Emma Villas Siena will return on court on Monday 11 March at 7pm at PalaEstra for a match valid for the eleventh day of the second round of the A2 volleyball championship. It’s the third to last day of the regular season, then it will be time for the playoffs. The last three days will therefore be crucial in deciding the positions on the grid, with Siena having obtained qualification for the playoffs some time ago and currently occupying third position in the standings.
On Monday Emma Villas Siena will challenge Wow Green House Aversa. The presale to attend the match has already been activated on the CiaoTickets circuit. Tickets can be purchased at a special price of 9 euros.
The Campania team is in full battle to avoid relegation to A3: Wow Green House is eleventh in the standings with 22 points, the same number of points as Castellana Grotte and Reggio Emilia while Ortona has five points less and is on 17 Last day Aversa lost at home against Castellana Grotte.
On Sunday the team coached by coach Gianluca Graziosi experienced a special day. The biancoblu team went on to win at the home of league leaders Grottazzolina at the end of a fantastic match. The Sienese had a great approach in the match, winning the first set. Then it was a sporting battle, with the Marche team winning the second set. And then again Siena won a beautiful third set, which ended with the advantage at 28-30, and Grottazzolina the fourth. The match was decided by tiebreak, as has already happened several times over the last few weeks at Emma Villas. In this circumstance, the Siena team’s start in the fifth set was excellent, thanks also to three beautiful consecutive aces from Marco Pierotti which led to the tiebreak: Siena won 12-15.
The numbers of the Sienese players in the match in Grottazzolina were very good: the Brazilian opposite Matheus Krauchuk finished the match with 28 points (and 54% in attack), Marco Pierotti put down 23 balls. Alessio Tallone scored 16 points and center back Riccardo Copelli also reached double figures in terms of points scored: 11.
Other significant data: Siena ended the match at the home of the league leaders with 56% in attack and with an identical 56% positivity in reception. The serve of coach Gianluca Graziosi’s team was very important for the final success: 9 aces were scored by the Sienese during the five sets.
