SERIE A1 TIM TRENTO’S TIE BREAK WIN MEANS MACERATA GETS A POINT BACK Trentino stays top after the third round return games of the A1 but it proved harder than expected in Padova. The top versus bottom encounter went all the way to the tie-break as Padova save a point in its fight to stay up. Kaziyski and Lasko scored 6 aces, which corresponds to the existing record that had set Bontje and Cleber. Macerata took all three points against Vibo Valentia and gets one point closer to the leaders Trentino. Igor Omrcen stood out with a massive 32 points. Cuneo registered a straight set victory over Montichiari, who lost for the second time running. Forli did not manage to follow their breakthrough against Treviso with another win. It was defeated home by Perugia 1-3. Verona just can’t seem to win in the PalaPanini gym, ascoach Emanuele Zanini registered his first home win with Modena. The third win in four games since he took over. Finally Piacenza had the better of Treviso RESULTS Yoga Forli – RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 1 – 3 (22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 22-25) Antonveneta Padova – Itas Diatec Trentino 2 – 3 (23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 16-25, 9-15) Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo – Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 3 – 0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-20) Trenkwalder Modena – Marmi Lanza Verona 3 – 1 (18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-17) Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3 – 1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-20, 26-24) Stamplast Martina Franca – Framasil Pineto 3 – 2 (25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 15-13) Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza – Sisley Treviso 3-1 (20-25; 25-22; 25-20; 25-22) TABLE Itas Diatec Trentino 37, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 36, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 35, Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza 33, RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia 27, Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari 25, Marmi Lanza Verona 23, Sisley Treviso 21, Trenkwalder Modena 21, Stamplast Martina Franca 20, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 18, Framasil Pineto 16, Yoga Forli 14, Antonveneta Padova 10. POST GAME QUOTES ANTONVENETA PADOVA – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 16-25, 9-15) Antonveneta Padova: Garghella (L), De Togni 7, Gottardo, Meggiolaro, Maniero, Raymaekers 14, Kral 1, Mattera 2, Gato 11, Perazzolo 1, Kromm 23, Maruotti 13. Coach. Bagnoli Bruno. Itas Diatec Trentino: Kaziyski 22, Segnalini (L), Zygadlo 2, Della Lunga 5, Vissotto Neves 21, Grbic, Leonardi, Winiarski 15, Garcia Pires Ribeiro 4, Bari (L), Stefanov, Piscopo 7. DNP De Paola. Coach. Stoytchev Radostin. Bruno Bagnoli (coach Antonveneta Padova): “I’m very satisfied with today’s performance. We’re still disappointed with Modena’s game. If we keep playing like this in the next few games, we’ll obtain some useful points to stay up”. Marco Cosimo Piscopo (Itas Diatec Trentino): “It was a very tough game today, and I did not expect to find such a strong Padova team. Unfortunately, we gifted away the second set, which we could have won easily”. BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – ACQUA PARADISO GABECA MONTICHIARI 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-20) Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo: Wijsmans 15, Gonzalez 8, Fortunato 5, Vergnaghi (L), Nikolov 13, Curti 6, Abbadi 5, Biribanti, Platenik 3. DNP Rossi, Nuti, Pieri. Coach. Prandi Silvano. Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari: Sala 9, Rauwerdink, Pesenti, Horstink 12, Tiberti, Paparoni 4, Esko 2, Forni, Howard 4, Gavotto 17, Zito (L), Mani� (L). DNP Bellei. Coach. Berruto Mauro. Silvano Prandi (Coach. Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “We lacked a bit of confidence at the start and that’s credit to Montichiari. The absence of Jeroncic was felt especially for his tactical placed serve. We have to find a new balance hoping to find a way not to suffer from his absence”. Mauro Berruto (Coach. Acqua Paradiso Gabeca Montichiari): “We’re going through a hard time with a couple of players not playing at their best. It will be important to register a victory to overcome this patch. Cuneo had an excellent game with the setter being outstanding, and the spikers converted some tough situations. Nikolov and Wijmans made the difference”. LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-20, 26-24) Lube Banca Marche Macerata: Lebl, Giovi (L), Vermiglio 1, Bartoletti 1, Snippe, Saraceni, Martino 9, Monopoli, Corsano (L), Santana 7, Omrcen 32, Swiderski 16, Podrascanin 9. Coach. De Giorgi Ferdinando. Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia: Contreras 1, Cozzi 6, Sammelvuo 7, Vieira De Oliveira 3, Ferraro (L), Diaz Mayorca 16, Simeonov 21, Barone, Shumov 14, Bozidis, Cicola (L). DNP Ditlevsen, Divis. Coach. Gulinelli Flavio. Valerio Vermiglio (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “We’re experiencing ups and downs right now, so in such cases it is important to fight for victories, with heart and fighting spirit. We’re working extremely hard to be ready for the crucial games that are coming up. Hopefully, the hard work done on a daily basis will pay off”. Tuomas Sammelvuo (Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia): “We made a lot of mistakes in attack, but apart from that, I think Vibo proved it could play face to face even with a top team like Macerata. It’s a good omen for the Italian Cup coming up”. YOGA FORLI – RPA-LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA 1-3 (22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 22-25) Yoga Forl�: Henno (L), Molteni 12, Bittar 19, Haldane 5, Redwitz 1, Di Franco 4, Casadei, Loglisci, Patriarca 18. DNP Bendi, Dolfo, Bozko. Coach. Molducci Piero. Rpa-Luigibacchi.It Perugia: Kovacevic, Savani 18, Nemec, Sintini, Felizardo 10, Pippi (L), Vujevic 12, Stokr 19, Fanuli (L), Bovolenta 12. DNP Serafini, Cruz De Carvalho, Botti. Coach. Di Pinto Vincenzo. Rafael Redwitz (Yoga Forli): “It’s a shame, I think we deserved at least a point, we deserved to go to the tie-break. We made a couple of mistake too many in the key moment of the game, and maybe we did not serve as well as in the first leg, when we had snatched two points in the fifth set”. Renato Felizardo (Rpa Luigibacchi.it Perugia): “We wanted to win again away from home after Montichiari and we did just that. I think we were more composed than them at the end of the third and the beginning of the fourth set. So I’d say this is a fair result. We’re playing well right now, hopefully we’ll keep doing so”. TRENKWALDER MODENA – MARMI LANZA VERONA 3-1 (18-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-17) Trenkwalder Modena: Lee 5, Tencati 1, Kooistra 20, Rinaldi (L), Dennis 14, Sartoretti 1, Santos 15, Travica 2, Pagni, Casoli 9. DNP Smuc, Siebeck. Coach. Zanini Emanuele. Marmi Lanza Verona: Latelli (L), Parodi 7, Popp 13, Sottile 2, Colaci, Lasko 24, Dehne, Volpini (L), Maric 2, Semenzato 4, Bontje 9. DNP Szabo, Mosterts. Coach. Giuliani Alberto. Emanuele Zanini (Trenkwalder Modena): “This is a crucial win not only for the points but also because in the last four games we won three times. The team needs this kind of situation to re-emerge. Today we were 1-0 down and managed to turn things around. The key was the second set, especially at the net where we played excellently. We’ve worked really hard lately and we’ll keep doing so”. Alberto Giuliani (Coach. Marmi Lanza Verona): “We are not composed right now. Modena was definitely more consistent and took the three points. We are working a lot right now and we might have lacked brilliance today. It happened as well against Trento. We definitely could have handled better some plays”. STAMPLAST MARTINA FRANCA – FRAMASIL PINETO 3-2 (25-22, 25-23, 21-25, 20-25, 15-13) Stamplast Martina Franca: Ricciardello (L), Coscione 3, Stancu 3, Cernic 21, Mastrangelo 14, Corsini 8, Sequeira 16, Quartarone, Rodriguez 14. DNP Guglielmi, Stoijkovic. Coach. D’Onghia Gianni. Framasil Pineto: Hietanen 13, Fantin 16, Vicini (L), Lampariello (L), Mancini, De Gennaro Leme, Rodrigo 30, Buti 11, Fabroni 3, Ravellino 5, Vigilante. DNP Sborgia, Jago. Coach. Montagnani Paolo. Matej Cernic ( Stamplast Martina Franca): “it was hard but we deserved the win. Pineto is a team that never gives up but we did well to start with determination in the tie-break following their comeback. They played really well at the net and their dig was excellent in the third and fourth set. When the reception was perfect, we just went on a roll but we had more difficulty when they forced the serve, with more predictable plays”. Paolo Montagnani (Coach. Framasil Pineto): “I’m satisfied with my team. My players played like warriors and it’s not easy to comeback in such an electric atmosphere and against class players like Cernic. Our team characteristics are well-known, Rivaldo is our main man in attack and we are focused with the block and dig. In the fifth set, Martina clinched the win with two digs and counter attacks”. COPRA NORDMECCANICA PIACENZA – SISLEY TREVISO 3-1 (20-25; 25-22; 25-20; 25-22) Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza: Rak 13, Pampel 19, Insalata, Meoni, Marshall 17, Boninfante 1, Zingaro (L), Zlatanov 18, Durante (L), Bjelica 4. DNP Grassano, Bravo, Dunnes. Coach. Lorenzetti Sisley Treviso: Fei 23, Hubner 6, Papi 9, Farina (L), Saitta, Antonov, Endres 6, Cisolla 20, Daldello (L), Garcia 1. DNP Dolfo, Kohut, Gallotta. Coach. Dall’Olio Christian Pampel (Copra Nordmeccanica Piacenza): Francesco Dall’Olio (Sisley Treviso): “We’re going through a very delicate period. Once more the key was the serve and reception. In the first set, we did better than them in that department but then, Piacenza took some risks and we were predictable. To win against a setter like Ricardo, this is the only way and Picaneza managed to do just that”.
SERIE A2 TIM
Top four defeated
The A2 continues to be filled up with surprises. In the second round of the return games none of the top four teams managed to win.
Bassano was beaten at Casatellana Grotte and is now tied at the top with Santa Croce who came back from 2-0 down to snatch a point against Castelfidardo.
Latina fell in Isernia (3-1), led once more by Darraidou, who scored 19 points. Loreto lost at the tie-break away against Gioia del Colle, who had Nuzzo and Dias as its main players.
There were 3-1 away wins for Crema at Cavriago and Mantova in Catania, where Marchesi made his head coach debut for Mantova.
RESULTS
Sp Catania – Canadiens Mantova 1 – 3 (18-25, 14-25, 25-23, 25-27)
Olio Pignatelli Isernia – Andreoli Latina 3 – 1 (25-18, 17-25, 25-23, 25-18)
La Nef Castelfidardo – Codyeco S.Croce 3 – 2 (25-19, 25-23, 22-25, 20-25, 15-11)
Nava Gioia del Colle – Esse-Ti Carilo Loreto 3 – 2 (26-24, 17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 15-13)
Edilesse Cavriago – Samgas Crema 1 – 3 (23-25, 25-18, 21-25, 20-25)
Materdomini Volley.It Castellana Grotte – Bassano Volley 3 – 1 (25-23, 19-25, 25-18, 25-18)
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TABLE
Codyeco S.Croce 36, Bassano Volley 36, Andreoli Latina 34, Esse-Ti Carilo Loreto 33, Nava Gioia del Colle 29, Olio Pignatelli Isernia 27, Samgas Crema 24, Wayel Bologna 21, Canadiens Mantova 21, Materdomini Volley.It Castellana Grotte 20, M. Roma Volley 20, Edilesse Cavriago 16, Sp Catania 16, La Nef Castelfidardo 12, Gherardi Cartoedit Tratos C.di Castello 9.
Note: 1 game in hand: Wayel Bologna, Canadiens Mantova, M. Roma Volley, Gherardi Cartoedit Tratos C.di Castello.
