SuperLega UnipolSai round 15 results :
LPR Piacenza-Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 23-25); Kioene Padova-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (25-19, 22-25, 19-25, 18-25); Exprivia Molfetta-Calzedonia Verona 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 27-25); Top Volley Latina-Bunge Ravenna 3-1 (28-26, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25); Azimut Modena-Revivre Milano 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-20, 15-11); Diatec Trentino-Biosì Indexa Sora 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 25-20); Gi Group Monza-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-1 (15-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-11)
Azimut Modena – Revivre Milano 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-20, 15-11)
Azimut Modena: Orduna 2, Ngapeth E. 24, Le Roux 4, Vettori 21, Petric 15, Holt 9, Salsi 0, Rossini (L), Piano 3, Onwuelo 0. DNP. Cook, Massari, Ngapeth S.. Coach. Piazza.
Revivre Milano: Sbertoli 5, Hoag 15, Tondo 3, Starovic 16, Skrimov 9, Galassi 8, Rudi (L), De Togni 6, Boninfante 0, Cortina (L), Nielsen 1, Marretta 1. DNP. Galaverna. Coach. Monti.
A big crowd came to see the visit of Milan in Modena. The visitors got off to a strong start, two Vettori aces got the hosts back in it at 22 all but Milan clinched it. Starovic and co used the momentum to escape early in the second and they would hang on to their lead to go 2-0 up. The home team’s reaction came in the third, while both teams played well in the fourth. Modena needed their best to force a tie-break in which they completed the come-back. MVP Earvin Ngapeth (Azimut Modena)
Roberto Piazza (Coach Azimut Modena Volley): “We won a tough game against a team that played excellent volleyball. These are valuable points for us ».
Luca Monti (coach Revivre Milano): “We had a great game against a top level team. We went very close from victory, I can only congratulate my players ».
Top Volley Latina – Bunge Ravenna 3-1 (28-26, 21-25, 25-23, 27-25)
Top Volley Latina: Sottile 2, Klinkenberg 10, Fei 26, Maruotti 7, Gitto 14, Caccioppola (L), Fanuli (L), Quintana Guerra 0, Pistolesi 0, Penchev 1, Strugar 0. DNP. Ishikawa. Coach. Bagnoli.
Bunge Ravenna: Spirito 2, Lyneel 14, Ricci 9, Torres 24, Van Garderen 7, Bossi 1, Goi (L), Grozdanov 11, Marchini (L), Leoni 0, Kaminski 7, Raffaelli 0. DNP. Calarco. Coach. Soli.
An important and hard-fought victory for Latina over Ravenna. Three points which means they are not bottom of the table anymore. They move above Padova, Milan and Sora. This will give the team some confidence ahead of three very tough encounters against Civitanova, Trento and Modena. MVP Carmelo Gitto (Top Volley Latina)
Carmelo Gitto (Top Volley latina): “This is a crucial victory for us. This will give us a boost and confidence to win other games like this one. We played as a team, I don’t feel like the MVP of the encounter ».
Fabio Soli: (coach Bunge Ravenna): “We came here to try to get as much as we could from it but we did not manage to get anything. The first set hurt us, we did not manage to win it in spite of our comfortable lead. Latina stepped up and eventually won it ».
Gi Group Monza – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-1 (15-25, 25-17, 25-21, 25-11)
Gi Group Monza: Jovovic 5, Botto 11, Beretta 7, Hirsch 10, Fromm 14, Verhees 15, Brunetti (L), Rizzo (L), Dzavoronok 3, Galliani 0. DNP. Forni, Terpin, Daldello. Coach. Falasca.
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Coscione 1, Geiler 8, Costa 9, Michalovic 18, Barreto Silva 11, Barone 10, Izzo 1, Marra (L), Alves Soares 1, Diamantini 0. DNP. Rejlek. Coach. Kantor.
Monza is all smile after its four-set win over Vibo Valentia in front of 1500 fans, among whom there were two icons of International volleyball like Hugo Conte and Scott Lindberg. Behind 18 points from Michalovic, Monza obtained its fifth home win of the season. MVP Pieter Verhees (Gi Group Monza)
Miguel Àngel Falasca (Coach Gi Group Monza): “I have to congratulate the boys for today’s performance. This might be one of the absolute best games of the season. Vibo got off to a strong start, they played a first set with great intensity both on the serve and in attack. But we were organised at the net and we did well to react with determination in the second set thanks to an excellent distribution from Jovovic and some better serves. These are three important points thanks to a great team performance».
Rocco Barone (Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia): “It’s disappointing because we had a great first set and did not manage to build on it. It has to be said that Verhees and Botto had incredible run of serves. Shame we lost touch in the fourth too, we could have handled it differently. We cannot put our heads down though after this defeat. We had done well of late, and even tonight we had some good spells, so let’s keep working like that ».
Exprivia Molfetta – Calzedonia Verona 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 27-25)
Exprivia Molfetta: Pontes Veloso 0, De Barros Ferreira 15, Polo 4, Sabbi 20, Olteanu 11, Leite Costa 4, Porcelli (L), De Pandis (L), Jimenez 1, Del Vecchio 0, Partenio 0. DNP. Vitelli, Hendriks. Coach. Gulinelli.
Calzedonia Verona: Baranowicz 5, Kovacevic 16, Anzani 6, Djuric 18, Lecat 1, Zingel 5, Frigo (L), Paolucci 0, Giovi (L), Stern 0, Randazzo 1. DNP. Ferreira, Mengozzi. Coach. Giani.
Molfetta showed all its strength and character to get rid of Verona in straight sets. Without coach Giani, who resigned this week, Verona was still determined to do well but Molfetta looked very strong in attack (56%) and could count on the MVP Sabbi, who contributed with no less than 20 points. Rafael added 15 and Olteanu 11.
Uros Kovacevic (Calzedonia Verona): “We had some tough days after our coach resigned. This is a tricky moment for us, we have to react immediately and show our worth. I want to thank coach De Cecco for the effort in the past few days but we have to give credit to Molfetta who had an excellent game. Now we just have to work and regain confidence in our abilities ».
Bogdan Olteanu (Exprivia Molfetta): “We had an excellent game, but it’s true we often play our best volleyball at home. I think we did exceptionnally well today in dig and that helped us get the points. From Tuesday we’ll focus on Vibo, from now on all the games will be extremely tough ».
Kioene Padova – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 1-3 (25-19, 22-25, 19-25, 18-25)
Kioene Padova: Zoppellari 1, Maar 17, Koncilja 9, Giannotti 11, Fedrizzi 11, Volpato 3, Bassanello (L), Balaso (L), Sestan 1, Averill 2, Milan 0. DNP. Link, Shaw. Coach. Baldovin.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 6, Zaytsev 10, Podrascanin 13, Berger 20, Russell 15, Birarelli 6, Mitic 0, Tosi (L), Bari (L), Della Lunga 2. DNP. Buti, Atanasijevic, Franceschini, Chernokozhev. Coach. Bernardi.
Padova gave a hard time to Perugia at the beginning of the encounter but then the Block Devils came away with all three points. Former Padova star Berger did the job for Perugia in the clutch time and was named MVP.
Valerio Baldovin (Coach Kioene Padova): “We showed some character and executed well tactically. We faded towards the end, but overall it’s been a good performance. Both in the Italian Cup and today, all the boys who stepped on court gave a valuable contribution. We’ll have to play the same way gainst Trento and Modena, without fear and fighting for every point ».
Lorenzo Bernardi (Coach Sir Safety Conad Perugia): “Padova surprised us in the first set with their serve and attack. This week we had various worries but we never gave up and took control of the game from the second set ».
LPR Piacenza – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 23-25)
LPR Piacenza: Hierrezuelo 8, Clevenot 14, Alletti 10, Hernandez Ramos 21, Parodi 3, Yosifov 12, Manià (L), Papi (L), Tzioumakas 0, Zlatanov 3. DNP. Tencati, Cottarelli. Coach. Giuliani.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Christenson 5, Juantorena 13, Stankovic 11, Sokolov 17, Kaliberda 6, Cester 2, Pesaresi (L), Kovar 0, Candellaro 5, Casadei 0, Corvetta 0, Grebennikov 0. DNP. Cebulj. Coach. Blengini.
Piacenza could not find the breakthrough against Civitanova. Without Leo Marshall, Giuliani’s men played without fear against the leaders. The latter, however, had Sokolov and Juantorena (MVP) at their best.
Zlatanov Hristo (LPR Piacenza): “We’re a bit disappointed because we felt we were close to be able to turn things around. We lack a little consistency in those encounters. We still have to find our rhythm in those games, but we proved once again we could give a game to anyone. I am happy to be back on court after a long time out but I can still improve a lot on my game ».
Gianlorenzo Blegini (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “I expected a tough game and so it was. Piacenza is a team with character and talent, they can make it hard for anyone as we’ve seen against Trento and Modena. It’s been a tight game, I had asked my boys to stay calm and composed in the difficult times. I am gald we got this victory and the three points ».
Friday night’s game
Diatec Trentino – Biosì Indexa Sora 3-1 (25-17, 23-25, 25-19, 25-20)
Diatec Trentino: Giannelli 6, Urnaut 15, Solé 14, Nelli 20, Antonov 15, Mazzone D. 7, Chiappa (L), Colaci (L), Van De Voorde 0, Lanza 1, Mazzone T. 0. DNP. Blasi, Burgsthaler, Stokr. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Biosì Indexa Sora: Seganov 2, Kalinin 9, Mattei 5, Miskevich 12, Rosso 11, Sperandio 9, Corsetti (L), Santucci (L), Tiozzo 0, Marrazzo 0, Mauti 0. DNP. De Marchi, Lucarelli. Coach. Bagnoli.
League table
Cucine Lube Civitanova 38, Azimut Modena 35, Diatec Trentino 35, Sir Safety Conad Perugia 34, Calzedonia Verona 25, LPR Piacenza 24, Gi Group Monza 22, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 18, Bunge Ravenna 16, Exprivia Molfetta 15, Top Volley Latina 14, Kioene Padova 14, Revivre Milano 13, Biosì Indexa Sora 12.
Fixtures
SuperLega UnipolSai round 16
Monday 26 December at 6.30pm
Revivre Milano – Gi Group Monza Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
Monday 26 December at 8.30pm
Cucine Lube Civitanova – Top Volley Latina Live on Lega Volley Channel
Diatec Trentino – Kioene Padova Conad Perugia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Azimut Modena – Bunge Ravenna Verona Live on Lega Volley Channel
Calzedonia Verona – LPR Piacenza Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sir Safety Conad Perugia – Biosì Indexa Sora Live on Lega Volley Channel
Exprivia Molfetta – Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Serie A2 UnipolSai
Round 12 recap
SuperLega UnipolSai round 12 results – White group:
Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro-Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 0-3 (17-25, 26-28, 22-25); Sieco Service Ortona-Emma Villas Siena 1-3 (16-25, 23-25, 25-20, 15-25); Club Italia Crai Roma-Aurispa Alessano 3-2 (19-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-22, 15-13); GoldenPlast Potenza Picena-Sigma Aversa 3-2 (27-25, 22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-9); BCC Castellana Grotte-Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce 3-1 (25-14, 22-25, 27-25, 25-18)
GoldenPlast Potenza Picena – Sigma Aversa 3-2 (27-25, 22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-9)
GoldenPlast Potenza Picena: Visentin 4, Zonca 14, Codarin 7, Argenta 21, Bellini 21, Biglino 10, Casulli (L), Lazzaretto 0, Colarusso 2, Bucciarelli 0. DNP. Cristofaletti, Marcovecchio. Coach. Di pinto.
Sigma Aversa: Putini 2, Libraro 20, Giacobelli 9, Santangelo 32, Hister 9, Robbiati 5, Attanasio (L), Vacchiano (L), De Rosas 0, Montò 0. DNP. Di Florio, Valla, Razzetto, De Paola. Coach. Bosco.
BCC Castellana Grotte – Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce 3-1 (25-14, 22-25, 27-25, 25-18)
BCC Castellana Grotte: Garnica 3, Moreira 17, Ferraro 10, Cazzaniga 14, Canuto 15, Presta 9, Pace (L), Cavaccini (L), Parisi 0, De Santis 1, Scio 0. DNP. Astarita, Quarta, Barbone. Coach. Lorizio.
Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce: Ciulli 1, De Leon Guimaraes 7, Elia 6, Dennis 15, Bonetti 10, Benaglia 11, Taliani (L), Del Campo 1, Bonami (L), Bertassoni 0, Tamburo 0, Colli 2. DNP. Da Prato, Mazzone. Coach. Bertini.
Club Italia Crai Roma – Aurispa Alessano 3-2 (19-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-22, 15-13)
Club Italia Crai Roma: Maccabruni 4, Margutti 16, Russo 8, Baldazzi 20, Gardini 21, Caneschi 11, Rondoni (L), Piccinelli (L), Baciocco 1, Garofolo 0, Tofoli 0. DNP. Imbesi, Beltrami, Mosca. Coach. Totire.
Aurispa Alessano: Lemanski Salim 3, Cernic 27, Torsello 6, Argilagos Sogo 26, Borgogno 9, Muccio 4, Bisanti (L), Piscopo 0, Bonante 1. DNP. Bulfon, Baldari, Marzo. Coach. Mastrangelo.
Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro – Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 0-3 (17-25, 26-28, 22-25)
Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro: Piazza 3, Galabinov 7, Cubito 7, Kvalen 15, Boscaini 5, Giosa 4, Fortunato (L), Maiorana (L), Da Silva 0, Boesso 0, Gabriele 2. DNP. Zonno. Coach. Falabella.
Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania: Pinelli 0, Shavrak 13, Sesto 8, De Souza 17, Ottaviani 7, Calonico 9, Pieri (L), Bondini 0, Marchisio (L), Buzzelli 0. DNP. Vitangeli, Dellepiaggi, Mazzon. Coach. Montagnani.
Sieco Service Ortona – Emma Villas Siena 1-3 (16-25, 23-25, 25-20, 15-25)
Sieco Service Ortona: Pedron 0, Di Meo 10, Miscione 5, Buchegger 20, Holt 16, Simoni 7, Provvisiero (L), Toscani (L), Casaro 0, Lanci 1, Ferrini 0. DNP. Listratov, Ceccoli. Coach. Lanci.
Emma Villas Siena: Fabroni 4, Russomanno Dos Santos 19, Spadavecchia 7, Padura Diaz 17, Noda Blanco 18, Patriarca 5, Battista (L), Cesarini (L), Cannistrà 0, Di Tommaso 0. DNP. Vedovotto, Gradi, Menicali. Coach. Tofoli.
White group standings
Emma Villas Siena30, BCC Castellana Grotte 29, , Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania 26, Sigma Aversa 21, Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce 18, GoldenPlast Potenza Picena 16, Aurispa Alessano 14, Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro 13, Sieco Service Ortona 11, Club Italia Crai Roma 2.
Serie A2 UnipolSai round 12 results – Blue results:
Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana-Pool Libertas Cantù 3-0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-16); Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore-VBC Mondovì 3-2 (19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-15, 16-14); Videx Grottazzolina-Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 0-3 (22-25, 16-25, 23-25); Conad Reggio Emilia-Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-18); Monini Spoleto-Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23).
Conad Reggio Emilia – Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-18)
Conad Reggio Emilia: Soli 2, Dolfo 16, Norbedo 5, Kody 22, Silva 6, Cargioli 6, Rossatti 0, Beccaro 0, Morgese (L). DNP. Suljagic, Bevilacqua, Miselli, Scaltriti. Coach. Dall’olio.
Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte: Buzzelli 3, Lavia 11, Scopelliti 4, Bellei 8, Casoli 4, Sighinolfi 2, Catania (L), Primavera (L), Gargiulo 0, Losco 1, Longo 0. DNP. Disabato. Coach. Fanizza.
Monini Spoleto – Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 3-1 (25-21, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23)
Monini Spoleto: Monopoli 1, Joventino Venceslau 7, Bargi 8, Morelli 28, Bertoli 18, Zamagni 7, Marta (L), Romiti (L), Vanini 0, Segoni 1, Festi 2, Garofalo 0, Mariano 3. DNP. Iaccarino. Coach. Provvedi.
Caloni Agnelli Bergamo: Jovanovic 3, Pierotti 13, Luppi 10, Hoogendoorn 22, Cavuto 11, Erati 9, Franzoni (L), Marsili 0, De Angelis (L), Cioffi 0, Carminati 0, Innocenti 0. DNP. Gamba. Coach. Graziosi.
Videx Grottazzolina – Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 0-3 (22-25, 16-25, 23-25)
Videx Grottazzolina: Cecato 4, Sideri 6, Tomassetti 4, Cester 10, Paris 11, Salgado 9, Brandi J. (L), Brandi N. 0, Gabbanelli (L), Fiori 0. DNP. Vecchi, Girolami, Pison. Coach. Ortenzi.
Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia: Tiberti 1, Tartaglione 10, Esposito 3, Bisi 13, Cisolla 13, Agnellini 5, Fusco (L), Sorlini 0, Fabi 2. DNP. Statuto, Tasholli. Coach. Zambonardi.
Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana – Pool Libertas Cantù 3-0 (28-26, 25-23, 25-16)
Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana: Marchiani 2, Preti 16, Valsecchi 4, Banderò 21, Marinelli 9, Bortolozzo 4, Saturnino (L), Sacripanti 0, Cicola (L), Pellegrino 0, Gaia 0. DNP. Ippolito. Coach. Spanakis.
Pool Libertas Cantù: Gerosa 1, Riva 8, Alborghetti 9, Alexandre De Oliveira 13, Richards 13, Monguzzi 5, Boffi (L), Butti (L), Cominetti 2. DNP. Laneri, Olivati, Mazza, Cordano. Coach. Della rosa.
Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore – VBC Mondovì 3-2 (19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-15, 16-14)
Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore: Mariella 7, Nowakowski 18, Frizzarin 6, Pranovi 25, Mercorio 13, Giglioli 11, Battocchio (L), Lollato (L), Bertelle 0. DNP. Sartori, Mancin, Franchetti. Coach. Marconi.
VBC Mondovì: Cortellazzi 5, Manassero 19, Parusso 10, Bolla 17, Menardo 11, Picco 10, Prandi (L), Turco 0, Perla 1, Garelli 0, Cattaneo 2. DNP. Miola. Coach. Barisciani.
Blue Group standings
Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia 25, Monini Spoleto 25, VBC Mondovì 23, Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana 22, Conad Reggio Emilia 21, Caloni Agnelli Bergamo 19, Pool Libertas cantù 13, Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore 12, Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte 11, Videx Grottazzolina 9.
Fixtures
Serie A2 UnipolSai round 13 – WHITE GROUP
Monday 26 December at 4.30pm
Sieco Service Ortona – Club Italia Crai Roma Live on Lega Volley Channel
6pm
Maury’s Italiana Assicurazioni Tuscania – GoldenPlast Potenza Picena Live on Lega Volley Channel
Emma Villas Siena – Kemas Lamipel Santa Croce Live on Lega Volley Channel
Sigma Aversa – Basi Grafiche Geosat Lagonegro Live on Lega Volley Channel
7.30pm
Aurispa Alessano – BCC Castellana Grotte Live on Lega Volley Channel
Serie A2 UnipolSai round 16 – BLUE GROUP
Monday 26 December at 4.30pm
VBC Mondovì – Caloni Agnelli Bergamo Live on Lega Volley Channel
Monday 26 December at 6pm
Centrale del Latte McDonald’s Brescia – Conad Reggio Emilia Live on Lega Volley Channel
Pool Libertas Cantù – Sol Lucernari Montecchio Maggiore Live on Lega Volley Channel
Ceramica Globo Civita Castellana – Videx Grottazzolina Live on Lega Volley Channel
Monday 26 December at 7.30pm
Materdominivolley.it Castellana Grotte – Monini Spoleto Live on Lega Volley Channel
