Serie A1 Sustenium
Round 23: Trento’s tie-break over Cuneo. Macerata second 10 behind.
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA – FIDIA PADOVA 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-20)
LUBE BANCA MARCHE MACERATA: Pajenk 1, Savani 13, Exiga (L), Parodi, Stankovic 3, Kovar 8, Monopoli 2, Travica 3, Omrcen 14, Podrascanin 10. DNP Lampariello, Van Walle. Coach. Giuliani.
FIDIA PADOVA: Schwarz 5, Gonzalez 4, Cricca 7, Koshikawa, Giannotti, Rosso 2, De Marchi 13, Simeonov 7, Semenzato 4, Zingaro (L). DNP Garghella, Tiberti, Suljagic. Coach. Montagnani.
No surprises in Macerata with Giuliani’s men getting rid of Padova in straight sets and registering their fourth consecutive league win. MVP: Igor Omrcen.
Igor Omrcen (Lube Banca Marche Macerata): “This has been a difficult game, because Padova was desperately looking for points to stay up. And at the end of the season it is always tough to face certain teams. We had prepared the game well during the week, and we managed to take three important points. We’ll try to defend our league position and win the remaining games too”.
Paolo Montagnani (coach Fidia Padova): “We had good spells, shame Simeonov and Schwarz did not score as much as usual, they are our two main players in attack and for different reasons, they were not hundred percent. We’ll try everything we can do until the end to stay up, we’ll try to get as many points as possible in the last three games”.
M. ROMA VOLLEY – CMC RAVENNA 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-19)
M. ROMA VOLLEY: Lebl 6, Paparoni (L), Zaytsev 17, Boninfante 2, Bencz, Sabbi 13, Cisolla 8, Bjelica 8. DNP Passier, Paolucci, Ottaviani, Puliti, Corsano. Coach. Giani.
CMC RAVENNA: Mengozzi 7, Leonardi 3, Bendandi, Corvetta 1, Sirri 5, Tabanelli (L), Verhanneman, Plesko 7, Brunner, Gruszka 2, Roberts 5. DNP Gallosti, Moro. Coach. Babini.
The shining sun in the capital had a positive influence on Roma, which put an end to a five-game losing streak. Giani’s team swept Ravenna, which is already certain to go down in the A2.
Matteo Tabanelli (CMC Ravenna): “It’s not easy to perform when you know you have nothing to play for anymore. But we will play the remaining games seriously, giving our best on court even if the fact we’re already down has taken away any kind of purpose. We’ll have to find the motivation out of the anger we have inside, and try to prove that we are players that deserve to play in the Serie A1”.
Martin Lebl (M.Roma Volley): “It’s never easy to play when you must win at all cost. Besides, our opponent had nothing to lose and could play without any kind of pressure. We started off with determination and put them under pressure from the beginning. We controlled a game, which was not easy, I repeat, because we had no choice but win it”.
SISLEY BELLUNO – COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA 3-1 (25-10, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23)
SISLEY BELLUNO: Abdelaziz 2, Fei 20, Horstink 12, Dolfo 2, Farina (L), Kohut 11, De Togni 8, Suxho 2, Antonov, Ogurcak 10. DNP Szabò, Curti, Sorato. Coach. Piazza.
COPRA ELIOR PIACENZA: Marra (L), Kral 3, Sidibé 2, Papi 8, Nikolov 15, Kampa 3, Zlatanov 17, Holt 1, Tencati 3, De Oliveira. DNP Massari, Sarubbi. Coach. Monti.
A special prize and ovation at the start of the game for Samuele Papi, former Sisley Treviso player, who won 6 league titles and many cups there. Then began the game between the two most in-form teams of the league. Seven wins in a row for both until Belluno made it 8 by stopping Piacenza in 4 sets.
Roberto Piazza (coach Sisley Belluno): “I am extremely happy with the three points and result, a little less for the third set which we started badly. We have been too relax after the first two set won. This is a dangerous attitude. Good job we reacted, fought hard and took the three points after that against a team that did not start well but then showed all its quality. We have three more games to play, starting with Trento, three key games for our playoff position. We can still improve, we have got better and better recently and I can’t see any reason to stop just now”.
Samuele Papi (Copra Elior Piacenza): “The pre-game was a great feeling, I’d like to thank Sisley which I’ll always have in my heart, I didn’t expect such a welcome, that was really a great emotion. As for the game, we started terribly, while they did very well in the first two sets. We reacted and with a little bit of luck we might have been able to force a tie-break. If I have to find something positive, I’d say the reaction from the second set on, which is what proves us we are still in good shape. Shame our winning streak ended, but that can happen against such a good team, the important is to have shown we were alive tonight too, even on a day we did not play our best volleyball”.
BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO – ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO 2-3 (25-22, 23-25, 28-30, 25-22, 10-15) – BRE BANCA LANNUTTI CUNEO: Mastrangelo 8, Henno (L), Ngapeth 14, Fortunato, Wijsmans 12, Vissotto Neves 35, Grbic 4, Caceres, Patriarca, Rossi 6, Baranowicz. DNP Van Lankvelt, Pieri. Coach. Placì.
ITAS DIATEC TRENTINO: Birarelli 2, Della Lunga 9, Zygadlo 4, Vieira De Oliveira, Brinkman 12, Lanza 15, Sokolov 33, Djuric 12, Colaci (L), Bari (L). DNP Kaziyski, Juantorena, Stokr. Coach. Stoytchev.
In front of a near sold out crowd, the game between Cuneo and Trento turned into a hard-fought battle that lasted five sets. Trento bounced back after a first set loss and did not panic when Cuneo won the fourth. Stoytchev’s men led the tie-break from start to finish with Sokolov MVP with 33 points, while Cuneo had the top scorer in Vissotto with 35 points and 72% in attack.
Filippo Lanza (Itas Diatec Trentino): “Tonight, the coach decided to use the turnover to rest some players for the coming games. This was a great opportunity for the ones that went on court and we made the most of it I think. For me, playing in this gym against a team like Cuneo has been a great feeling. We were extremely motivated, we gave everything we had and I think this was obvious. A great satisfaction that rewards all the work we do every day”.
Leandro Vissotto (Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo): “We played well, I am personally happy with my performance, but Trento really did it all and Sokolov was extremely inspired today. They put their souls into it, they fought on every dig at the maximum of their ability, they could not have done any better than what they did. Congratulations to them”.
ENERGY RESOURCES SAN GIUSTINO – ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-13)
ENERGY RESOURCES SAN GIUSTINO: Creus Larry 11, Rauwerdink 16, Patak 15, Mc Kibbin 2, Cozzi, Finazzi 9, Giovi (L), Sammelvuo, Urnaut 30. DNP Petkovic, Tholse, Lo Bianco. Coach. Held.
ACQUA PARADISO MONZA BRIANZA: Rossini (L), Zhukouski 2, Mckniff 8, Conte 4, Nikic 17, Buti 10, Rooney 10, De Cecco, Gavotto 25, Roumeliotis. DNP Ciabattini, Molteni, Shumov. Coach. Fenoglio.
The Palakemon gave a special welcome to Jack Sintini, who wore the shirt of the club for five years and had to give up his professional career to fight against cancer, a fight he won. Tied 2 sets all, San Giustino took control of the tie-break, which they led from start to finish. MVP: Tine Urnaut with 30 points.
Tine Urnaut (Energy Resources San Giustino): “It’s been a great victory. The fans really gave us amazing strength in the key moments, we have to thank them. We’re starting to like the taste of victory, we’re playing with more consistency, that’s the way to go”.
Marco Fenoglio (coach Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza): “Great feeling for me to be in this gym with this amazing supporters: a special emotion. I can only be happy, this was a superb volleyball game”.
Giacomo “Jack” Sintini: “This has a been a thrilling game, pure quality volleyball. I’ve seen some top class digs. The tie-break was the logical end to this encounter”.
ANDREOLI LATINA – CASA MODENA 2-3 (17-25, 20-25, 28-26, 25-22, 12-15)
ANDREOLI LATINA: Rivera Caamano 1, Gitto 9, Sottile, Jarosz 4, De Pandis (L), Guemart 2, Troy 11, Diachkov 20, Cester 7, Fragkos 8. DNP Tailli, Galabinov. Coach. Prandi.
CASA MODENA: Manià (L), Sala 17, Dennis 25, Carletti, Bellei 1, Esko 3, Martino 10, Casoli 3, Anderson 24, Piscopo 12. DNP Catellani. Coach. Bagnoli.
Latina fought back from 2 sets down to get a point out of its home game against Modena. A crucial points that secures its participation in the top division next season. MVP: Anderson.
Gianrio Falivene (President Andreoli Latina): “We’ve done it, we’re mathematically safe, and that was our main target. We did it with quite a few games still to play and that’s very important for the club. Shame we did not play in the first two sets today. Now we just have to focus on playing well and win”.
Matthew Anderson (Casa Modena): “In the first two sets, we played very well, especially on the serve and at the net. In the third set we faded, especially on the serve. We got back on track in the fourth but we could not complete the comeback, which we managed in the tie-break as we were back to our best”.
Played on Saturday:
MARMI LANZA VERONA – TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA 1-3 (29-31, 25-19, 13-25, 21-25)
MARMI LANZA VERONA: Popp 9, Kosmina, Ter Horst 2, Calderan, Meoni 1, Smerilli (L), Patriarca 6, Zingel 6, Kromm 23, Postiglioni 1, Gasparini 13. DNP Casarin. Coach. Bagnoli.
TONNO CALLIPO VIBO VALENTIA: Falasca 2, Coscione 1, Cernic 11, Diaz 19, Grassano, Rak 14, Klapwijk 19, Barone 4, Fanuli (L), Nikolov 4. DNP Mignolo, Serafini, Banderò. Coach. Blengini.
Results
Serie A1 Sustenium: round 10
Lube Banca Marche Macerata-Fidia Padova 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-20); Marmi Lanza Verona-Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 1-3 (29-31, 25-19, 13-25, 21-25); Andreoli Latina-Casa Modena 2-3 (17-25, 20-25, 28-26, 25-22, 12-15); Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo-Itas Diatec Trentino 2-3 (25-22, 23-25, 28-30, 25-22, 10-15); M. Roma Volley-CMC Ravenna 3-0 (25-12, 25-11, 25-19); Sisley Belluno-Copra Elior Piacenza 3-1 (25-10, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23); Energy Resources San Giustino-Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 3-2 (25-21, 21-25, 24-26, 25-21, 15-13)
League table
Itas Diatec Trentino 61, Lube Banca Marche Macerata 51, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 49, Sisley Belluno 44, Casa Modena 37, Acqua Paradiso Monza Brianza 36, Copra Elior Piacenza 35, Andreoli Latina 30, Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 28, Marmi Lanza Verona 28, M. Roma Volley 27, Energy Resources San Giustino 27, Fidia Padova 21, CMC Ravenna 9.
Fixtures
Serie A1 Sustenium: round 24
Saturday March 17 at 5.30pm
Copra Elior Piacenza – M. Roma Volley Live on RAI Sport 1
Sunday March 18 at 5.30pm
CMC Ravenna – Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia Live on RAI Sport 1
Sunday March 18 at 6pm
Casa Modena – Marmi Lanza Verona
Lube Banca Marche Macerata – Energy Resources San Giustino
Fidia Padova – Andreoli Latina Live on Sportube.tv
Wednesday March 21 at 8.30pm
Acqua Paradiso Monza – Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Thursday March 22 at 8.30pm
Itas Diatec Trentino – Sisley Belluno
Serie A2 Sustenium
Round 26: derby goes to the leaders Perugia against Città di Castello.
CHEBANCA! MILANO – GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA 0-3 (19-25, 18-25, 17-25) CHEBANCA! MILANO: Durante (L), Blasi, Vedovotto 7, Insalata 5, Cauteruccio (L), Mercorio 1, Mattera 2, Beretta 2, Angelov, Di Manno 11, Baroti 7, Thiago De Oliveira 10. DNP Robbiati. Coach. Moretti.
GLOBO BANCA POPOLARE DEL FRUSINATE SORA: Buzzelli, Van Dijk 27, Scappaticcio 2, Libraro 8, Pagni 4, Bratoev 9, Moretti 3, Gatto (L). DNP Gaetano, Scuderi, Gemmi, Rea, Pagni. Coach. Porro.
CAFFè AIELLO CORIGLIANO – SIDIGAS ATRIPALDA 3-1 (25-20, 25-17, 14-25, 25-19)
CAFFè AIELLO CORIGLIANO: Spescha 15, Galic 4, Dutto, De Giorgi, Santucci 3, Tomasello 12, Kindgard 2, Muccio, Padura Diaz 2, Sperandio 8, Viva (L), Edgar 17. DNP Casciaro. Coach. Nacci.
SIDIGAS ATRIPALDA: Bruno 1, David 9, Coppola (L), De Paula 17, Cuomo 5, Libraro, D’avanzo 12, Paris 3, Gallotta 9, Scialò 3, Mor 1. Coach. Lorenzoni.
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE – PALLAVOLO MOLFETTA 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 31-29)
NGM MOBILE SANTA CROCE: Candellaro 9, Cetrullo 23, Bertoli, Razzetto, Snippe 24, Parusso 9, Tosi (L), Garnica 2, Hrazdira 17. DNP Masini, Lizala, Baldaccini. Coach. Bertini.
PALLAVOLO MOLFETTA: Cortina (L), Uchikov 22, Del Vecchio 2, Bacci 1, Botti 10, Mattioli 3, Giglioli 12, Al Nabhan 17, Illuzzi, Bisci (L). DNP Caputo, La Forgia, Alomia Angulo. Coach. Lorizio.
CICCHETTI ISERNIA – ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO 0-3 (22-25, 26-28, 23-25)
CICCHETTI ISERNIA: Fiore 11, Poikela 1, Sesto 7, Cardona 15, De Caria (L), Spampinato (L), Di Franco 5, Cayir 1, Simone, Mengozzi 2, Della Corte 1, Saitta 7. DNP Torre, Sellitto. Coach. Giannini.
ENERGY RESOURCES CARILO LORETO: Di Marco 7, Peda 13, Moretti 17, Koresaar 16, Cacchiarelli (L), Cortellazzi, Anzani 5. DNP Morelli, Sarnari, Gabbanelli, Paoli. Coach. Fracascia.
CASSA RURALE CANTù – CRAZY DIAMOND SEGRATE 1-3 (22-25, 25-14, 20-25, 16-25)
CASSA RURALE CANTù: Pavan 8, Monguzzi 8, Seregni, Gelasio (L), Sala 1, Ruggeri 7, Krumins 2, Galliani 26, Gerosa, Bonetti 15, Tuominen, Panighini. DNP Butti. Coach. Della Rosa.
CRAZY DIAMOND SEGRATE: Fabroni 3, Van Den Dries 15, Pesaresi (L), Alletti 9, Radunovic, Braga 1, Pinelli, Botto 12, Russo 9, Baranek 15, Canzanella. DNP Caprotti, Preti. Coach. Eccheli.
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA – GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 26-24)
SIR SAFETY PERUGIA: Petric 12, Daldello 3, Cesarini (L), Tomassetti 10, Bucaioni 1, Tamburo 12, Corsini 9, Vujevic 10, Belcecchi. DNP Zamagni, Fusaro, Bartoli, Lattanzi. Coach. Kovac.
GHERARDI SVI CITTà DI CASTELLO: Lehtonen 9, Noda Blanco 11, Visentin 3, Rosalba 4, Piano 6, Vigilante, Di Benedetto, Giombini 17, Romiti (L). DNP Dordei, Sartoretti, Nardi, Gustinelli. Coach. Radici.
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE – CLUB ITALIA ROMA 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-23)
BCC-NEP CASTELLANA GROTTE: Cazzaniga, Elia 7, Ricciardello, Falaschi 3, Castellano 10, Milushev 18, Rodriguez 5, Salgado 9, Maric 3, Cicola (L). DNP Rinaldi, Torre, Giosa. Coach. Di Pinto.
CLUB ITALIA ROMA: Latelli, Marchisio (L), Castellani 2, De Paola 10, Gabriele, Prandi (L), Paris 3, Fedrizzi 16, Vettori 5, Marchiani 1, Mazzone 5, Valsecchi 5. DNP Mattei. Coach. Bonitta.
CARIGE GENOVA – EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA 3-1 (26-28, 25-19, 25-20, 27-25)
CARIGE GENOVA: Tibaldo, Donati, Ruiz 16, Manassero 15, Nuti 3, Polidori 11, Yordanov 28, Rizzo (L), Ainsworth 7. DNP Nonne, Pecorari, Meszaros. Coach. Del Federico.
EDILESSE CONAD REGGIO EMILIA: Luppi 12, Bakumovski 11, Orduna 1, Paoletti 27, Tondo, Casadei 3, Dall’olio, Goi, Inserra 6, Ippolito 12, Peli (L). DNP Barbareschi. Coach. Conte.
Results
Serie A2 Sustenium: round 26
CheBanca! Milano-Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 0-3 (19-25, 18-25, 17-25); Caffè Aiello Corigliano-Sidigas Atripalda 3-1 (25-20, 25-17, 14-25, 25-19); NGM Mobile S.Croce-Pallavolo Molfetta 3-1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-22, 31-29); Cicchetti Isernia-Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 0-3 (22-25, 26-28, 23-25); Cassa Rurale Cantù-Crazy Diamond Segrate 1-3 (22-25, 25-14, 20-25, 16-25); Sir Safety Perugia-Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 26-24); BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte-Club Italia Roma 3-0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-23); Carige Genova-Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 3-1 (26-28, 25-19, 25-20, 27-25)
League table
Sir Safety Perugia 61, BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 56, Pallavolo Molfetta 52, Gherardi SVI Città di Castello 50, Crazy Diamond Segrate 50, Globo Banca Pop. Frusinate Sora 47, CheBanca! Milano 44, Energy Resources Carilo Loreto 43, Carige Genova 43, NGM Mobile S.Croce 41, Caffè Aiello Corigliano 35, Cicchetti Isernia 29, Club Italia Roma 25, Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia 18, Sidigas Atripalda 17, Cassa Rurale Cantù 13.
Fixtures
Serie A2 Sustenium: Round 27
Sunday March 19 at 4pm
Crazy Diamond Segrate – BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte Live on Sportitalia 2
Sunday March 19 at 6pm
Pallavolo Molfetta – Sir Safety Perugia
Caffè Aiello Corigliano – Carige Genova
NGM Mobile S.Croce – Energy Resources Carilo Loreto
Club Italia Roma – Cassa Rurale Cantù
Sidigas Atripalda – CheBanca! Milano
Gherardi SVI Città Di Castello – Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora
Edilesse Conad Reggio Emilia – Cicchetti Isernia
