Lo scudetto is once again of Conegliano: the ‘Panthersthey beat Milano in the fifth and deciding race of the series and take the sixth title in their history. This is the fifth in a row, the scudetto number 6 in the last seven seasons. In a Palaverde in Treviso sold out, with 5350 spectators, the reigning Italian (and world) champions prevailed in 4 sets, with scores of 23-25, 26-24, 25-17, 25-21. In front of their audience, the girls of Daniel Santarelli thank the super performance of a very inspired Alexa Gray (MVP, starting from the bench: for her 25 pointscome Isabelle Hook) but they struggled especially in the beginning against those led by Marco Gaspariby virtue of another great match played by Jordan Thompson, which closes with 32 points. For Milan, despite a wasted match point in game 4, the dream of the historic first championship is postponed. For Conegliano the party starts again.
Conegliano champion, the story of race 5
First set with Milano which starts better and carries on from the beginning, also by virtue of one Jordan Thompson immediately dominant: Conegliano she is in trouble and – despite a good recovery that takes her from 24-18 to 24-23 thanks to 5 set points disallowed – she is forced to give up: she ends up 25-23. In the second set, another escape from Milan which takes up 17-11: an ace from the Olympic champion Thompson and some mistakes by a Plummer under tone they start the advantage of Milan, even 6 lengths ahead but Conegliano takes it back on 21-21 and overtakes the opponents at the end 26-24 with a Alexa Gray unleashed author of 7 decisive points. Thus we go to the third and here Conegliano puts the turbo: it immediately goes to +8 and always stays ahead of a Milan that loses certainties and gets into difficulty, with the ‘Panthers‘ who instead dominating from start to finish close on 25-17. In the fourth set – more balanced than the previous one – Milan tries to fend off the assault from Conegliano, who is now confident and wants to close the practice as soon as possible: it goes to +5 on 17-12 and with 11 points in the fourth set for the Gray takes off. Milan tries to resist, almost heroic in recovering 7 match balls. But the point of victory comes with Sarah Farr, which closes on 25-21. It’s 3-1 Conegliano. It’s the Scudetto again.