
Massimo Caponeri (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “It was a team effort, the bench contributed too. Monopli, Raymaekers, Dentinho and Smerilli, who played the whole game, have all been decisive at one point or another. We are improving, we have not reached our peak yet, we clearly have a big margin for improvement, but the team is on the right track. We are working well, everybody is eager to do well and we all know this team can go far”.
Vincenzo Di Pinto (RPA- LuigiBacchi.it Perugia): “We had a good game, we managed to turn things around when Macerata seemed bound to win 3-0. The difference was made in certain episodes, especially on Omrcen’s serve. We did well to stay in the game all the time, maintaining a good rhythm. There are obviously things to work on but some aspects already satisfied me. We have a good basis on which to work on and improve”.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – ESSE-TI CARILO LORETO 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-23) –
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli, Sottile 1, Della Lunga 7, Lasko 13, Kovar 2, Curti 7, Holt 12, Colaci (L), Kromm 12, Howard. DNP Groppi, Peslac. Coach. Bagnoli.
ESSE-TI CARILO LORETO: De Angelo Freitas 11, Marra (L), Marzola 1, Diachkov, Dolfo 8, Tereshin, Vigilante 10, Belcecchi 2, Paoli 1, Cester 9, Shumov 6. DNP Caporaletti, Visentin. Coach. Moretti.
Loreto tried hard to stay close but Verona was determined to show its worth and it did so taking all three points. Maxwell Holt (89% in attack, one ace and three blocks) was named MVP as Macerata took revenge on the defeat suffered in the first meeting between the two teams this season.
Massimo Colaci (Marmi Lanza Verona): “They are an especially good team at the net and they proved it. Still, we really wanted the win in front of our fans to finish the 2009 season and take revenge on our loss against them in our first meeting. We are happy with the win and also with the way we obtained it”.
Enrico Cester (Esse-ti Carilo Loreto): “Here is another defeat that will further hurt our confidence. It’s a shame because we have been close, and at times we were ahead but in the end of sets we didn’t manage to seal it. Congratulations to Verona; we’ll have to try our best to get points at every game”.
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 1-3 (25-17, 24-26, 23-25, 19-25) –
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA: Rauwerdink 15, Krumins, Haldane 3, Forni 2, Molteni 16, Buti 11, Travica 3, Gavotto 24, Exiga (L). DNP Sivula, Pesenti, Tuominen, De Luca. Coach. Berruto.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 20, Gallosti (L), Birarelli 10, Portuondo Juantorena 14, Vieira De Oliveira 1, Vissotto Neves 13, Sala 2, Sokolov 2, Herpe 1, Bari (L). DNP Zygadlo, Fedrizzi, Corsini. Coach. Stoytchev.
Monza deceived its 3000 fans for while but in the end it had to surrender against the league leaders Trentino in four sets. Out of three return games, this is already the second home loss for Monza. Macerata’s inspiration came from Vissotto (who came on for Sokolov in the second set) and Kaziyski, the MVP of the game. The hosts had 24 points from Gavotto, while Exiga provided some excellent digs.
Matey Kaziyski (Itas Diatec Trentino): “We did not get off to a brilliant start. In the first three sets we struggled and Monza played very well, they took chances by hitting the serve hard and did some extraordinary digs. They made it difficult for us, but we did well to never give up and play until the last play to win it”.
Jeroewn Rauwerdink (Acqua Paradiso Monza): “We got off to an excellent start, with fighting spirit. Shame at 24-23 up in the second not to have sealed it. At the end of the day, we faced a very strong team, now we have to focus on the game against Cuneo on the 30th of December. In our first meeting this season, we won 3-2 at home, hopefully we’ll do as well this time round, it will be an important game for us”.
COPRATLANTIDE PIACENZA – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 3-1 (27-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21) –
COPRATLANTIDE PIACENZA: Rak 8, Meoni, Marshall 23, Grassano, Boninfante 1, Zlatanov 22, Bravo 5, Rinaldi (L), Urnaut 3, Bjelica 10. DNP Mazza, Sequeira, Oivanen. Coach. Lorenzetti.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Henno (L), Parodi 16, Ariaudo, Fortunato 7, Nuti, Nikolov 14, Grbic 4, Peda 1, Mastrangelo 8, Patriarca 12. DNP Wijsmans, Jeroncic, Pieri. Coach. Giuliani.
Piacenza clinched an unbelievable victory in a real battle from start to finish. A win that will give the team confidence, very important given the clash with Treviso in the Cup on Wednesday. Wijmans started on the bench as he hasn’t completely recovered from his physical problems. Marshall stood out, his consistency was key in his team triumph.
Angelo Lorenzetti (CoprAtlantide Piacenza): “We wanted to remain focus and play hard even if they were without important players and, despite a difficult start, we managed to do so. We wanted to finally win against one of the top teams. We did it today although we haven’t reached our best form yet. This game should help us to face future big encounters like the one on Wednesday”.
Alberto Giuliani (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “We could have done a little bit better, we had too many problems. We should have risked more, especially on the serve. We had not our full squad, but this should not be an excuse. Piacenza was more efficient and decisive in the clutch time and it deserved to win”.
SISLEY TREVISO – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-22) –
SISLEY TREVISO: Carletti, Fei 14, Horstink 8, Papi 8, Farina (L), De Togni 12, Bontje 15, Maruotti 4, Garcia 3, Cuda 5. DNP Kohut, Sabbi, Vanin. Coach. Piazza.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Gonzalez 5, Corvetta 2, Marquez 22, Andrae 17, Saraceni 2, Quiroga 8, Tencati 2, Barone 6, Cicola (L). DNP Cannistrà, Ferraro, Simeonov. Coach. Uriarte.
Treviso registered its 8th consecutive win at the expense of Vibo Valentia as Alessandro Fei was back for coach Piazza. Treviso consolidates its third place in the table.
Roberto Piazza (Sisley Volley): “We struggled in the first set, we couldn’t find our rhythm and concentration. We loosened up from the second set on and the team spirit did the rest. Papi had a great performance in reception. Fei? It was important to have him back in the team before the game against Piacenza, and he did rather well. We’ll focus on the cup game from Monday, it was important to get those points”.
Jon Uriarte (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “Shame, we could have done better, unfortunately we haven’t found the way to turn things around in the clutch times, when Treviso proved clinical. Still, there have been positive things. We’ll go back to Vibo with a little bit more confidence although there is a lot of work to be done”.
YOGA FORLì – PRISMA TARANTO 0-3 (26-28, 23-25, 12-25) –
YOGA FORLì: Coscione 2, Carrol 11, Popp 13, Stancu, Ainsworth 2, De Pandis (L), Casadei 1, Loglisci 2, Maric 15, Bacci. DNP Mengozzi, Bianchi, Gotch. Coach. Molducci.
PRISMA TARANTO: De Oliveira 20, Ricciardello (L), Candellaro 1, Cozzi 8, Suxho 2, Rodrigo Pinto 18, Quartarone, Bartman 10. DNP Montagna, Moretti, Westphal, Elia, Spescha. Coach. Nacci.
Taranto registered a deserved win against Forli. It came back in the first set to win it and then made few mistakes. Easy third set.
Piero Molducci (Yoga Forlì): “Taranto is a good team and it has excellent players, especially spikers. In our first two sets, we made too many mistakes. Every game is a different story, let’s focus on the game against Pineto now”.
De Oliveira Cleber (Prisma Taranto): “We really wanted to play a good game before the arrival of the new coach. I was keen to do well and when I play, I like to get the crowd involved because this helps me to motivate me more”.
RESULTS
Andreoli Latina-Trenkwalder Modena 2-3 (25-27, 22-25, 25-17, 25-17, 13-15); Lube Banca Marche Macerata-RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 3-1 (25-21, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23); Marmi Lanza Verona-Esse-ti Carilo Loreto 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-23); Acqua Paradiso Monza-Itas Diatec Trentino 1-3 (25-17, 24-26, 23-25, 19-25); CoprAtlantide Piacenza-Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 3-1 (27-25, 21-25, 25-22, 25-21); Sisley Treviso-Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-21, 25-22); Yoga Forlì-Prisma Taranto 0-3 (26-28, 23-25, 12-25). Rested: Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto.
TIM Cup A1 quarter finals
Wednesday 30 December at 8.30pm
Itas Diatec Trentino-RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia; Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo-Acqua Paradiso Monza; Sisley Treviso-CoprAtlantide Piacenza Diretta Rai Sport Più; Trenkwalder Modena-Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Next round
Round 19
Saturday 2 January at 4pm
Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto – Yoga Forlì – Live on Rai Sport Più
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
Sunday 3 January at 6pm
Itas Diatec Trentino – CoprAtlantide Piacenza – Live on Rai Sport Più
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Sisley Treviso
Prisma Taranto – Marmi Lanza Verona
Esse-ti Carilo Loreto – Trenkwalder Modena
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Acqua Paradiso Monza
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – Andreoli Latina
RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia – RESTED
LEAGUE TABLE
Itas Diatec Trentino 45, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 39, Sisley Treviso 38, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 37, CoprAtlantide Piacenza 37, Trenkwalder Modena 34, Acqua Paradiso Monza 24, Marmi Lanza Verona 23, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 23, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 20, Prisma Taranto 19, Andreoli Latina 12, Esse-ti Carilo Loreto 11, Yoga Forlì 10, Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto 6.
1 game in hand: Acqua Paradiso Monza, Yoga Forlì, Aran Cucine Abruzzo Pineto.
A2 TIM – Round 15
Castellana winter champs as all top teams win.
BCC NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE – CANADIENS MANTOVA 3-0 (37-35, 25-21, 25-22) –
BCC NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Vicini (L), Popelka 11, Alves Rodrigo 9, Guglielmi (L), Guerra 13, Mattera 6, Insalata 7, Gallotta 6, Matheus 6. DNP De Palma, Castellano, Pagano, Giosa. Coach. Lattari.
CANADIENS MANTOVA: Miraglia Carvalho 6, Leonardi 2, Sbrolla 1, Ruiz 16, Frosini 12, Jacobsen, Barbareschi 9, Botto (L), Rossi 1. DNP Antonov, Cavalieri, Mattioli. Coach. Totire.
EDILESSE CAVRIAGO – ZINELLA BOLOGNA 1-3 (25-22, 14-25, 19-25, 15-25) –
EDILESSE CAVRIAGO: Astolfi 2, Cardona 3, De Paola 7, Bassoli 2, Dukic 4, Spampinato (L), Hrazdira 16, Padura Diaz, Uchikov 18, Burgsthaler 6. DNP Carboni, Dolfo, Gabrielli. Coach. Bonitta.
ZINELLA BOLOGNA: Inserra 13, Bianchi Pablo, Uriarte 3, Moro 20, Lucchi 5, Ocampo 13, Creus Larry 12, Peli (L). DNP Conte, Gallesi, Spiga, Pellegrino. Coach. Conte.
MARCEGAGLIA RAVENNA – CITTà DI CASTELLO PALLAVOLO 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 25-22) –
MARCEGAGLIA RAVENNA: Mengozzi 9, Plesko 3, Lehtonen 16, Sirri 17, Lirutti 4, Rambelli, Garnica 4, Miseikis 13, Tabanelli (L), Saviotti 3. DNP Ortolani, Ranghieri, Monti. Coach. Babini.
CITTà DI CASTELLO PALLAVOLO: Stoyanov 7, Orduna 2, Romiti (L), Bortolozzo 12, Rosalba 12, Braga 12, Di Manno 13, Marino, Lipparini 1. DNP Ceccarelli, Foni, Paci, Marini. Coach. Radici.
KATAY GEOTEC ISERNIA – NAVA GIOIA DEL COLLE 3-0 (27-25, 26-24, 25-13) –
KATAY GEOTEC ISERNIA: Fiore 7, Valera 1, Batista 3, Piovarci 6, Janusek 12, Salgado 7, Cacchiarelli (L), Beccaro 1, Oro 17. DNP Saglimbene, Di Fino, Di Gabriele, Pambianchi. Coach. Fenoglio.
NAVA GIOIA DEL COLLE: Del Vecchio, Cetrullo 1, Hotulevs 10, De Giorgi 2, Tomassetti 1, Rigoni 3, Gemmi 5, Antanovich 15, Pagotto (L), Niero 1, Panunzio (L). DNP Viva, Tomasello. Coach. Cannestracci.
CODYECO SANTA CROCE – QUASAR MASSA VERSILIA 3-2 (19-25, 25-15, 25-18, 19-25, 16-14) –
CODYECO SANTA CROCE: Prenen 16, Dani 4, De Paula 16, Papucci 1, Tosi (L), Noda Blanco 21, Taliani (L), Rocchini, Baldaccini 10, Falaschi 3. DNP Montagnani, Tosi. Coach. Blengini.
QUASAR MASSA VERSILIA: Rodrigues 25, Fenili, Bertoli, Vanini 1, Amore, Bratoev Sashkov 14, Fiori 11, Torre 2, Spescha 7, Ivanov 11, Prandi (L). DNP Faccioli, Romboni. Coach. Cantagalli.
M. ROMA VOLLEY – SAMGAS CREMA 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-18) –
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Poey 19, Zaytsev 6, Paolucci 2, Portuondo 11, Postiglioni 8, Cesarini (L), Yosifov 6, Rossi. DNP Mor, Morelli, Segnalini, Renzetti. Coach. Giani. S
AMGAS CREMA: Cazzaniga 9, Alletti, Patriarca 2, Ricci Petitoni (L), Corti 2, Finazzi 4, Rosso 12, Mazzonelli 1, Serafim 5, Baranowicz 1. DNP Andreotti Pardini, Silva. Coach. Monti.
RESULTS
BCC NEP Castellana Grotte-Canadiens Mantova 3-0 (37-35, 25-21, 25-22); Pallavolo Padova-Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Non ancora disputata Ore 20:30 ; Edilesse Cavriago-Zinella Bologna 1-3 (25-22, 14-25, 19-25, 15-25); Marcegaglia Ravenna-Città di Castello Pallavolo 3-1 (25-20, 17-25, 25-16, 25-22); Katay Geotec Isernia-Nava Gioia del Colle 3-0 (27-25, 26-24, 25-13); Codyeco S.Croce-Quasar Massa Versilia 3-2 (19-25, 25-15, 25-18, 19-25, 16-14); M. Roma Volley-Samgas Crema 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-18)
Rested: Bassano Volley
LEAGUE TABLE
BCC NEP Castellana Grotte 36, M. Roma Volley 34, Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora 31, Marcegaglia Ravenna 26, Zinella Bologna 26, Samgas Crema 22, Codyeco S.Croce 21, Katay Geotec Isernia 18, Pallavolo Padova 17, Bassano Volley 16, Città di Castello Pallavolo 15, Edilesse Cavriago 13, Quasar Massa Versilia 13, Nava Gioia del Colle 13, Canadiens Mantova 11.
1 game in hand: Pallavolo Padova, Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
Next round
Round 16 (1st return games)
Tuesday 29 December at 8.30pm
Zinella Bologna – Nava Gioia del Colle
Sunday 3 January at 6pm
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Codyeco Santa Croce
Pallavolo Padova – Marcegaglia Ravenna
Edilesse Cavriago – Città di Castello Pallavolo
Bassano Volley – Quasar Massa Versilia
Canadiens Mantova – M. Roma Volley
Sunday 3 January at 8.30pm
Katay Geotec Isernia – Samgas Crema – Live on SNAI Sat
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – RESTED
