Serie A1
Ciità di Castello in the playoffs
Serie A1 round 21
Altotevere Città di Castello – Andreoli Latina 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-23)
ALTOTEVERE CITTÀ DI CASTELLO – ANDREOLI LATINA 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-23) – ALTOTEVERE CITTÀ DI CASTELLO: Fromm 14, Carminati, Corvetta 1, Lo Bianco (L), Massari 7, Tosi (L), Piano 10, Van Walle 10, Rossi 9, Marchiani. DNP Franceschini, Dolfo, Sartoretti. Coach. Radici.
ANDREOLI LATINA: Candellaro, Rossini (L), Gitto 8, Sottile 2, Skrimov 4, Verhees 4, Tailli, Noda Blanco 10, Starovic 15, Fragkos 3. DNP Michalovic, Paris. Coach. Simoni.
MVP: Andrea Rossi (Altotevere Città di Castello)
Città di Castello took all three points and secured their place in the post-season for the first time in the club’s history.
Gert Van Walle (Altotevere Città di Castello): “We have played well, all the players helped each other and contributed to reach this target. We are thrilled to have reached the playoffs in our first year in the A1. In two years, we have achieved historical goals for this club. Now we’ll face this new adventure without any pressure”.
Dario Simoni (Coach Andreoli Latina): “We came here to play to the best of our ability, we did not manage that at all in the first set. In the second and third we did it only for short spells and that is not acceptable. We still have a lot of work to do and a lot to improve if we want to have any chance to win the European Cup final”.
League table
Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 52, Copra Elior Piacenza 51, Sir Safety Perugia 42, Diatec Trentino 36, Bre Lannutti Cuneo 29, Altotevere Città di Castello 28, Casa Modena 28, Calzedonia Verona 25, CMC Ravenna 21, Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia 19, Exprivia Molfetta 17, Andreoli Latina 15.
1 more game: Altotevere Città di Castello, Andreoli Latina
Fixtures
Round 21
Sunday March 16 at 5.30pm
Diatec Trentino – Sir Safety Perugia Live on RAI Sport 1
Live streaming on www.raisport.rai.it
(Braico-Bartolini)
Sunday March 16 at 6pm
CMC Ravenna – Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata Live on Sportube.tv
(Padoan-Rapisarda)
Copra Elior Piacenza – Calzedonia Verona
(Balboni-Cipolla)
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia– Bre Lannutti Cuneo
(Satanassi-Cesare)
Casa Modena – Exprivia Molfetta
(Pasquali-Goitre)