The eighth matchday of Serie A3 Credem Banca ended with a defeat for CUS Cagliari, which saw the university teams host league leaders Personal Time San Donà di Piave at the Pala Pirastu.
A 0-3 defeat, a clear result but which in reality tells of a match played point for point with the still unbeaten leaders of our championship. The three sets, which all ended with advantages with partial scores of 35-37, 26-28 and 26-28, demonstrated how the Sardinian sextet can compete with all the teams in the category and that they are now close to imposing themselves even in difficult matches.
THE SESTET – With Busch unavailable due to a physical problem, Coach Ammendola lines up Matteo Miselli among the starters diagonally with Marinelli, confirmed as director in the hands of Kindgard and Calarco offensive reference as opposite. Menicali and Ambrose confirmed at the center together with libero Vitali.
Coach Moretti of San Donà starts with Tulone-Giannetti as diagonal setter-opposite player, Favaro and Umek as spikers and Guastamacchia and Iorno as central players. Bassanello the libero.
THE MATCH – After the minute of noise to remember the women victims of violence, in the second exchange of the match the match stopped for a few minutes due to a small injury for Marinelli, but the alarm immediately subsided. The match continues once again in a substantial balance, which continues point by point until San Donà takes the lead for 6-9. However, CUS Cagliari is breathing down the neck of the Venetians, remaining in their wake for the entire central part of the set, until they catch up with the guests from 18-20 to 20 all, where the first time-out for Personal Time arrives. Useful technical time, which brings San Donà first to 20-21 and then to 21-23, this time forcing Ammendola to play technical time. An error by the rossoblù grants the first set point to the guests, then equalized by Miselli gives the first set point 25-24. We are officially at the advantages. At this point it’s a very hard fought point by point, with Guastamacchia as the protagonist, with Calarco and Urek who don’t limit themselves in their attacks, Kindgard brings the score to 29-28 with an ace, San Donà holds on to the block defense and it gets to 30 all. Ambrose makes himself heard (31-30) and Giannotti already has a very hot arm, with Calarco’s block 32-31 who then misses the serve, together with the subsequent Miselli who brings the score to 33-33. CUS is there, Kindgard and Marinelli keep the set alive, but Kindgard misses yet another advantage service and Guastamacchia closes it at 35-37.
