After the excellent third place overall in the Boy League, obtained just a week earlier, the Trentino Volley Youth Sector achieved another prestigious placing in the 2023/24 season. In this case it was Itas Trentino Under 20 who collected it in the Final Eight of Del Monte® Junior League 2024 which took place in the last three days in the province of Bologna. The team coached by Francesco Conci won the silver medal, repeating the result achieved two years earlier in Fano and improving by one position the placing of the previous edition of the tournament organized by the Serie A Volleyball League. They overtook it in the last act of the tournament Consar Ravenna played this afternoon in Ozzano dell’Emilia, capable of winning 3-1 in a more balanced and hard-fought match than what happened in the match of the first phase, played two days earlier and won by the opponents in just three sets.
Consar Ravenna-Itas Trentino 3-1
(25-21, 27-25, 17-25, 25-23)
CONSAR: Russo 4, Orioli 28, Tomassini 5, Mancini 7, Feri 18, Menichini 3, Chiella (L); Orto, Minniti 1, Rossetti, Capiozzo. Neither. Roselli, Pollini, Pascucci. Coach Francesco Mollo.
ITAS TRENTINO: Fedrici 12, Pellacani 7, Bernardis 3, Bristot 18, Sandu 3, Brignach 13, Graziani (L); Spaniards. Neither. Frassanella, Pesce, Braito, Dietre, Taddei and Battisti. All. Francesco Conci.
REFEREES: Cervellati from Bologna and Ayroldi from Molfetta (Bari).
SET DURATION: 28′, 30′, 27′, 31′; total 1h and 56′.
NOTES: approximately 800 spectators. Consar Ravenna: 5 blocks, 8 aces, 24 serving errors, 12 attacking errors, 47% in attack, 56% (24%) in reception. Itas Trentino: 10 blocks, 5 aces, 20 serving errors, 5 attacking errors, 48% in attack, 35% (14%) in reception.
The squad of Itas Trentino Under 20 second place in the Del Monte® Junior League 2024: Francesco Bernardis and Samnang Spagnolli (setter); Davide Brignach (opposite); Autari Braito, Alessandro Bristot, Matteo Dietre, Marco Fedrici and Marco Pesce (spikers); Federico Frassanella, Marco Pellacani, Leonardo Sandu and Nicola Taddei (centrals); Gianmarco Graziani and Diego Battisti (free). Coaches: Francesco Conci and Mattia Castello. Physical trainer: Alessandro Gelmi. Physiotherapist: Giacomo Trivarelli. Scoutman: Stefano Coser. Accompanying manager: Franco Bortolameotti.
