SuperLega UnipolSai
Molfetta stuns Trentino
Civitanova stays top
SuperLega UnipolSai, Round 7 results:
Exprivia Molfetta-Diatec Trentino 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-20); CMC Romagna-Ninfa Latina 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 15-25, 25-21, 18-16); DHL Modena-LPR Piacenza 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-17); Calzedonia Verona-Tonazzo Padova 26/11/2015 ore 20.30 Live on RAI Sport 1; Revivre Milano-Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 0-3 (13-25, 18-25, 16-25); Sir Safety Conad Perugia-Gi Group Monza 3-0 (25-19, 35-33, 25-17) EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – DIATEC TRENTINO 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-20)
EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Candellaro 9, Randazzo 7, Del Vecchio, De Barros Ferreira 7, Barone 3, De Pandis (L), Porcelli (L), Hierrezuelo 7, Hernandez Ramos 19. DNP Kaczynski, Spadavecchia, Mariella, Fedrizzi. Coach. Gulinelli.
DIATEC TRENTINO: Nelli, Antonov 9, Bratoev 1, De Angelis, Giannelli 1, Lanza 3, Solé 7, Djuric 12, Colaci (L), Van De Voorde 6, Mazzone 2. DNP Mazzone, Urnaut. Coach. Stoytchev.
The kind of game you don’t expect. But the unthinkable happened at Molfetta as the hosts stunned the Italian champions on a 3-0 score. Molfetta was perfect. Trentino was not there. The hosts registered no less than 9 aces and had an excellent percentages in attack with 51%, while Trentino was too inaccurate. Mvp Fernando Hernandez (Exprivia Molfetta)
Joao Rafael De Barros (Exprivia Molfetta): “We’ve been playing well and the more we’ll train together the better we’ll get. We proved it today. We have been perfect in every fundamental and this is why we have beaten a super power like Trento. They call me Joao Meravigliao but what’s marvellous here are our supporters, they’ve been incredible. I am so excited, this is a big breakthrough”.
Massimo Colaci (Diatec Trentino): “A bitter return home from the Apulia, but Molfetta deserved the win, you can’t argue with that. We wanted to stay on the winning track after the superb triumph over Modena but we couldn’t do it. We’ll just have to focus on the next game against Latina from tomorrow”.
REVIVRE MILANO – CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA 0-3 (13-25, 18-25, 16-25) – REVIVRE MILANO: Milushev 13, Alletti 5, Sottile 1, Sbertoli 1, Skrimov 4, Russomanno Dos Santos, Tosi (L), De Togni, Baranek 7, Burgsthaler 2. DNP Gavenda, Rivan, Galaverna, Marretta. Coach. Monti.
CUCINE LUBE BANCA MARCHE CIVITANOVA: Fei 1, Parodi, Juantorena 10, Stankovic 6, Christenson 6, Cester 10, Grebennikov (L), Miljkovic 11, Corvetta, Cebulj 13. DNP Gabriele, Vitelli, Podrascanin. Coach. Blengini.
Over 2000 fans packed the PalaBorsani arena for Milan’s home game against Civitanova. In the end there was no game as the league leaders came away with a comfortable 3-0 victory. MVP Micah Christenson (Lube Volley)
Kamil Baranek (Revivre Milano): “Against such a strong team, we struggled in every area of the game. We did ok at the start of the game, we were keeping up but then they stepped up a gear and always managed to stay comfortably in front”.
Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova): “We wanted to maintain a high level of focus because we knew Milan was going through a tough time and wanted to get back on track. We did a good job of making them understand how much we wanted the win. And we got what we came here for”.
DHL MODENA – LPR PIACENZA 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-16, 25-17)
DHL MODENA: Mossa De Rezende 3, Donadio (L), Petric 22, Rossini (L), Ngapeth 10, Nikic, Piano 7, Saatkamp 11, Vettori 11. DNP Soli, Casadei, Sartoretti, Sighinolfi. Coach. Lorenzetti.
LPR PIACENZA: Manià (L), Coscione 3, Kohut 8, Ter Horst 15, Perrin 5, Papi 2, Sedlacek, Patriarca 7, Zlatanov, Luburic 17, Tavares Rodrigues. DNP Tencati, Cottarelli. Coach. Giuliani.
Piacenza escaped half way through the first set to get the edge in the game. The second set started tight too but Modena found a spurt at 19-15 and tied things up. With the momentum the hosts dominated the third and the fourth. MVP Nemanja Petric (DHL Modena)
Angelo Lorenzetti (coach DHL Modena): “We have won a tough game. The boys reacted well after a rather poor first set, though Piacenza deserves some credit. Big game ahead now, we’ll travel to Civitanova to face a team packed with extremely strong players”.
Alberto Giuliani (coach LPR Piacenza): “We lost against a great team, but I am satisfied with my boys. In this first part of season, we’ve been playing some good volleyball. We know we can build on the good things done so far”.
CMC ROMAGNA – NINFA LATINA 3-2 (19-25, 25-20, 15-25, 25-21, 18-16)
CMC ROMAGNA: Mengozzi 11, Ricci, Cavanna 2, Zappoli 3, Della Lunga 9, Van Garderen 4, Polo 9, Koumentakis 7, Goi (L), Torres 28, Boswinkel 2, Bari (L), Perini De Aviz 2. Coach. Kantor.
NINFA LATINA: Krumins, Sket 12, Romiti (L), Boninfante 3, Tailli, Hirsch 24, Yosifov 10, Rossi 9, Maruotti 13. DNP Mattei, Pavlov, Ferenciac. Coach. Placì.
In this seventh round, CMC Romagna was back in the PalaDe Andrè arena in Ravenna a year and a half after its last official encounter there. This turned into a battle that lasted over two hours and a half but in the end the hosts prevailed at the tie-break led by its outside hitter Torres. Simon Hirsch has been terrific for Latina until the halfway point of the game, then a lack of composure in the clutch time and a few mistakes allowed Romagna to stay in it and eventually win it. MVP: Maurice Torres (CMC Romagna)
Maximiliano Cavanna (CMC Romagna): “We never gave up and did a good job of pulling together when we went through difficult times. We have not been perfect but we fought with our hearts. I want to congratulate Torres, who has been extraordinary, and all the guys who came off the bench. Everybody contributed for this victory. We found it very hard but the most important thing is the result. I’m a very happy man tonight”.
Dante Boninfante (Ninfa Latina): “We really gave too many free points to Romagna starting from the second set. Same in the fourth in which we let them overcome us at the end. I think we have been too nervous, we lacked composure in the key moments of the game to seal it”.
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova 19, DHL Modena 18, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 15, Diatec Trentino 14, Exprivia Molfetta 13, Calzedonia Verona 11, Ninfa Latina 9, CMC Romagna 9, Gi Group Monza 7, LPR Piacenza 3, Tonazzo Padova 3, Revivre Milano 2. 1 game in hand: Calzedonia Verona, Tonazzo Padova
Fixtures
SuperLega UnipolSai Round 7
Thursday 26 November at 8.30pm Calzedonia Verona – Tonazzo Padova Live on RAI Sport 1 Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it (Sampaolo-Pasquali)
SuperLega UnipolSai round 8 Sunday 29 November at 5.45pm Cucine Lube Banca Marche Civitanova – DHL Modena Live on RAI Sport 2 Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it (Saltalippi-Bartolini)
Sunday 29 November at 6pm Diatec Trentino – Ninfa Latina Live on Lega Volley Channel (Boris-Pozzato) Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Exprivia Molfetta Live on Lega Volley Channel (Simbari-Sampaolo) Calzedonia Verona – Revivre Milano Live on Lega Volley Channel (Satanassi-La Micela) Tonazzo Padova – CMC Romagna Live on Lega Volley Channel (Zucca-Cipolla)
Tuesday 1 December at 8.30pm LPR Piacenza – Gi Group Monza Live on RAI Sport 1 Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it (Tanasi-Piana)
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Another disappointment for Siena
Serie A2 UnipolSai Round 4 (Postponed game): Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia-Emma Villas Siena 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-15, 28-26) CENTRALE DEL LATTE MCDONALD’S BRESCIA – EMMA VILLAS SIENA 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-15, 28-26) – CENTRALE DEL LATTE MCDONALD’S BRESCIA: Norbedo 6, Agnellini 9, Rodella 10, Tiberti 2, Cruz, Fusco (L), Bisi 19, Zanardini, Sorlini, Cisolla 17. DNP Bonisoli, Turla. Coach. Zambonardi.
EMMA VILLAS SIENA: Fantauzzo, Di Marco 3, Raffaelli 13, Tamburo 5, Pistolesi 3, Bortolozzo 1, Mengozzi 1, Braga 9, Snippe 12, Marchisio (L), Maric 19. DNP Troiani, Scappaticcio. Coach. Giannini.
League table:
Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 15, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 12, Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 10, Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana 10, Cassa Rurale Cantù 9, Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 8, VBC Mondovì 6, Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 6, Potenza Picena 6, Aurispa Alessano 6, Conad Reggio Emilia 6, Sieco Service Ortona 5, Club Italia Roma 3, Emma Villas Siena 3.
Fixtures
Serie A2 UnipolSai Round 6 Saturday 28 November at 8.30pm Aurispa Alessano – Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia Live on Lega Volley Channel (Turtù-Feriozzi)
Sunday 29 November at noon Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania – Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte Live on Lega Volley Channel (Oranelli-Toni)
Sunday 29 November at 4pm VBC Mondovì – Cassa Rurale Cantù Live on Lega Volley Channel (Montanari-Lolli) Sunday 29 November at 6pm Sieco Service Ortona – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Live on Lega Volley Channel (Zingaro-Somansino) Globo Scarabeo Civita Castellana – Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora Live on Lega Volley Channel (Marotta-Rolla) Conad Reggio Emilia – Emma Villas Siena Live on Lega Volley Channel (Luciani-Rossetti)
Monday 30 November at 8.30pm Club Italia Roma – Potenza Picena Live on Lega Volley Channel (Scarfò-Palumbo)
