Cucine Lube Civitanova – Bunge Ravenna 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 26-24) – Cucine Lube Civitanova: Christenson 8, Juantorena 13, Stankovic 4, Sokolov 9, Kaliberda 13, Cester 8, Pesaresi (L), Candellaro 1, Grebennikov 0, Casadei 2, Corvetta 0. DNP Kovar, Cebulj. Coach Blengini. Bunge Ravenna: Spirito 0, Van Garderen 10, Ricci 2, Torres 9, Grozdanov 7, Bossi 5, Goi (L), Leoni 1, Lyneel 6, Kaminski 3. DNP Marchini, Calarco, Raffaelli. Coach Soli. REFEREES: Zanussi, Cesare. NOTES – sets: 26′, 21′, 28′; tot: 75′. MVP: Juantorena.
Cucine Lube Civitanova is still dominating the season, a clear win on tonight on Ravenna (25-15, 25-16, 26-24). With this win Lube almost secured its leadership in the regular season standings.
Since 11th december Gianlorenzo Blengini’s team is running a fantastic streak of 15 wins in a row, including Unipolsai Superleague, Del Monte Italian Cup and Champions League, and totally undefeated on the home turf at Eurosuole Forum, with 14 consecutive wins.
With four games left in the regular season, Lube has 6 points of advantage on Diate Trentino, and with a win next sunday at home versus Trento, Civitanova will secure the first place in regular season.
Versus Ravenna it was more or lesse easy for Lube to keep at distance Ravenna, in first set the home team dominated, by winning 25-15 thanks to some great performances in all the fundamentals, keeping Ravenna at 27% in reception.
In the second it was a twin way, a 25-16 win with a total domination down the net (in the end Lube will have 14 total blocks), but in the third Bunge fought back, profiting of a little mental rest of Civitanova. With Antonio Corvetta and Alberto Casadei on court, Ravenna grabbed the tie at 20. Blengini put on court the starters, and Lube won the set 26-24 with a Christenson blocks on Van Garderen.
MVP Osmany Juantorena, 13 points, 63% in attack, 53% in reception and 2 blocks.
Gianlorenzo Blengini (Cucine Lube Civitanova): “Our priority was to grab the win, continuing our streak, a streak which is continuing thanks to the job we do every week in practice, sometimes taking care of some players’ physical troubles. Mission accomplished, now we have to think to sunday’s game versus Trento”.
Fabio Soli (Bunge Ravenna): “We had a great approach to the game, I’m satisfied with this. Obviously versus a powerhouse like Lube it’s not easy to play, especially when we are forced to bench the starter setter after a bunch of plays”.
