Serie A1
8th of final game 1
Results:
Andreoli Latina – Altotevere San Giustino 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-20)
BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3-2 (27-25, 25-21, 21-25, 24-26, 15-13)
ANDREOLI LATINA – ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-20)
ANDREOLI LATINA: Rauwerdink 9, Rossini (L), Gitto 5, Sottile 2, Jarosz 19, Verhees 12, Noda Blanco 12. DNP Patriarca, Prandi, Troy, Fragkos, Guemart. Coach. Prandi.
ALTOTEVERE SAN GIUSTINO: Fiore 5, Mc Kibbin 1, Coali, Cesarini (L), Bohme 3, Mattioli 5, Torre, De Togni 7, Maric 20, Cebulj. DNP Van Den Dries, Gradi. Coach. Fenoglio.
Latina won game 1 of its 8th of final series against San Giustino. A sweep against an opponent that surrendered too easily. Game 2 on Sunday. MVP Pieter Verhees
Pieter Verhees (Andreoli Latina): “They made more mistakes than we did. On Sunday it will be a different game though. The regular season games against them have always been tight”.
Goran Maric (Altotevere San Giustino): “We have probably lacked energy after Sunday’s marathon game. We struggled to contain them in the center. Hopefully we’ll do better on Sunday in San Giustino, it is known to be a tough court to go to for our opponents”.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 3-2 (27-25, 25-21, 21-25, 24-26, 15-13) BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Elia, Ricciardello (L), Falaschi 5, Dolfo 6, Stivachtis, Sabbi 30, Ferreira 7, Yosifov 10, Cester 13, Casoli 7. DNP Menzel, Paparoni. Coach. Gulinelli.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 1, Cortellazzi, Kaliberda 9, Lavia 1, Farina (L), Forni, Rocamora, Badawy 8, Buti 12, Klapwijk 8, Barone 9, Urnaut 17. DNP Montesanti. Coach. Blengini.
Castellana Grotte could not have hoped for better start in its first ever A1 playoff game. Gulinelli’s boys had to handle the fierce come-back attempt of Vibo Valentia though. Too many mistakes on the serve for Castellana (31) but a good level of play, and some valuable answers from the bench with Stivachtis and Dolfo, who substituted Falaschi, not hundred percent yet, and Alex Ferriera who was not at his best.
Flavio Gulinelli (coach BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte): “We managed to win a tough game in which our opponents did well to make changes and make it hard for us. Our level of play and attack made up for our poor serve. I think that in the end we showed what we were made of. But it’s not over yet, we need to rest to be mentally ready for the return game”.
Rocco Barone (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “It’s been a very tight encounter, we never gave up. We did a good job of staying in it despite losing the first two sets, in which we made a couple of mistakes too many. Shame it ended like that but we have to keep working because we have another battle ahead on Sunday”.
8 BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 1 |
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3-2 |
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9 Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 0 |
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1 Itas Diatec Trentino |
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5 Casa Modena |
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4 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo |
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7 Andreoli Latina 1 | Italian champion 2012/13 | |||||
3-0 |
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10 Altotevere San Giustino 0 |
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2 Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata |
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6 Sir Safety Perugia |
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3 Copra Elior Piacenza | ||||||
