{"id":42341,"date":"2025-04-06T17:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T15:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/the-prosecco-doc-imoco-is-back-at-the-top-of-the-series-3-1-vs-novara-in-g3\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T00:36:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T22:36:45","slug":"the-prosecco-doc-imoco-is-back-at-the-top-of-the-series-3-1-vs-novara-in-g3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/the-prosecco-doc-imoco-is-back-at-the-top-of-the-series-3-1-vs-novara-in-g3\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PROSECCO DOC IMOCO IS BACK AT THE TOP OF THE SERIES! 3-1 VS NOVARA IN G3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PROSECCO DOC IMOCO CONEGLIANO &#8211; IGOR GORGONZOLA NOVARA 3-1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(16-25 | 25-18 | 25-11 | 25-15)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano<\/strong>: Gabi 19, Zhu 19, Seki, Eckl ne, Lubian ne, De Gennaro, Haak 21, Wolosz 1, Adigwe 1, Lanier ne, Lukasik, Chirichella 8, Fahr 6, Bardaro. Coach Santarelli<br \/>\n<strong>Igor Gorgonzola Novara<\/strong>: Bosio 3, Bartolucci, De Nardi, Fersino, Alsmeier 12, Ishikawa 8, Mims, Bonifacio 5, Aleksic 4, Mazzaro ne, Tolok 13, Akimova ne, Squarcini 2, Villani. Coach Bernardi<br \/>\n<strong>Referees<\/strong>: Piana and Curto<br \/>\n<strong>Attendance<\/strong>: 5344 (sold out)<br \/>\n<strong>Set length<\/strong>: 25&#8217;| 24&#8217;| 19&#8217;| 21&#8217;|<br \/>\n<strong>Notes<\/strong>: errors batted Co 13, No 4; aces 4 &#8211; 1; walls 9 &#8211; 4<br \/>\n<strong>MVP<\/strong>: Gabi<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-42311\" src=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8706-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The semi-final of the Scudetto play-offs comes alive: <strong>in the sold out of the Palaverde game-3 of the series between Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano and Igor Gorgonzola Novara is played<\/strong>, the match that breaks the balance. In game-1 the Panthers won, then the Mosquitoes responded at the PalaIgor last weekend; Wednesday appointment for game-4, meanwhile it will be <strong>a show in the classic of Italian volleyball<\/strong>.<br \/>\nBoth coaches do not change the sextets compared to game-2 8 days ago. <strong>Coach Daniele Santarelli deploys the diagonal Wolosz-Haak, Gabi and Zhu are the wings, Fahr and Chirichella the middles, De Gennaro the libero<\/strong>. Coach Lorenzo Bernardi chooses Bosio-Tolok for the diagonal, Ishikawa and Alsmeier are the wings, Aleksic and Bonifacio the middles, Fersino the libero.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-42319\" src=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8857-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The contest is open and very lively in the first exchanges: <strong>Haak scores in sequence (5-5, he will close the first set with 5 points and 21 at the end, as top scorer of the match),<\/strong> but Novara&#8217;s first tear ends with Ishikawa&#8217;s 9-12. Despite two time-outs called by coach Santarelli,<strong>Prosecco DOC Imoco tries to stay in the wake with Fahr (14-18, 6 points on the scoreboard with 2 blocks and 57% in attack at the end)<\/strong> and Zhu (15-22), the last yellow-blue point of the set is Adigwe&#8217;s. <strong>Seki and Bardaro also enter, but the guests go ahead with 16-25.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-42323\" src=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8884-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the second set we see the Panthers of game-1 again: <strong>De Gennaro (100% positive reception at 1-1) and Gabi cover all the taraflex in defense and drag the team<\/strong>, the first advantage of the partial comes from a block by Chirichella. The Palaverde lights up and with it the Prosecco DOC Imoco, comes a 5-0 partial with a <strong>wonderful Gabi also in attack (17-12, 9 points with 100% of successful shots in the period);<\/strong> to tie the game come the bricks of Zhu and Haak, <strong>Chirichella places the ace (24-17, all-around performance for the center, with 8 points, 2 blocks and 2 aces)<\/strong> and the contest ends immediately after. From here the Panthers take flight, <strong>Gabi will win the award of best on the court with 19 points and only 2 errors between attack and reception<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-42327\" src=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_8947-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the third set <strong>Zhu is a sentence from place 4, saws 3 in quick succession and leads the Panthers to another break (8-4, Chinese in double figures after the third period with 10 points,<\/strong> including the set point for 2-1), <strong>De Gennaro draws a point in bagher<\/strong> and Gabi records a +8 very early (12-4). Wolosz scores like a magician (14-7, only 2 team errors in attack in the set), Haak makes Prosecco DOC escape with a hat-trick from place 2 (19-9). Bardaro enters to serve, <strong>Chirichella blocks again (the other block in the set is by Haak, who will put 4 at the end out of the team&#8217;s 9),<\/strong> Zhu scores the 25-11 which is worth 2-1.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-42331\" src=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-691x460.jpg 691w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-902x600.jpg 902w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-480x319.jpg 480w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9463-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth set from 4-0 initial for the Panthers<\/strong>, Haak opens and closes the partial by blocking; Gabi explodes the diagonal, Fahr blocks twice in a providential way (13-6), then it takes a couple of exceptional saves to score Zhu (17-10). Haak places a lob with the pipe, <strong>Chirichella has the habit of the ace (21-13): the matchpoint that closes the match is Zhu&#8217;s (he touches the fan with 19 points, 1 block and 65% in attack),<\/strong> the 3-1 comes with 25-15.<br \/>\nNow the series returns to <strong>Novara for game-4, it is played on Wednesday 9 at 20:30 at PalaIgor, the Panthers lead 2-1<\/strong> and it is played in the best of 5 games. The eventual fifth challenge will still be played at the Palaverde.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-42335\" src=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-690x460.jpg 690w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-32x21.jpg 32w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MGR_9145.jpg 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERVIEWS AND PHOTO ALBUM ON THE YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGES OF IMOCO VOLLEY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(photo M. Gregolin)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PROSECCO DOC IMOCO CONEGLIANO &#8211; IGOR GORGONZOLA NOVARA 3-1 (16-25 | 25-18 | 25-11 | 25-15) Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano: Gabi 19, Zhu 19, Seki, Eckl ne, Lubian ne, De Gennaro, Haak 21, Wolosz 1, Adigwe 1, Lanier ne, Lukasik, Chirichella 8, Fahr 6, Bardaro. Coach Santarelli Igor Gorgonzola Novara: Bosio 3, Bartolucci, De Nardi,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42346,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42341\/revisions\/42346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imocovolley.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}