Clear away success for the girls of coach Andreotti. Return on Saturday also for Alto Canavese, who lost the first leg with Ciriè
GENOA
The first leg of the semifinals of the B2 women’s play off goes to the Volpianese. The Volpianese team last Wednesday, 19 May, overtook Serteco 3-0 away to PalaFigoi in Genoa. Tomorrow, Saturday 22 at 18.30 at the Pala Unita d’Italia in Volpiano, the final will be played, where they will face off against the winner of Chieri-Caselle.
To break the pass for the final, the Volpianese will just need to win two sets, in order to conquer that little point which, added to the three in Genoa, would allow the team of coach Andreotti to move forward in the points in the double confrontation and access the national final.
The same goes for men for theAlto Canavese. c On Tuesday evening he lost at home to Ciriè 1-3 (25-21, 21-25, 20-25, 16-25). The line-up of coach Fabio Matteotti who, again on Saturday evening, but at 20.45, will face Ciriè in the return match, away and the goal will be to try to get the victory to go to the men’s Serie B final, the first in its history . To do this he must win 0-3 or 1-3 and then establish himself in the golden set.
Returning to the Volpianese match in Genoa, coach Andreotti still has to do without Ghibaudo in the center and sends Ivaldi on the field to dribble, Rinaldi opposite, dog and Tessari, the absolute best, in the band, Salvi and Neffati in the center and Pesce free . In the first fraction the Volpianese part contracted, with the Genoese who take the opportunity to immediately take the lead 12-5. As the minutes pass, however, the Volpianese begins to grind the game and recovers: first she manages to recover 12-12, then to put the overtaking arrow, making the decisive break until the 19-25 victory. Well even in the second set, with Volpianese who this time however manages to take the reins of the game right away, forcing Serteco Genova to always stay behind in the score (4-8 and 12-15) and to raise the white flag for the second time, but this time 14-25. Hosts who throw their hearts over the obstacle in the third and last fraction, trying to straighten the game, but also in this fraction the voice of the master is made by the Volpianese, good at putting the opponents in difficulty in all the fundamentals: also in this set, the Volpianese manages to stay ahead in the score from start to finish (6-10 and 16-21), but above all to finish the set again victoriously 21-25, winning the entire stakes on a whole parquet ‘anything but easy. The regional final, by virtue of this success at Volpianese is therefore one step away, but only the last step is missing. –
Loris Ponsetto