Serie A1 TIM
Trento takes game 1 at the expense of Macerata.
Cuneo goes 1-0 against Treviso
Results
Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-20)
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-22) –
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 6, Birarelli 11, Portuondo Juantorena 12, Zygadlo 2, Vissotto Neves 18, Sala 11, Herpe, Bari (L). DNP Gallosti, Fedrizzi, Sokolov, Corsini, Garcia Pires Ribeiro. Coach. Stoytchev.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Raymaekers, Cisolla 2, Paparoni, Vermiglio 2, Smerilli (L), Stankovic 7, Martino 10, Monopoli, Corsano (L), Omrcen 17, Swiderski 3, Podrascanin 5. DNP Bartoletti. Coach. De Giorgi.
The first semi-final game between Trento and Macerata went to the World Champions. Deservedly so. Vissotto was outstanding and named MVP (18 points with 68% in attack) but Sala, Birarelli and especially Zygadlo also played extremely well. Macerata, which had Vermiglio not hundred percent fit, could not keep up more than a set.
Lukasz Zygadlo (Itas Diatec Trentino): “We initially struggled to find our rhythm, maybe because of the 18 days without an official game, maybe because of the emotion. But then we loosened up and things got easier. When the team plays at this level, it’s nice to be the setter, you can feel great confidence on court”.
Ferdinando De Giorgi (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “We surrendered too easily in certain situations. We got off to good starts every time but when things did not go well, we faded too drastically and that should not happen. Trento’s serve was very effective, but we should be able to play in these circumstances too, which we did not manage to do tonight”.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – SISLEY TREVISO 3-1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-23, 25-20) –
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Wijsmans 17, Henno (L), Parodi 13, Fortunato 8, Nuti, Nikolov 18, Grbic 10, Peda 1, Mastrangelo 7, Patriarca, Pieri. DNP Ariaudo, Jeroncic. Coach. Giuliani.
SISLEY TREVISO: Carletti, Fei 15, Horstink 9, Beretta, Papi 1, Farina (L), De Togni 13, Bontje 5, Maruotti 11, Garcia 3. DNP Sabbi, Vanin, Cuda. Coach. Piazza.
Cuneo strikes first in its series against Treviso. The games between those two teams are traditionally top-level encounters and once again it was the case, for the joy of the 4500 crowd. Wijsmsans and co did a great job of fighting back after Treviso had taken the first set. MVP: setter Nikola Grbic. Top scorer: Nikolov with 18 points.
Nikola Grbic (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “We knew this game was the first of a tough series. We did well to play with conviction, working hard to get this result. We did well to get back in the game and fight all the time, always ready for the next play”.
Roberto Piazza (Sisley Treviso): “The difference was the counter-attack in the third set, in which Cuneo did very well”.
1ª- Itas Diatec Trentino | 3 |
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3-0 3-2 3-0 |
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8ª- Marmi Lanza Verona | 0 | 3-0 |
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4ª- Trenkwalder Modena | 1 |
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1-3 2-3 3-2 0-3 |
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5ª- Lube Banca Marche MC | 3 |
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2ª- Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo | 3 |
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3-0 3-1 3-0 |
| Bre Banca Lannutti CN | 1 |
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7ª- CoprAtlantide Piacenza | 0 | 3-1 |
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3ª- Sisley Treviso | 3 |
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3-2 0-3 3-1 3-0 |
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6ª- Acqua Paradiso Monza | 1 |
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Fixtures
Game 2 – Wednesday 21 April at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino
Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Live on Rai Sport Più
Game 3 – Sunday 25 April at 6pm
Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso
Game 4 (if needed) – Wednesday 28 April at 8.30pm
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Itas Diatec Trentino
Sisley Treviso – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Game 5 (If needed) – Sunday 2 May at 6pm
Itas Diatec Trentino – Lube Banca Marche Macerata
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Sisley Treviso
FINAL
Final (V-Day): Sunday 9 May at 6pm, Bologna – Live on Rai Sport Più
Serie A2 TIM
Castellana and Crema 3-0 winners
Ravenna surrenders at the tie-break in Bologna
Playouts: Bassano pushes Mantova to game 3.
Playoff results
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Pallavolo Padova 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-18)
Samgas Crema – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-20)
Zinella Bologna – Marcegaglia Ravenna 3-2 (25-16, 28-26, 21-25, 19-25, 15-12)
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