Emma Villas Siena is looking to the next championship match. The Sienese will be involved on Saturday starting from 7pm in the Catania sports hall in a challenge that promises to be delicate and has great importance when there are just five games remaining at the end of the regular season. It will be an important match for both teams, engaged in the fight for a playoff place. Catania is sixth and Siena is seventh, between the two teams there are just three points in the standings.
The points up for grabs are now increasingly weighty. The objective of both the Etna and the Tuscans is to achieve a place in the top seven of the rankings in order to take part in the post season. The two teams are going through a different period: Siena is coming off three consecutive victories and has just regained a place in the top seven. Coach Gianluca Graziosi’s team achieved two consecutive away wins, first in Cuneo and then in Porto Viro, and subsequently defeated Prata di Pordenone, who was at the top of the rankings, at home. Three races that brought 7 points to the Tuscan team, which thus regained seventh place.
Against Prata di Pordenone, Emma Villas Siena managed to turn the situation around after being two sets to one behind. The Sienese showed very good volleyball: excellent defense, many touches to the block, few errors, prolific attack. The performances of the volleyball players trained by coach Gianluca Graziosi were all positive, starting with Luigi Randazzo who was judged the best player of the match.
Catania, however, lost last day in the tiebreak in Reggio Emilia.
