SuperLega UnipolSai
Round 8 recap

 

 

Results :

 

Azimut Modena-Calzedonia Verona 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-21); Cucine Lube Civitanova-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 3-2 (22-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-10); Diatec Trentino-Revivre Milano 3-0 (29-27, 25-19, 25-19); Exprivia Molfetta-Biosì Indexa Sora 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-18); Kioene Padova-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 1-3 (16-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-27); Gi Group Monza-Bunge Ravenna 3-2 (25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12); LPR Piacenza-Top Volley Latina 3-1 (25-21, 34-32, 15-25, 25-23)

 

 

EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA – BIOSì INDEXA SORA 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-18)

EXPRIVIA MOLFETTA: Polo 8, Vitelli, Partenio, De Barros Ferreira 15, Pontes Veloso, Olteanu 9, Sabbi 18, De Pandis (L), Di Martino 5. DNP Jimenez, Del Vecchio, Porcelli, Hendriks. Coach. Gulinelli.

BIOSì INDEXA SORA: Marrazzo 1, Gotsev 7, Tiozzo 2, Santucci (L), Kalinin 4, Rosso 7, Mattei 5, Seganov, Sperandio, Miskevich 13, De Marchi 3. DNP Lucarelli, Mauti. Coach. Bagnoli.

 

First home win of the season for Molfetta, who had the better of Sora. Captain Del Vecchio and co served better (7 aces, 5 from Sabbi) and they registered 68% in attack. Sabbi shined with 18 points and 71%, while Joao Rafael was named MVP as he had 79% and 15 points and 55% in reception. And that’s in reception that Sora struggled (40%).

 

Flavio Gulinelli  (coach Exprivia Molfetta) :”Congratulations to all the guys for their attitude in training as well as in the game in a difficult period for us. We had a solid game and we deserved the win. I hope the boys will keep playing with this determination and energy. We have margin for improvement, we have to find our best game ».

 

Andrea Mattei (Biosi Indexa Sora): “We knew it was going to be a difficult game against a feisty Molfetta team after the change of coach. As for the game, we struggled to receive Sabbi’s serves and we we were not sharp enough in attack ».

 

 

DIATEC TRENTINO – REVIVRE MILANO 3-0 (29-27, 25-19, 25-19)

DIATEC TRENTINO: Nelli 2, Antonov, Blasi, Giannelli 4, Lanza 14, Solé 5, Van De Voorde 1, Colaci (L), Stokr 8, Urnaut 15, Mazzone D 9. DNP Burgsthaler, Mazzone T, Chiappa. Coach. Lorenzetti.

REVIVRE MILANO: Cortina (L), Hoag 11, Sbertoli 5, Tondo 4, Galassi 4, Dennis 7, Marretta 6. DNP Galaverna, Skrimov, Nielsen, Rudi, De Togni, Boninfante, Starovic. Coach. Monti.

 

Seventh consecutive victory in the SuperLega for Trentino, who keeps up with the leaders. Lorenzetti’s men had the better of Milan who gave it a try for a set and a half before surrendering. The most difficult moment of the game for the hosts was in the first set when they were 22-24 down. Urnaut, Lanza and Van De Voorde, who had just come on, helped Trento turn it around and win it 29-27. Giannelli then guided his teammates to perfection. Milan just couldn’t keep up.

 

Tine Urnaut (Diatec Trentino): “We started off a bit tense, but we got back in it and never gave up. Winning that first set helped us step up a gear and fly towards an important 3-0 win before preparing our next game ».

 

Gianluca Galassi (Revivre Milano): “Playing in the Palatrento arena for me who came up in their youth academy was an incredible emotion. Unfortunately, I could not combine the memory with a good result. Trento gave it all and prevented us from winning any sets. We showed some good things in the first set but that was not enough ».

 

 

 

AZIMUT MODENA – CALZEDONIA VERONA 3-0 (25-17, 25-20, 25-21)

AZIMUT MODENA: Petric 9, Orduna 3, Rossini (L), Ngapeth E 3, Le Roux 10, Piano, Holt 11, Vettori 13. DNP Massari, Ngapeth S, Onwuelo, Salsi, Ferrari. Coach. Piazza.

CALZEDONIA VERONA: Zingel 9, Kovacevic 7, Lecat 3, Ferreira 9, Giovi (L), Baranowicz, Mengozzi 2, Djuric 14, Anzani 2. DNP Paolucci, Holt, Frigo, Stern. Coach. Giani.

 

The big crowd that came to see the match against Verona lived an emotional minute silence to pay tribute to Antonio Barone before pushing its team to a sweep. Modena had the better start (11-6) and would never let Verona back in it. Another strong start in the second and there again they would manage to hang on to their lead. Modena was imperial and though Kovacevic and co tried their best in the third, the hosts were never to be caught.

MVP Maxwell Philip Holt (Azimut Modena)

 

Roberto Piazza (Coach Azimut Modena): “We had a great game against a great team. I had told the boys to pay particular attention to certain fundamentals and I have to say they did pretty well. I congratulated them. Now we have to focus on Monza ».

 

Andrea Giani (Coach Calzedonia Verona): “We played against a great team, we knew it was going to be very tough. We lacked the needed compsure to contain Modena in the clutch time of the game ».

 

 

KIOENE PADOVA – TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA 1-3 (16-25, 20-25, 25-22, 25-27)

KIOENE PADOVA: Zoppellari, Shaw 2, Giannotti 15, Balaso (L), Maar 20, Koncilja 4, Volpato 9, Milan, Fedrizzi 10, Sestan 4. DNP Bassanello, Canella, Link. Coach. Baldovin.

TONNO CALLIPO CALABRIA VIBO VALENTIA: Coscione 8, Marra (L), Geiler 9, Michalovic 9, Barreto Silva 19, Barone 10, Alves Soares, Diamantini 7, Rejlek 5. DNP Buzzelli, Torchia, Maccarone, Corrado. Coach. Kantor.

 

Vibo Valentia escaped from Padova with all three points. The hosts had a very difficult start to the game with many mistakes made in the first two sets, while Vibo played a near-perfect encounter. Marra’s superb digs helped the team gain confidence. He was named MVP of the game.

 

Valerio Baldovin (Coach Kioene Padova): “We made a lot of mistakes in the first set, some silly ones too. Then we got better, but we have to give credit to Vibo who really played well. We have to learn from this defeat to play better in Milan ».

 

Waldo Kantor (Coach Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “The boys have been working very hard, and they needed a satisfaction like that in a game. We have always been under control, focused. Padova did not play its best volleyball, but credit to us for believing till the end we could win it ».

 

 

GI GROUP MONZA – BUNGE RAVENNA 3-2 (25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-12)

GI GROUP MONZA: Fromm 16, Dzavoronok 3, Daldello, Galliani, Rizzo (L), Jovovic 5, Botto 19, Verhees 19, Beretta 10, Hirsch 4, Brunetti. DNP Forni, Terpin. Coach. Falasca.

BUNGE RAVENNA: Ricci 8, Kaminski, Raffaelli 12, Van Garderen 2, Lyneel 3, Grozdanov 18, Goi (L), Torres 20, Bossi 6, Spirito 7, Marchini. DNP Calarco, Leoni. Coach. Soli.

 

 

Monza’s determination and fighting spirit led to a come-back victory from 2-1 down. Coach Falasca was happy to have Jovovic and Hirsch back in this first ever home win over Ravenna since it is in the top division. Monza took the first set but then Grozdanov, who came on for the injured Lyneel, led his team to a 2-1 edge. Setter Spirito and Torres were inspired but in the fourth set the hosts reacted with character. Jovovic served with consistency Botto, Fromm and Beretta to tie it at 2-2. In the tie-break, MVP verhees blocked Torres for a 14-12 lead, while Fromm took care of scoring the winning point.

 

Christian Fromm (Gi Group Monza): “These are two crucial points. We started off with maximum focus, but then we could not stop their determined come-back. In the fourth set and in the tie-break, however, we played with heart. This team is first and foremost a great group who proved once again it could find a way in the difficult times. We’ll enjoy this win before starting to prepare for Modena from Tomorrow ».

 

Maurice Torres (Bunge Ravenna): “The too many mistakes and the fact we faded an the end prevented us from taking the three points. We lacked energy at the start, then we got back in it with character. In the end, though, we lacked consistency, especially on the serve, and Monza took advantage to win it. This defeat hurts, we have to put it behind us as quickly as possible given that we have another important game against Civitanova on Wednesday ».

 

 

LPR PIACENZA – TOP VOLLEY LATINA 3-1 (25-21, 34-32, 15-25, 25-23)

LPR PIACENZA: Manià (L), Parodi, Alletti 8, Papi, Marshall 12, Yosifov 3, Tencati 8, Hierrezuelo 9, Hernandez Ramos 24, Clevenot 13, Cottarelli. DNP Tzioumakas, Zlatanov. Coach. Giuliani.

TOP VOLLEY LATINA: Klinkenberg 14, Fei 18, Gitto 12, Sottile 4, Pistolesi, Quintana Guerra 1, Rossi 8, Maruotti 17, Fanuli (L). DNP Caccioppola, Strugar, Ishikawa, Penchev. Coach. Bagnoli.

 

 

Piacenza keeps its winning streak going with a fifth triumph in a row, the second straight with three points. In front of 2608 fans in the PalaBanca arena, Hernandez led all scorers with 24 points (2 aces), MVP Clévénot added 13 points and Marshall 12 (2 aces).

 

Alberto Giuliani (Coach LPR Piacenza): “It’s become a tradition to play such battles here in our PalaBanca arena. Today we had moments of brilliance as well as poor spells. We have to work to play good volleyball with consistency. In the third set, we faced some difficulties and unconsciously slowed down. We play every three days, we don’t have much time to work, but we’re very happy with today’s three points ».

 

Daniele Sottile (Top Volley Latina): “It was very tight from the start. In the first set, we went in front a couple of times but the talent of some players made the difference. Hernandez got the decisive break while in the second set we wasted too many opportunities. Shame the thrid set went like that… another chance that was not taken ».

 

 

CUCINE LUBE CIVITANOVA – SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA 3-2 (22-25, 19-25, 25-23, 25-21, 15-10)

CUCINE LUBE CIVITANOVA: Sokolov 25, Candellaro 4, Pesaresi (L), Kaliberda 4, Juantorena 18, Stankovic 7, Kovar, Christenson 4, Cester 6, Grebennikov, Cebulj 9. DNP Casadei, Corvetta. Coach. Blengini.

SIR SAFETY CONAD PERUGIA: Buti 13, Tosi (L), Russell 17, Zaytsev 21, Della Lunga 1, Mitic 1, Berger 9, Atanasijevic 1, De Cecco, Bari (L), Birarelli 1, Podrascanin 4. DNP Chernokozhev, Franceschini. Coach. Kovac.

 

The big match of the day went to Civitanova. In the first sold-out encounter of the season in the Eurosuole Forum, the hosts remained unbeaten (8 straight) but it needed a thrilling come-back from 2-0 down. This is Perugia’s third consecutive defeat after the ones conceded against Trento and Modena. Christenson’s terrific run of serves sent Civitanova on track (4-0), Cester’s block on Zaytsev made it 8-4, but then the visitors came back (11-10). The rest of the points would go to Civitanova’s way. MVP Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova)

 

Osmany Juantorena (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “At the start of the game, we really found it hard to receive their serve, but then we found a way back in it and took extremeley important points. That was not easy to come back from 2-0 down against a team like Perugia. This proves we have character. We have also got to thank our amazing supporters, who gave us a great hand when we needed it most ».

 

Slobodan Kovac (Coach Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “We played brilliant volleyball until 22 all in the third set. Our serve stopped working and we lost our way in other fundamentals too. On the contrary, civitanova started to play superb volleyball and came back ».

 

League table

 

Azimut Modena 23, Cucine Lube Civitanova 22, Diatec Trentino 20, Calzedonia Verona 18, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 14, LPR Piacenza 12, Gi Group Monza 12, Kioene Padova 11, Bunge Ravenna 8, Exprivia Molfetta 7, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 6, Revivre Milano 5, Top Volley Latina 4, Biosì Indexa Sora 3.

 

One game in hand: Diatec Trentino e LPR Piacenza;

 

Fixtures

SuperLega UnipolSai round 9

Wednesday 9 November at 8.30pm

Azimut Modena – Gi Group Monza  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Exprivia Molfetta  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Calzedonia Verona – Diatec Trentino  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Top Volley Latina – Biosì Indexa Sora  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Bunge Ravenna – Cucine Lube Civitanova  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Revivre Milano – Kioene Padova  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – LPR Piacenza  Live on Lega Volley Channel

 

 

 

 

Serie A2 UnipolSai

Round-up

 

Round 5 results – White Group

 

Emma Villas Siena-GoldenPlast Potenza Picena 3-1 (25-17, 27-29, 25-23, 25-13); Sieco Service Ortona-BCC Castellana Grotte 1-3 (17-25, 20-25, 30-28, 16-25); Club Italia Crai Roma-Sigma Aversa 0-3 (14-25, 16-25, 18-25); Aurispa Alessano-Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 0-3 (22-25, 20-25, 19-25); Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro-Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 16-25)

 

 

SIECO SERVICE ORTONA – BCC CASTELLANA GROTTE 1-3 (17-25, 20-25, 30-28, 16-25)

SIECO SERVICE ORTONA: Peda 14, Simoni 9, Miscione 7, Pedron 2, Toscani (L), Provvisiero, Di Meo 11, Lanci, Buchegger 18. DNP Ferrini, Ceccoli, Listratov, Casaro. Coach. Lanci.

BCC CASTELLANA GROTTE: Cazzaniga 21, Cavaccini (L), Canuto 11, Barbone (L), Presta 7, Di Noia, Ferraro, Garnica 3, Moreira 19, De Santis 2, Quarta 10, Pace. DNP Astarita, Scio. Coach. Lorizio.

 

CLUB ITALIA CRAI ROMA – SIGMA AVERSA 0-3 (14-25, 16-25, 18-25)

CLUB ITALIA CRAI ROMA: Gardini 3, Piccinelli (L), Margutti 8, Caneschi, Baldazzi 10, Maccabruni 2, Baciocco, Russo 5, Garofolo 1, Tofoli. DNP Beltrami, Rondoni, Imbesi, Mosca. Coach. Totire.

SIGMA AVERSA: Di Florio, Santangelo 11, Vacchiano (L), Putini 3, Libraro 13, Hister 6, Robbiati 5, De Rosas, Giacobelli 8. DNP Razzetto, Valla, Montò. Coach. Bosco.

 

 

AURISPA ALESSANO – MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA 0-3 (22-25, 20-25, 19-25)

AURISPA ALESSANO: Muccio 1, Cernic 13, Lemanski Salim 1, Bonante, Bulfon 5, Torsello 2, Baldari, Jeliazkov 4, Borgogno 11, Bisanti (L), Piscopo 9. DNP Marzo, Russo. Coach. Mastrangelo.

MAURY’S ITALIANA ASSICURAZIONI TUSCANIA: Calonico 11, Marchisio (L), Sesto 6, Ottaviani 16, Pinelli 1, Mazzon 1, Bondini, De Souza 8, Shavrak 12. DNP Buzzelli, Vitangeli, Dellepiaggi, Pieri. Coach. Montagnani.

 

BASI GRAFICHE GEOSAT LAGONEGRO – KEMAS LAMIPEL SANTA CROCE 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 16-25)

BASI GRAFICHE GEOSAT LAGONEGRO: Kvalen 8, Fortunato (L), Cubito 5, Da Silva, Gabriele 8, Boesso, Parisi, Maiorana (L), Boscaini 4, Giosa 4, Galabinov 12, Kindgard 2. DNP Pizzichini. Coach. Falabella.

KEMAS LAMIPEL SANTA CROCE: Bonami (L), De Leon Guimaraes 10, Bertassoni 3, Ciulli, Mazzone 5, Tamburo 14, Taliani, Bonetti 12, Benaglia 8. DNP Da Prato, Elia, Colli, Del Campo. Coach. Bertini.

 

Standings white group

 

Emma Villas Siena 15, BCC Castellana Grotte 15, Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 10, Sigma Aversa 9, Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce 9, GoldenPlast Potenza Picena 6, Sieco Service Ortona 5, Aurispa Alessano 5, Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro 1, Club Italia Crai Roma 0.

 

Fixtures

Round 6 – WHITE GROUP

Saturday 12 November at 8.30pm

GoldenPlast Potenza Picena – Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro Live on Lega Volley Channel

Sunday 13 November at 4pm

Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania – Emma Villas Siena  Live on Lega Volley Channel

6pm

Sigma Aversa – Sieco Service Ortona  Live on Lega Volley Channel

7.30pm

BCC Castellana Grotte – Club Italia Crai Roma  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce – Aurispa Alessano  Live on Lega Volley Channel

 

 

 

Round 5 results – Blue Group

 

Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana-Monini Spoleto 3-2 (18-25, 21-25, 25-20, 30-28, 15-11); Pool Libertas Cantù-Conad Reggio Emilia 1-3 (25-23, 23-25, 27-29, 18-25); Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia-Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19); Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte-Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 0-3 (21-25, 21-25, 20-25); Videx Grottazzolina-VBC Mondovì 1-3 (28-26, 17-25, 19-25, 12-25)

 

 

CERAMICA GLOBO CIVITA CASTELLANA – MONINI SPOLETO 3-2 (18-25, 21-25, 25-20, 30-28, 15-11)

CERAMICA GLOBO CIVITA CASTELLANA: Sacripanti 1, Pellegrino, Marinelli 9, Bortolozzo 9, Banderò 30, Lipparini (L), Ippolito, Preti 17, Marchiani 3, Valsecchi 11. DNP Saturnino, Santilli, Gaia. Coach. Spanakis.

MONINI SPOLETO: Morelli 29, Bargi 11, Mariano 3, Festi, Vanini, Garofalo 3, Zamagni 9, Monopoli 5, Segoni, Bertoli 19, Romiti (L). DNP Iaccarino, Marta, Joventino Venceslau. Coach. Provvedi.

 

POOL LIBERTAS CANTù – CONAD REGGIO EMILIA 1-3 (25-23, 23-25, 27-29, 18-25)

POOL LIBERTAS CANTù: Monguzzi 7, Butti (L), Cominetti 3, Riva 10, Cordano, Richards 19, Gerosa, Alexandre De Oliveira 20, Alborghetti 8. DNP Boffi, Mazza, Laneri, Olivati. Coach. Della Rosa.

CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Norbedo 9, Soli 1, Dolfo 10, Cargioli 9, Beccaro 1, Kody 24, Rossatti 9, Silva 7, Scaltriti, Morgese (L). DNP Suljagic, Miselli, Bevilacqua. Coach. Costi.

 

CENTRALE DEL LATTE MCDONALD’S BRESCIA – SOL LUCERNARI MONTECCHIO MAGGIORE 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-19) – CENTRALE DEL LATTE MCDONALD’S BRESCIA: Fabi, Agnellini 7, Rodella 1, Tiberti 4, Fusco (L), Bisi 16, Tartaglione 9, Esposito 7, Cisolla 10. DNP Zanardini, Cruz, Turla, Statuto, Tasholli. Coach. Zambonardi.

SOL LUCERNARI MONTECCHIO MAGGIORE: Mariella 2, Bertelle 9, Mercorio 6, Pranovi 3, Nowakowski 4, Sartori 1, Giglioli 5, Frizzarin 5, Lollato (L). DNP Mancin, Battocchio, Migliorin, Franchetti. Coach. Marconi.

 

 

MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE – CALONI AGNELLI BERGAMO 0-3 (21-25, 21-25, 20-25) – MATERDOMINIVOLLEY.IT CASTELLANA GROTTE: Izzo, Casoli 8, Primavera (L), Scopelliti 5, Longo, Nero (L), Bellei 9, Lavia 7, Sighinolfi 9. DNP Gargiulo, Occhiogrosso, Losco. Coach. Fanizza.

CALONI AGNELLI BERGAMO: Luppi 10, Marsili, Pierotti 9, Cavuto 12, Cioffi 9, Franzoni (L), De Angelis (L), Hoogendoorn 13, Piazza 2. DNP Innocenti, Carminati, Erati, Gamba. Coach. Graziosi.

  

Standings blue group

VBC Mondovì 10, Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 10, Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana 9, Pool Libertas Cantù 9, Conad Reggio Emilia 8, Monini Spoleto 7, Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 7, Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore 6, Videx Grottazzolina 4, Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 2

 

A game in hand: Monini Spoleto e Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte

 

Fixtures

Round 6 – Blue group

Sunday 6 November at 12am

VBC Mondovì – Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Caloni Agnelli Bergamo –Pool Libertas Cantù  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Sunday 6 November at 6pm

Conad Reggio Emilia – Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore – Videx Grottazzolina  Live on Lega Volley Channel

Monini Spoleto – Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia  Live on Lega Volley Channel