PROSECCO DOC A.CARRARO IMOCO CONEGLIANO-CBF BALDUCCI HR MACERATA 3-0
(25-20 | 25-22 | 25-21)
Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano: Gabi ne, Zhu 14, Manfredini 10, Folie ne, Piovesan 17, De Gennaro, Haak 7, Di, Arici, Wolosz, Adigwe 8, Cekulaev 5, Sillah ne. Coach Santarelli
Cbf Balducci HR Macerata: Carraro 1, Landucci ne, Schut 4, Bonelli, Mazzon 7, Piomboni 12, Tesi ne, Farriol 4, Mazzaro 2, Caforio, Gardini ne, Decortes 2, Stoyanova 14. Coach Lionetti
Referees: Ciaccio and Vagni
Attendance: 4993
Set duration: 25′ – 31′ – 27′
Notes: service errors Co 9, Ma 7; aces 0-4, blocks 13-4
The Panthers take the victory again: Prosecco DOC A. Carraro Imoco Conegliano beats Cbf Balducci Hr Macerata and takes home the seventh seal in a row in LVF A1 Fineco. De Gennaro and his teammates beat the Marche 3-0 and regain the top of the standings on a par with Milan, now the Panthers are expected by 3 away games in a row to continue their journey in the championship. MVP of the evening Anna Piovesan with 17 points, top scorer of the match.
New round, new sextet: coach Daniele Santarelli relies on Di in direction, Adigwe opposite, Piovesan spiker with Zhu, Cekulaev and Manfredini in the center, De Gennaro free. On the other side, Carraro, Stoyanova, Piomboni, Schut, Farriol, Mazzon, libero Caforio start for the orange-and-blacks.
Superlative start of Macerata, coach Daniele Santarelli has to stop the game at 1-6 to give the first momentum to the Panthers: Piovesan unlocks, Zhu beats from seat 4, Adigwe fixes the parity at 10 and the overtaking materializes just after with Zhu’s block (11-10). Piomboni and Mazzon stop the shot of Prosecco DOC (13-13), Carraro corrects a faulty reception that relaunches Balducci (14-16), coach Santarelli relies on Wolosz-Haak to mend. Bella engraves on the wall (19-18), the scratch of 23-20 by Piovesan is decisive (6 marks of the Treviso spiker in the first set): set point from an error by Macerata, the 25-20 leads to 1-0.
It is always Balducci who takes the first step after the yellow-blue errors (1-3), Cekulaev responds to Farriol’s block and scores with the fast (6-7), coach Lionetti calls time-out after Zhu’s first Prosecco DOC advantage (8-7, one of the three Panthers with 4 hits in the 2nd set). The orange and black errors are answered by those of Conegliano, Manfredini makes the Palaverde rejoice after a very long exchange, a super defense by De Gennaro triggers Piovesan’s break point (15-13). Formula of the winning double change for Santarelli (20-17), Stoyanova and Piomboni shorten, but with Cekulaev the Panthers have their climax in the second set (25-22).
This time the Prosecco DOC starts in fourth, but Macerata reacts in the third set with Piomboni (4-4). Double ring by Zhu and 9-8 Panthers, while Arici reinforces the second line are by Adigwe and Piovesan to sign the extensions (15-11). Haak returns and charges hard, in the middle Carraro’s service turn restores the balance (18-17): Manfredini on the block consecrates the advantage (21-18, there are 10 points and 5 blocks those of the central), the last cry of rebellion of Balducci is from Stoyanova, the matchpoint is signed by Piovesan (25-21).
The Panthers have the first of a string of away games in their sights: on Wednesday at 20.30 the 8th day of the Regular Season is played against Igor Gorgonzola Novara.
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