Prisma Taranto:
RPA LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA-PRISMA TARANTO 3-2
RP LUIGIBACCHI.IT PERUGIA: Lebl 15, Bucaioni, Vujevic 16, Sottile 2, Saraceni, Di Franco 4, Mahmoudi 1, Braga 2, Pippi (L), Swiderski 13, Stokr 23. N.e: Lipparini. Coach: Emanuele Zanini.
PRISMA: Vicini (L), Pavan , De Palma, Valdir 1, Patriarca 7, Castellano, Nuti 2, Vulin 14, Felizardo 11, Granvorka 24, Anderson 20. N.e: Ricciardello. Coach: Vincenzo Di Pinto.
REFEREES: Massimo Cinti and Luciano Gaspari di Ancona.
NOTES: partials 25-20, 27-29, 20-25, 25-23, 15-13. Sets lenght: 28’, 33’, 25’, 33’, 18’ total 2h 17 min. Perugia: attack 51%, blocks 6, aces 4, serves errors 20, positive passing 72% (perfect 49%). Taranto: attack 49%, blocks 13, aces 8, serves errors 20, positive passing 75% (perfect 55%). Crowd 2300. Mvp of the match (Rpa LuigiBacchi.it Perugia).

Taranto loses the third tiebreak out of five but thanks to the point gaigned is still 4 points far from the salvation zone.

THE MATCH – In the first set Perugia scores the first break and goes ahead 10-5. RPA keeps playing well and reaches 16-9. Taranto tries a reaction but Perugia does not give up and the first set is easilly closed by RPA. Also in the second set Perugia starts well and at the first time out the sscore is 8-5 and after the second Perugia is ahead 16-11. When the score is 24-21 for RPA the set seems over but Granvorka leads the its team to 25-24 and to the victory of the set for Taranto.
The third set sees a Prisma Taranto complietely different: better serves and better blocks. So the set is very tight until 14-14 when Taranto scores the first important break and reaches 14-20. The set is for Taranto.
In hte fourth set Perugia fights back and even if the score keep stayin tight until almost the very end of the set it is Perugia to win it and take the match to the tiebreak.
The tiebreak is very tight as well but Perugia scores the first break and goes ahead 8-5. Taranto fights back and reach 9-9. Then Perugia flies to 13-9 and wins the match.

Angelo Loreto
Press Office
Prisma Taranto Volley