SuperLega UnipolSai
Round 16
Results:
CMC Ravenna-Altotevere Città di Castello-Sansepolcro 3-2 (19-25, 25-19, 26-24, 16-25, 15-11); Tonazzo Padova-Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia 1-3 (26-24, 20-25, 20-25, 22-25); Calzedonia Verona-Copra Piacenza 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-19, 25-22); Sir Safety Perugia-Top Volley Latina 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 25-19, 16-14); Vero Volley Monza-Modena Volley 0-3 (24-26, 25-27, 20-25); Exprivia Neldiritto Molfetta-Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 22-20)
Rested: Revivre Milano
VERO VOLLEY MONZA – MODENA VOLLEY 0-3 (24-26, 25-27, 20-25)
VERO VOLLEY MONZA: Elia 8, Gotsev 5, Botin 1, Tiberti, Galliani 6, Padura Diaz 17, De Pandis (L), Jovovic 2, Vigil Gonzalez, Botto 13, Bonetti. DNP Procopio, Wang. All. Vacondio.
MODENA VOLLEY: Mossa De Rezende 2, Sala, Petric 19, Boninfante, Rossini (L), Piano 8, Verhees 7, Ishikawa 14, Donadio, Vettori 13. DNP Casadei. Coach. Lorenzetti.
No points but Monza played a good game in front of over 3000 fans against Modena. The hosts gave Lorenzetti’s men a good fight, confirming all the good things seen in previous rounds. Modena was without Ngapeth, who had fever, but could count on a superb Petric (19 points and MVP). Ishikawa shined too. This was Modena’s fifth consecutive win.
Oreste Vacondio (Coach Vero Volley Monza): “We lacked a bit of composure at the end of the first two sets. We reached 24 first in the second set only to let them back in it and win it. They were without Ngapeth but Ishikawa substituted him brilliantly, he had a perfect game. We knew how strong was Modena and how difficult it would be. We lacked a bit of experience but we had a go at it. I have to congratulate my boys, they played a great game”.
Angelo Lorenzetti (Coach Modena Volley): “We knew it wasn’t going to be easy. They play excellent dig, they really don’t give much away. What made the difference? Very little, we had next to nothing more than them, and you can see that in the first two sets won by the minimum margin. I am happy with the result and the performance because I know we’ve been doing some good work of late”.
EXPRIVIA NELDIRITTO MOLFETTA – ENERGY T.I. DIATEC TRENTINO 3-2 (20-25, 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 22-20) – EXPRIVIA NELDIRITTO MOLFETTA: Candellaro 8, Noda Blanco 12, Sket 24, Del Vecchio, Spirito, Romiti (L), Bossi 8, Blagojevic 1, Hierrezuelo 9, Torres 22, Piscopo. DNP Despaigne Jurquin. Coach. Di Pinto.
ENERGY T.I. DIATEC TRENTINO: Kaziyski 15, Nelli, Birarelli 12, Zygadlo, Nemec 13, Giannelli 5, Lanza 25, Solé 14, Colaci (L), Fedrizzi 2. DNP Thei, Mazzone, Burgsthaler. Coach. Stoytchev.
The PalaPoli arena was as colourful as it can be, ready for a special one. And once again, Molfetta was the giant killer of the league, defeating the league leaders at the tie-break. Setter Hierrezuelo was outstanding and named MVP. He registered 5 blocks, a total of 9 points, and the winning point of the game. Trento did not play to its usual standard, Kaziyski had an under par performance too. He did score 15 but at 30% in attack.
In the tie-break, coach Stoytchev called a time-out at 10 all but a spike out from Lanza and an ace from Candellaro soon made it 13-10 for Molfetta. But Trento had not said its last word and drew level at 14. Then a long run of missed serves took place, as the two clubs kept cancelling out each other’s match points. That is until Hierrezuelo’s attack gave the host the victory.
Maurice Torres (Exprivia Neldiritto Molfetta): “We got off to a poor start in the first set but in the long run we showed great fighting spirit and won a superb and intense game. This is a terrific team, the crowd is exceptional, we want to keep playing like this and add to those two important points. In Latina, we will meet a strong team, but I will do everything to play well and win for my team”.
Massimo Colaci (Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino): “We gave it a good fight, we did everything we could to win it. We’re coming off a difficult and intense run of games. We’re disappointed with the loss but Molfetta played very well today. I congratulate them on this excellent performance”.
TONAZZO PADOVA – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE TREIA 1-3 (26-24, 20-25, 20-25, 22-25) TONAZZO PADOVA: Mattei 11, Orduna 5, Giannotti 10, Balaso (L), Gozzo, Rosso 9, Volpato 10, Garghella, Milan 6, Quiroga 14. DNP Aguillard, Beccaro. Coach. Baldovin.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE TREIA: Fei, Henno, Paparoni (L), Stankovic 7, Sabbi 19, Monopoli, Bonacic 21, Kurek 19, Baranowicz 4, Podrascanin 10. DNP Di Silvestre, Shumov. Coach. Giuliani.
Three thousand supporters came to watch Padova host the Italian champions. Rested in the last round, Giuliani’s men wanted to bounce back from their last games, a 3-1 league defeat against Verona and the cup semi-final lost against Modena, who then won the trophy. Without Parodi (Fever) and Kovar out, the visitors found inspiration in Kurek and Bonacic (MVP).
Alberto Giuliani (Coach Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia): “Today, we knew it was going to be hard. We had to make some changes in the line-up but the boys did a great job to get organized. That was an opportunity for Bonacic to get experience and that was a reward for the consistent work he does in training. We can’t afford to lose any more points that would keep us away from the top two. This win will give us a boost too”
Sebastiano Milan (Tonazzo Padova): “We tried our best till the end, but we lacked that extra spark to get points out of it. I like the fighting spirit, determination that we put in training every day. We have to look ahead with confidence even if in this SuperLega, there’s never anything easy, especially for a young team like ours that has to get better”.
Played on Saturday
CALZEDONIA VERONA – COPRA PIACENZA 3-1 (25-21, 25-27, 25-19, 25-22)
CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 9, Coscione 4, Pesaresi (L), Gitto, Gasparini 20, Deroo 20, White, Bellei, Sander 17, Anzani 12. DNP Blasi, Centomo, Borgogno. Coach. Giani.
COPRA PIACENZA: Alletti 8, Marra (L), Poey 24, Papi 3, Ter Horst, Da Silva Pedreira Junior (L), Massari 1, Zlatanov 13, Ostapenko 6, Tencati, Kohut 7, Rodrigues Tavares 2. DNP Page, Meoni. Coach. Radici.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – TOP VOLLEY LATINA 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 21-25, 25-19, 16-14)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Buti 8, Fromm 8, Paolucci 1, De Cecco 4, Giovi (L), Barone 7, Tzioumakas, Beretta, Vujevic 6, Atanasijevic 38, Fanuli (L), Sunder 3, Maruotti 1. Coach. Grbic.
TOP VOLLEY LATINA: Manià (L), Rauwerdink 5, Sottile 3, Skrimov 17, Pellegrino, Tailli (L), Van De Voorde 11, Rossi, Starovic 18, Semenzato 5, Urnaut 17. DNP Ferenciac, Davis. Coach. Blengini.
CMC RAVENNA – ALTOTEVERE CITTà DI CASTELLO-SANSEPOLCRO 3-2 (19-25, 25-19, 26-24, 16-25, 15-11) – CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 8, Cavanna 4, Zappoli 1, Gabriele, Jeliazkov 1, Koumentakis 5, Goi (L), Zanatta Buiatti 21, Cester 12, Bari (L), Mc Kibbin 1, Cebulj 18. DNP Ricci. Coach. Kantor.
ALTOTEVERE CITTà DI CASTELLO-SANSEPOLCRO: Franceschini, Corvetta 4, Dolfo, Baroti, Tosi (L), Della Lunga 15, Aganits 6, Maric 29, Randazzo 7, Mazzone 11. DNP Teppan, Lensi, Kaszap, Daldello. Coach. Polidori.
League table
Modena Volley 39, Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino 37, Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia 31, Calzedonia Verona 31, Sir Safety Perugia 29, CMC Ravenna 25, Top Volley Latina 24, Exprivia Neldiritto Molfetta 21, Copra Piacenza 18, Vero Volley Monza 12, Altotevere Città di Castello-Sansepolcro 8, Tonazzo Padova 7, Revivre Milano 6
1 game in hand: Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia, Altotevere Città di Castello-Sansepolcro, Revivre Milano
Fixtures
SuperLega UnipolSai round 17
Saturday January 31 at 5.30pm
Energy T.I. Diatec Trentino – Calzedonia Verona Live on RAI Sport 1
Live on streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Sunday February 1 at 5pm
Top Volley Latina – Exprivia Neldiritto Molfetta Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Sunday February 1 at 6pm
Copra Piacenza – Altotevere Città di Castello-Sansepolcro Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sir Safety Perugia – Tonazzo Padova Live on Lega Volley Channel
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia – CMC Ravenna Live on Lega Volley Channel
Modena Volley – Revivre Milano Live on Lega Volley Channel
Rested: Vero Volley Monza
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Round 15
Top places unchanged
Serie A2 UnipolSai results:
Cassa Rurale Cantù-Domar Matera 3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 25-27, 25-20, 15-11) Differed on RAI Sport 2 (martedì 27 gennaio ore 20.45); Centrale McDonald’s Brescia-Caffè Aiello Corigliano 2-3 (25-21, 18-25, 25-20, 10-25, 12-15); Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia-Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-22); Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania-Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 14-25); B-Chem Potenza Picena-Aurispa Alessano 2-3 (26-24, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 11-15); Sieco Service Ortona-Conad Reggio Emilia 3-1 (25-17, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22)
CASSA RURALE CANTÙ – DOMAR MATERA 3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 25-27, 25-20, 15-11)
CASSA RURALE CANTÙ: Bargi 13, Monguzzi 1, Butti (L), Groppi, Mercorio 20, Tamburo 12, Gerosa 1, Ippolito 19, Robbiati 8. DNP Santangelo, Carminati, Gatti. Coach. Della Rosa.
DOMAR MATERA: Pinelli, Calitri (L), Cernic 15, Joventino Venceslau 27, Sesto 9, Zamagni 9, Villena 4, Suglia 13. DNP Lapacciana, Lo Bianco. Coach. Mastrangelo.
TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA – MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-22) – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Sintini 3, Cesarini (L), Marchiani, Forni 4, Vedovotto 5, Zanuto 14, Gavotto 15, Presta 5. DNP Medic, Korniienko, Sardanelli, Paoli, Feroleto. Coach. Monti.
MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE: Morelli 19, Marzo, Primavera (L), Latorre, Nero (L), Bevilacqua 9, Castellano 11, Longo, Spadavecchia 4, Giosa 1. DNP Sorrenti, Cirocco, Primavera. Coach. Fanizza.
MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (21-25, 22-25, 14-25) – MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA: Buzzelli 10, Marchisio (L), Festi 4, Leoni 2, Vitangeli 2, Ottaviani 12, Di Felice 2, Shavrak 7, Silva, Alborghetti 6, Krumins. DNP Rossi. Coach. Tofoli.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Gaudieri (L), Marzola, Cacciatore, Santucci (L), Bacca 7, Sperandio 9, Paris 8, Fabroni, Salgado 14, Hirsch 18. DNP Corsetti, Lucarelli, Cittadino. Coach. Soli.
B-CHEM POTENZA PICENA – AURISPA ALESSANO 2-3 (26-24, 21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 11-15) – B-CHEM POTENZA PICENA: Bonami (L), Partenio 1, Miscio 1, Calistri, Moretti 21, Tartaglione 19, Diamantini 15, Casoli 11, Quarta 7. Non entrati Alikaj, Gemmi. All. Graziosi.
AURISPA ALESSANO: Muccio 2, Schwagler 15, Parisi 7, Musardo 10, Torsello 8, Armenakis 24, Mazza 16, Bisanti (L), Ancora (L). DNP Bolla, Nicolazzo, De Giovanni. Coach. Medico.
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