Cucine Lube Civitanova-Bunge Ravenna postponed; Calzedonia Verona-Sir Safety Conad Perugia 0-3 (16-25, 21-25, 19-25); Wixo LPR Piacenza-Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 3-2 (23-25, 25-20, 25-23, 24-26, 15-10); Kioene Padova-Diatec Trentino 1-3 (21-25, 19-25, 25-17, 23-25); Biosì Indexa Sora-Azimut Modena 0-3 (22-25, 23-25, 22-25); Revivre Milano-Gi Group Monza 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 20-25, 25-21); BCC Castellana Grotte-Taiwan Excellence Latina 3-1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-17, 25-22)
BCC Castellana Grotte – Taiwan Excellence Latina 3-1 (25-22, 20-25, 25-17, 25-22) – BCC Castellana Grotte: Paris 3, Moreira 11, De Togni 7, Tzioumakas 20, Canuto 17, Ferreira Costa 7, Pace (L), Cavaccini (L), Garnica 0, Hebda 2. N.E. Cazzaniga, Zauli, Ferraro, Rossatti. All. Lorizio. Taiwan Excellence Latina: Sottile 0, Maruotti 11, Rossi 3, Corteggiani 17, Savani 18, Gitto 6, Caccioppola (L), De Angelis (L), Shoji (L), Huang 0, Kovac 0. N.E. Starovic, Le Goff, Ishikawa. All. Di pinto. ARBITRI: Venturi, Braico. NOTE – Spettatori 1300. Durata set: 31′, 27′, 26′, 33′; tot: 117. MVP: Canuto (BCC Castellana Grotte)
Castellana Grotte won his first game on the home turf at PalaFlorio in Bari, defeating Taiwan Excellence Top Volley Latina with some important absences, as Sasha Starovic and frenchman LeGoff. Coach Lorizio’s team had great offensive rhythm since the start by winning the first set 25-22. In the second Adriano Di Pinto’s team fought back and won with authority 25-20 tying the game with a good perfomance by Cristian Savani. In the third arrived a red card for Latina’s bench and the home team won easily 25-17. In fourth once again greek Georgios Tzioumakas put alot of balls on the ground, finishing the game with 20 points scored. together with a great defensive performance by libero Cavaccini and a great offensive effort for Bruno Canuto (20 points for him and the award of Mvp of the game), Bcc Castellana Grotte won fourth set 25-22 and game, debuting in Superleague with a great win.
MVP: Bruno Canuto (BCC Castellana Grotte)
Bruno Canuto (BCC Castellana Grotte): “I’m very happy, not for the Mvp award but for our great win in front of our fantastic fans. We were good in the game, with the right approach and the right determination. We can play versus all the opponents”.
Vincenzo Di Pinto (Taiwan Excellence Latina): “We should do what we could because of our tough absences of Starovic and LeGoff, versus a tough team who played with great toughness and aggressivity. We missed the serve, and we got in trouble all game long”.
Standings
Sir Safety Conad Perugia 6, Azimut Modena 6, Revivre Milano 5, Wixo LPR Piacenza 4, Diatec Trentino 4, Cucine Lube Civitanova 3, Gi Group Monza 3, BCC Castellana Grotte 3, Calzedonia Verona 2, Bunge Ravenna 1, Taiwan Excellence Latina 1, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 1, Biosì Indexa Sora 0, Kioene Padova 0.
Un incontro in meno: Cucine Lube Civitanova, Bunge Ravenna.
Next Round
3a giornata di andata SuperLega UnipolSai
Mercoledì 25 ottobre 2017, ore 20.30
Azimut Modena – Gi Group Monza Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Cappello-Rapisarda)
Addetto al Video Check: Spiazzi Segnapunti: De Crescenzo
Wixo LPR Piacenza – Sir Safety Conad Perugia Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Sobrero-Boris)
Addetto al Video Check: Fumagalli Segnapunti: Sbordi
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia – Kioene Padova Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Goitre-Cerra)
Addetto al Video Check: Donato Segnapunti: Laganà
Bunge Ravenna – Diatec Trentino Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Zavater-Simbari)
Addetto al Video Check: Tundo Segnapunti: Ravaioli
Biosì Indexa Sora – Taiwan Excellence Latina Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Cesare-Saltalippi F.)
Addetto al Video Check: Diana Segnapunti: Azzolina
Giovedì 26 ottobre 2017, ore 20.30
Revivre Milano – Cucine Lube Civitanova Diretta RAI Sport + HD
Diretta streaming su raiplay.it
(Zanussi-Venturi)
Addetto al Video Check: Mamprin Segnapunti: Colzi
Mercoledì 13 dicembre 2017, ore 20.30
BCC Castellana Grotte – Calzedonia Verona Diretta Lega Volley Channel
(Venturi-Braico)
Addetto al Video Check: Ayroldi Segnapunti: Iaia