Serie A1 Sustenium
Trento make it 19. Three in a row for Castellana against Macerata. Verona, Monza and San Giustino OK. Piacenza victory in Forlì, Cuneo wins in Modena.
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT SAN GIUSTINO – M. ROMA VOLLEY 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 31-29)
RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT SAN GIUSTINO: Zhukouski, Van Den Dries 1, Schwarz 17, Dias 18, Giovi (L), Finazzi 6, Nikic 4, Cester 7, Steuerwald 2. DNP Bartoletti, Braga, Lo Bianco. Coach. Zanini.
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Zaytsev 11, Paolucci, Lebl 7, Uriarte, Cesarini (L), Saraceni 5, Bencz 21, Yosifov 9. DNP Tomatis, Corsini, Ricci, Corsano, Hoxha. Coach. Giani.
Second win in a row for San Giustino against Roma. Maric did not play but his substitute Schwarz was MVP of the game.
Sebastian Schwarz (RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino): “I am very happy with my performance and how the team played. We’ve been perfect. These are three important points to stay up and also for the playoffs”.
Adriano Paolucci (M. Roma Volley): “This is a very difficult period for us, we struggle to win. The injuries and the departure of Poey are taking their toll in training. We’re working hard and we’re trying to give our best in games but we’re always lacking something to seal the games. Next week we’ll have a new player strengthening the team, hopefully he will help us improve the situation, our coming fixtures are very tough”.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 0-3 (18-25, 23-25, 20-25) –
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Rivera Caamano 12, Coscione, Suljagic, Anderson 12, Ferraro, Kindgard, Baroti 7, Simeonov 3, Barone 8, Fanuli (L), Nikolov 6. DNP Feroleto. Coach. Di Pinto.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Birarelli 7, Della Lunga 7, Juantorena 14, Zygadlo 2, Sala, Sokolov 9, Colaci (L), Stokr 1, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 5, Bari (L). DNP Kaziyski, Vieira De Oliveira, Bratoev. Coach. Stoytchev.
The extraterrestrials landed in Vibo Valentia and easily flew back home with their 19th victory in as many league games.
Rocco Barone (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “We knew they were coming here clearly intended to keep winning. We prepared the game as well as we could and played decently in the second and third set. Now we’re facing another tough one against Cuneo, but we won’t put our heads down”.
Raphael (Itas Diatec Trentino): “We prepared the game well, we knew Vibo was playing good volleyball and that they were in a good moment of form. We played with focus. A special thanks to Vibo Valentia for the nice welcoming”.
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA – SISLEY TREVISO 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 30-28)
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Rauwerdink 9, Pesenti, Krumins, Forni 9, Molteni, Buti 5, Rooney 18, Travica 2, Gavotto 14, Shumov 2, Exiga (L). DNP Cetrullo, Zito. Coach. Monti.
SISLEY TREVISO: Elgarten, Fei 7, Horstink 12, Kovar 4, Papi 4, Farina (L), Boninfante 1, De Togni 3, Bontje 1, Maruotti 5, Vanin (L), Bjelica 12.DNP Szabo. Coach. Piazza.
Monza is back on the winning trail and back in fifth position thanks to its victory over Treviso.
Sean Rooney (Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza): “We won this one with character, when you’re tied at 25, the only thing you can do is give your maximum. It was a hard-fought and intense game. I tried to stay composed, smile and be optimist. If you lose, that’s not the end of the world, but if you win there is a great satisfaction. I am very happy with today’s victory”.
Samuele Papi (Sisley Treviso): “Monza played a good game, while we have not always been accurate. We made too many mistakes and we did not take advantage of theirs. We lost two sets by the minimum margin. Only in the first we did not play well and failed to find a reaction. We have put a string of victories together, a defeat can happen”.
YOGA FORLÌ – COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA 1-3 (19-25, 16-25, 28-26, 22-25)
YOGA FORLÌ: Falasca 26, Bacci, De Pandis (L), Sintini 3, Kovacevic 12, Caldeira 9, Oivanen 9, Bovolenta 12. DNP Ricci Petitoni, Olivucci, Ainsworth, Bellei. Coach. Molducci.
COPRA MORPHO PIACENZA: Popp 13, Marra (L), Gonzalez 11, Ruiz 13, Nilsson, Massari, Zlatanov 12, Holt 23, Tencati 6. DNP Semenzato, Piano, Perazzolo, Boschi. Coach. Lorenzetti.
A good Piacenza had the better of Forli which only showed its pride at the end of the game, too little too late. Holt MVP.
Marcus Popp (Copra Morpho Piacenza): “It was nice to come back to Forli and see some friends. This is an important win for us, which leaves us in the middle of things, with a chance to be in the playoffs. The group is united, and there is a great will to fight until the end to make it in the playoffs which I’d love to take part in”.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE – LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 15-9)
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Milushev 21, Rak 11, Cozzi 11, Guerra 1, Patriarca 1, Falaschi 3, Torre, Dvoranen 9, Rodriguez 18, Gallotta 1, Cicola (L). DNP Pagano, Guglielmi. Coach. Gulinelli.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Lampariello 1, Savani 11, Paparoni (L), Vermiglio 1, Conte 14, Stankovic 7, Martino, Vadeleux, Van Walle, Omrcen 29, Podrascanin 10. DNP Marchiani, Cacchiarelli. Coach. Berruto.
Extraordinary breakthrough from Castellana Grotte, which gave its fans a memorable win to cheer about against one of the strongest teams of the league, Macerata.
Michal Rak (BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “We took the ball on the bounce. We proved we could play volleyball, Macerata might have thought they could win it easy. We are working extremely hard and fortunately the results are coming. Each point we take is worth gold, these two are really crucial although we remain realistic about our situation. This is the way to go”.
Cristian Savani (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “We did not think it would be that difficult, they have blocked the most impossible spikes at the net. I think this is the worst game we have played so far. We have to roll up our sleeves and keep working despite a little bit of tiredness, we must play every game at 100 percent”.
MARMI LANZA VERONA – ANDREOLI LATINA 3-1 (20-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-21)
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Latelli, Pajenk 13, Kosmina, Brunner 10, Meoni 1, Lasko 26, Smerilli (L), Lotman 18, Cala Gerardo 10. DNP Zingel, Mazzi, Herpe. Coach. Bagnoli.
ANDREOLI LATINA: Kovacevic 14, Popelka 1, Kohut 15, Gitto 4, Sottile, Cortina, Pieri (L), Spairani 5, Vujevic 5, Starovic 22, Labardi. DNP Nonne, Giombini. Coach. Medei.
Verona left Latina only the first set then captain Lasko (MVP) led the way in a great battle in the second set. The hosts got better and better from then on.
Michal Lasko (Marmi Lanza Verona): “We did not get off to a great start but then we played with character, and we played good volleyball in the third and fourth set. We’ve been having positive performances despite the difficulties we have in training. I think we could do fine in Treviso too”.
Daniele Sottile (Andreoli Latina): “We let Verona back in the game, which is a shame because we could have gone 2-0 up. They played a good third and fourth set and took advantage of our mistakes. It’s disappointed because we stopped doing the simple things”.
CASA MODENA – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO 2-3 (29-27, 22-25, 24-26, 25-20, 14-16)
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Fabroni 2, Kooistra 12, Dennis 24, Berezhko 15, Kooy 3, Esko 3, Casoli, Diaz 14, Piscopo 13. DNP Ciabattini, Casadei, Creus Larry. Coach. Bagnoli.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Mastrangelo 7, Henno (L), Parodi 21, Fortunato 3, Montagna (L), Wijsmans 17, Carletti 1, Grbic 2, Nikolov 15, Patriarca 1, Volkov 4. DNP Galic, Peda. Coach. Giuliani.
Modena lost a tie-break for the first time of the season after 8 won. It surrendered after two hours and a half of great volleyball against the Italian champions, Cuneo. MVP. Angel Dennis.
Daniele Bagnoli (coach Casa Modena): “There is a lot of positive on our part and a lot of progress. But I am still angry because these are the kind of games we should win. Cuneo was probably not at its best and we still made too many mistakes. We are on the right track but we have to win and get points now”.
Alberto Giuliani (coach Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “We are not training as we would like and you can see that, especially in the areas in which we are usually strong like the block-dig phase. A couple of plays made the difference in the end, Modena would have deserved to win as much as we did”.
Results
Casa Modena – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 2-3 (29-27, 22-25, 24-26, 25-20, 14-16); Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – Sisley Treviso 3-0 (25-20, 26-24, 30-28); BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Lube Banca Marche Macerata 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 18-25, 26-24, 15-9); Yoga Forlì – Copra Morpho Piacenza 1-3 (19-25, 16-25, 28-26, 22-25); RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino – M. Roma Volley 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 31-29); Marmi Lanza Verona – Andreoli Latina 3-1 (20-25, 27-25, 25-23, 25-21); Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia – Itas Diatec Trentino 0-3 (18-25, 23-25, 20-25)
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 55, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 45, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 41, Sisley Treviso 36, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 31, Casa Modena 29, Marmi Lanza Verona 29, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino 26, M. Roma Volley 24, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 23, Copra Morpho Piacenza 22, Andreoli Latina 20, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 12, Yoga Forlì 6.
Fixtures
Round 22
Saturday 19 February at 4pm
Casa Modena – Yoga Forlì Live on Rai Sport 1
Diretta streaming su http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Tanasi-Astengo)
Sunday 20 February at 6pm
Copra Morpho Piacenza – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it San Giustino Live on Rai Sport 1
Live streaming on http://www.raisport.rai.it/dl/raisport/multimedia/diretta.html
(Pessolano-Balboni)
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Andreoli Latina
(Saltalippi-Pasquali)
Itas Diatec Trentino – M. Roma Volley
(Gnani-Ippoliti)
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
(Boris-Padoan)
Sisley Treviso – Marmi Lanza Verona
(Satanassi-Bartolini)
Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte
(Caltabiano-La Micela)
