Serie A1 Round 12
Trentino winter champ with a game in hand. On the trail, Cuneo and Macerata, beaten by Treviso today.
CASA MODENA – MARMI LANZA VERONA 3-2 (28-26, 23-25, 24-26, 25-16, 23-21)
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Ciabattini (L), Fabroni 4, Kooistra 9, Dennis 17, Kooy 23, Casadei 4, Esko 2, Creus Larry 10, Casoli 2, Diaz 18, Piscopo 2. Coach. Prandi.
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli, Pajenk 19, Brunner 5, Meoni, Lasko 26, Smerilli (L), Lotman 14, Zingel, Cala Gerardo 7, Bolla, Herpe 6. Coach. Bagnoli.
Three hours of emotions and top quality volleyball. In the end, Modena defeated Verona in front of 4000 fans: its sixth win in six tie-break played. MVP: Luis Diaz (Casa Modena)
Silvano Prandi (Casa Modena): “You can’t always be at your top mentally. This is the kind of game I expected, I know how good is Verona, they have quality players and they are good at the net. In the end, we did a good job of coming back in it and winning it. We’ll have to win in Monza in order to keep this fourth place, this is sport and we’ll focus on this next road game from tomorrow”.
Bruno Bagnoli (Marmi Lanza Verona): “I am happy with the point won and the quality of play of the team. But I am also a bit disappointed because it was one of those days in which we could have won it in Modena, we had more opportunities than them. Kooy has really been great, he substituted Berezhko brilliantly. My team has margin for improvement”.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 24-26, 17-15)
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Mastrangelo 11, Henno (L), Parodi 18, Wijsmans 16, Carletti 1, Grbic 2, Nikolov 24, Patriarca, Volkov 7. DNP Galic, Fortunato, Montagna, Peda. Coach. Giuliani.
COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA: Popp 8, Marra (L), Gonzalez 5, Ruiz 4, Nilsson 20, Massari, Zlatanov 24, Holt 10, Tencati 7. DNP Piano, Perazzolo, Boschi. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Cuneo started the new year at home with a tie-break victory over Piacenza. Smiles all around as the Super Cup was presented but then a big battle on court, eventually won 17-15 in the fifth. MVP Simone Parodi
Javier Gonzalez (Copra Morpho Piacenza): “We knew how strong was Cuneo and that it would have been very tough in their gym. We did everything we could but they did an excellent job coming back in the end. We showed character today against a very strong opponent. It’s a great feeling for me to play in this gym, in a city that gave so much to me”.
Alberto Giuliani (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “These are two points won, in a moment in which it’s crucial for us to get points. I like the character the team showed in such a competitive game. There are obviously a few things to sort out but it’s still two nice points in the bag”.
SISLEY TREVISO – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 31-29)
SISLEY TREVISO: Szabo, Fei 29, Horstink, Kovar 9, Papi, Farina (L), Boninfante 2, De Togni 8, Bontje 10, Maruotti 17. DNP Gabana, Anzani, Vanin. Coach. Piazza.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Savani 15, Paparoni (L), Vermiglio 3, Conte 6, Stankovic 10, Martino 6, Vadeleux, Cacchiarelli, Omrcen 18, Podrascanin 6. DNP Lampariello, Marchiani, Van Walle. Coach. Berruto.
Treviso is mathematically qualified for the Italian Cup Final Eight thanks to a big 3-1 win over Macerata decided on a tight 31-29 score in the fourth set.
Mauro Berruto (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “I did not expect such a disorganization from my team. It’s true that we were missing players in training and had Vermiglio not hundred percent, but in the important moments of the game we lacked composure. Treviso stayed focused and took advantage of our mistakes”.
Alessandro Fei (Sisley Treviso Mvp della gara): “It’s an important victory, which will give us a boost psychologically. We faced a great team but we left it out on the floor. Three points against Macerata right now does us a lot of good, and it is important for the Italian Cup too. We played with heart and fighting spirit, I think that this is what made the difference more than the tactical aspects”.
M. ROMA VOLLEY – ANDREOLI LATINA 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21)
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Poey, Zaytsev 14, Lebl 11, Uriarte 6, Cesarini (L), Saraceni 15, Bencz 13, Yosifov 10. DNP Paolucci, Tomatis, Corsini, Corsano. Coach. Giani.
ANDREOLI LATINA: Kovacevic 17, Popelka 12, Kohut 5, Gitto, Sottile 1, Pieri (L), Spairani 4, Vujevic, Starovic 18, Giombini. DNP Cortina, Labardi, Nonne. Coach. Medei.
Roma used the derby to get back on track. Three important points with the Italian cup qualification in mind. MVP: Saraceni.
Giampaolo Medei (Andreoli Latina) :“Too many ups and downs to hope to win. You can’t afford such inconsistency in today’s volleyball. Shame, today could have been a good opportunity to improve but we failed to play with regularity. Now we have to forget about this”.
Gianluca Saraceni (M.Roma Volley): “Crucial and deserved win for us today. We proved we could play well despite missing many important players. As far as I’m concerned, I am happy to have played a good game. I finally feel better and I can finally focus on the next opponent rather than my physical problems”.
YOGA FORLì – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 21-25)
YOGA FORLì: Ricci Petitoni 1, Diachkov 13, De Pandis (L), Sintini 3, Kovacevic 15, Bellei 9, Oivanen 6, Bovolenta 6. DNP Bacci, Ainsworth. Coach. Molducci.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 22, Birarelli 6, Della Lunga 5, Zygadlo 1, Bratoev, Sokolov 1, Colaci (L), Stokr 15, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 8, Bari (L). DNP Leonardi, Juantorena, Vieira De Oliveira. Coach. Stoytchev.
Trento played to perfection in Forli, while the hosts were condemned by a couple of mistakes in the clutch moments of the sets.
Piero Molducci (Yoga Forlì): “This defeat is not a step-back. This is part of the positive trend. Unfortunately, we are short in numbers, we absolutely need a player, to improve further and compete to stay up”.
Lukasz Zygadlo (Itas Diatec Trentino): “I haven’t had many opportunities this season, so when it comes around I have to be ready. It went well, we played focused and took the three points”.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA – ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-20)
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Rivera Caamano 8, Coscione 1, Ferraro, Suljagic 7, Anderson 13, Baroti 1, Simeonov 18, Ananiev 1, Barone, Fanuli (L), Nikolov 6. DNP Feroleto, Kindgard. Coach. Di Pinto.
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Rauwerdink 3, Pesenti, Forni 9, Molteni 6, Buti 2, Rooney 10, Travica 3, Gavotto 13, Shumov 1, Exiga (L). DNP Cetrullo, Krumins, Zito. Coach. Monti.
Important game both for Vibo and Monza for the Italian Cup. It was 8th against 5th and a thrilling contest came out of it with the host continuing to move up the table. MVP: Coscione.
Vincenzo Di Pinto (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “I am extremely satisfied with this victory against such a good team like Monza, which certainly did not make it easy for us. Let’s keep working this way and the results will come”.
Luca Monti (Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza): “We are playing very tense and I can’t figure out why. We wanted to turn things around as quickly as possible otherwise things will just keep going worse”.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT SAN GIUSTINO – BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE 3-0 (32-30, 26-24, 25-19)
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT SAN GIUSTINO: Zhukouski 1, Van Den Dries, Schwarz 13, Dias 26, Giovi (L), Finazzi 2, Nikic 10, Maric 1, Cester 8, Steuerwald 3. DNP Bartoletti, Braga, Lo Bianco. Coach. Zanini.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Milushev 6, Rak 5, Cozzi 6, Guerra 7, Patriarca, Falaschi 4, Torre, Dvoranen 7, Rodriguez, Gallotta 13, Cicola (L). DNP Pagano, Guglielmi. Coach. Lattari.
Another victory for San Giustino in its PalaKemon. It beat Castellana Grotte in straight sets but in what has been a difficult and thrilling game. In the end, the determination of the hosts prevailed.
Andrea Giovi (RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino): “We got the job done, it was hard but we managed to win yet another game against a team aiming to stay up like us. We’re going to Latina on Sunday, we’ll see where we stand at the halfway point of the regular season. Our target remains to stay up”.
Paolo Cozzi (BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “In order to win games, you need character and we don’t have it. If it happens once, it can be a coincidence, twice as well, but ten times is just too many. The mistakes that we make in the game are the same that we make in training since the beginning. It’s a message for my teammates: we are the ones getting on court and looking ridiculous”.
Round 12 results
Sisley Treviso-Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-1 (22-25, 25-22, 25-18, 31-29); Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo-Copra Morpho Piacenza 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 24-26, 17-15); M. Roma Volley-Andreoli Latina 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-17, 25-21); Yoga Forlì-Itas Diatec Trentino 0-3 (19-25, 23-25, 21-25); Casa Modena-Marmi Lanza Verona 3-2 (28-26, 23-25, 24-26, 25-16, 23-21); Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia-Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 3-0 (25-22, 25-22, 25-20); RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino-BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 3-0 (32-30, 26-24, 25-19)
Fixtures
Round 13
Sunday 9 January at 6pm
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Casa Modena Live on Rai Sport 1
Itas Diatec Trentino – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo; Copra Morpho Piacenza – M. Roma Volley; BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Sisley Treviso; Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Yoga Forlì; Andreoli Latina – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino; Marmi Lanza Verona – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 35, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 30, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 27, Casa Modena 21, Sisley Treviso 20, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 19, M. Roma Volley 18, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 18, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 17, Copra Morpho Piacenza 15, Marmi Lanza Verona 14, Andreoli Latina 11, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 4, Yoga Forlì 3
A2 Italian Cup
Sora last qualifiers for the semies.
While Ravenna is the winter champ as we reach the halfway point of the regular season in the A2, the four teams qualified for the Italian Cup are now known. Thanks to its victory over Santa Croce, Sora joins Ravenna, Padova and their opponent of the day. Here are the semi-finals:
A2 Italian Cup semi-finals
Wednesday 12 January at 8.30pm
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna(1) – (4) Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
Phyto Performance Padova (2) – (3) NGM Mobile Santa Croce
A2 Italian Cup final
Sunday 23 January at 2.30pm
In Verona: Differed on Rai Sport 1 from 9pm
Serie A2 Round 15
Ravenna top at the halfway point
First return round on Thursday
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA – NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-19)
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Pavan 5, Roberts 12, Scappaticcio 3, Polidori 9, Libraro 11, Darraidou 10, Roberti, Gatto (L). DNP Costantino, Scuderi, De Rosas, Gaetano. Coach. Gatto.
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE: Monopoli, Elia 5, Noda Blanco 12, Mattioli 1, Tosi (L), Tamburo 8, Catania (L), Hrazdira 6, Baldaccini 7, Cotroneo. DNP Pagni, Tosi. Coach. Blengini.
PHYTO PERFORMANCE PADOVA – CHEBANCA! MILANO 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-19)
PHYTO PERFORMANCE PADOVA: Garghella (L), Busi, Tiberti 2, Koshikawa, Giannotti, Rosso 12, De Marchi 9, Sabo 7, Uchikov 14, Burgsthaler 11. DNP Gottardo, Zingaro, Pagni. Coach. Montagnani.
CHEBANCA! MILANO: Durante (L), Insalata 5, Vecchiato 1, Di Manno 13, Vajra 3, Mattera 1, Angelov 5, Jago 2, Robbiati 1. DNP Morelli, Cauteruccio, Janusek, Daolio. Coach. Fumagalli.
PALLAVOLO PINETO – GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO 0-3 (23-25, 21-25, 17-25)
PALLAVOLO PINETO: Testagrossa, Loglisci 7, Modica, Messana (L), De Leo, Sborgia 6, Galabinov 8, Marquez 11, Calderan, Bozko 12. DNP Centorame, Moretti. Coach. Pasquali.
GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO: Ravellino 10, Rossini (L), Vedovotto 19, Orduna, Nemec 14, Rossi 8, Rosalba 7, Marini, Marino, Di Benedetto. DNP Del Castello, Benedetti, Lipparini. Coach. Radici.
EUROGROUP GELA – CANADIENS MANTOVA 2-3 (25-20, 25-19, 25-27, 20-25, 11-15)
EUROGROUP GELA: Sequeira 35, Quartarone 1, Barbisan 3, Veloso Pinto 6, Tomassetti 8, Bucaioni 3, Rizzo (L), Belardi, Mari, Draghici 1, Martinengo 17. DNP Maccarone, Tranquillo. Coach. Dalù.
CANADIENS MANTOVA: Miraglia Carvalho 27, Coscione, Cortellazzi 1, Marretta 8, Cavalieri (L), Spiga 2, Botto 20, Gemmi 2, Beretta 12, Parusso 8, Tognazzoni (L). DNP Ferri Lazzaroni, Frosini. Coach. Totire.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – MARCEGAGLIA CMC RAVENNA 0-3 (22-25, 28-30, 22-25)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Prandi (L), Bagnolesi, Hietanen 3, Rigoni 1, Barbareschi 11, Serafini, Tomasello 6, Curti 8, Saitta 5, Dokic 6, Ranghieri 9, Lattanzi. DNP Fusaro. Coach. Fant.
MARCEGAGLIA CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 16, Plesko 5, Corvetta 2, Tabanelli (L), Castellano 11, Rambelli, Moro 8, Salgado 14, Saviotti 2. DNP Sirri, Zamagni, Gherardi, Monti. Coach. Babini.
CLUB ITALIA AERONAUTICA MILITARE ROMA – ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO 1-3 (25-22, 15-25, 21-25, 21-25)
CLUB ITALIA AERONAUTICA MILITARE ROMA: Pinelli, Pesaresi (L), De Giorgi 2, Postiglioni 1, Lirutti 3, Mazzone 9, Paris 1, Fedrizzi 12, Vettori 15, Sperandio 7, Lanza 7. DNP Preti. Coach. Schiavon.
ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO: Di Marco 8, Dolfo 11, Romiti (L), Moretti 18, Visentin 4, Mor 6, Marchisio, Ereu 17. DNP Marzola, Paoli, Corti, Koresaar. Coach. Fracascia.
CARIGE GENOVA – VOLLEY SEGRATE 1978 0-3 (22-25, 22-25, 23-25)
CARIGE GENOVA: Donati, Zappaterra (L), Mercorio 11, Nuti 2, Di Franco 7, Antonov 10, Paoletti 8, Pecorari 5, Ogurcak 11. DNP Boroni, Groppi, Manassero. Coach. Del Federico.
VOLLEY SEGRATE 1978: Cazzaniga 18, Temponi Araujo 13, Gallosti (L), Alletti 4, Ronaldo Royal 1, Caprotti (L), Russo 7, Argilagos 1, Canzanella 7. DNP Castellani, Guemart, Fontana, Giglioli. Coach. Ricci.
GEOTEC ISERNIA – EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA 0-3 (18-25, 23-25, 18-25)
GEOTEC ISERNIA: Fiore 2, Turano, Valera 3, De Paola 8, Sabbi 12, Spampinato (L), Westphal 8, Bortolozzo 1, Giosa 4, Capra 2, Puhar 2. DNP De Caria, Beccaro. Coach. Cannestracci.
EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Luppi 4, Mast 11, Bonetti, Grassano 8, Sivula 11, Garnica 1, Mazzali, Botti 13, Peli (L). DNP Sassi, Goi, Bartoli, Ippolito. Coach. Bonitta.
Results
Round 15
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora-NGM Mobile S.Croce 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-19); Phyto Performance Padova-CheBanca! Milano 3-0 (25-18, 25-19, 25-19); Pallavolo Pineto-Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 0-3 (23-25, 21-25, 17-25); Eurogroup Gela-Canadiens Mantova 2-3 (25-20, 25-19, 25-27, 20-25, 11-15); Sir Safety Perugia-Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna 0-3 (22-25, 28-30, 22-25); Club Italia A.M. Roma-Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 1-3 (25-22, 15-25, 21-25, 21-25); Carige Genova-Volley Segrate 1978 0-3 (22-25, 22-25, 23-25) Ore 11:30 Diretta Sportitalia 2; Geotec Isernia-Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 0-3 (18-25, 23-25, 18-25)
Fixtures
Round 16
Wednesday 5 January at 8.30pm
Sir Safety Perugia – Pallavolo Pineto
Thursday 6 January at 6pm
Canadiens Mantova – CheBanca! Milano; NGM Mobile Santa Croce – Energy Resources Carilo Loreto; Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora – Carige Genova; Eurogroup Gela – Geotec Isernia; Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna – Club Italia A. M. Roma; Phyto Performance Padova – Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia; Gherardi SVI Città di Castello – Volley Segrate 1978
League table
Marcegaglia CMC Ravenna 40, Phyto Performance Padova 39, NGM Mobile S.Croce 30, Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 28, Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 27, Carige Genova 27, Volley Segrate 1978 25, CheBanca! Milano 24, Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 24, Eurogroup Gela 21, Geotec Isernia 19, Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 18, Canadiens Mantova 14, Sir Safety Perugia 12, Pallavolo Pineto 8, Club Italia A.M. Roma 4
