It’s time for the opening game of the playoffs quarter-final series against Civita Castellana. This season, Reggio tallied 1612 points versus 1749 for Civita, who played however seven more sets. Funnily enough they count the same number of aces: 133. Reggio’s Alessandro Tondo is the third best in the league in that category with 40. Tondo is also second in the country in the blocking charts with 79, but Civita is better as a team with 273 against 225 for Reggio. The reception could be the key for Reggio, having committed 162 mistakes against the 202 for Civita. Only Alessano has a worse record than Civita.