Modena wins marathon Taranto tie-breaker
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Modena wins marathon Taranto tie-break. Gioiella Prisma -Valsa Group Modena ends 2-3 (25-21, 23-25, 26-24, 17-25, 8-15). Modena initially lines up with the sextet consisting of De Cecco-Buchegger in the main diagonal, Gutierrez-Rinaldi bands, Anzani-Sanguinetti center, Federici free in reception and Gollini free in defense. Taranto responds with Zimmermann at director, Gironi opposite, Held-Lanza in place 4, D’Heer-Alonso at center and Luzzi libero. The hosts get off to a better start, Alonso’s wall on Rinaldi making it 7-4. Modena tries to sew it up with aces first by Buchegger then by Gutierrez, 11-10. Taranto stretches again, 15-12 with D’Heer’s ace, then è another Buchegger winning serve to bring the gialloblù closer, 18-17. Lanza’s two consecutive points propelled Taranto to win the set, which ended 25-21 in favor of the Pugliese.
The’start of the second partial è in balance, 5-5, then Modena tries to pull away and goes over 8-10. Taranto regains parity, Gironi’s diagonal attack is worth 13-13. With Taranto placing the overtake, Giuliani sends in Davyskiba in place of Rinaldi. Buchegger’s third and fourth aces of the day are worth Modena’s new lead, 20-21, and it is the Austrian opposite player who carries the team on his shoulders in the finale of a partial that ends 23-25 with Anzani’s point: è 1-1.
In the third set, in which Giuliani confirmed Davyskiba on the court, Modena immediately shot ahead, 4-7. The gialloblù grow at the wall, 5-10, but Taranto doesn’t give up and sews up, 12-12 with Lanza’s attack. It goes on point to point, 18-18. The decisive stretch comes from Taranto, which closes 26-24 on Gutierrez³’s attack error and goes ahead 2-1. Modena, which fields Stankovic in place of Sanguinetti, gets off on the right foot in the fourth quarter, 3-6. The Gialloblù hold the three-point lead, Gutierrez’s hand-off makes it 9-12. Modena stretches again, 10-16 with Davyskiba’s point after Gutierrez’s good serve. The hosts fail to contain Giuliani’s team, which leads 14-22 with an ace from its Belarusian hammer, then closes 17-25 with Stankovic’s two consecutive walls that take the match to the tie-break.
The’start of the fifth set è point to point, then Modena pulls away and goes 4-6 and è 6-8 at the change of court with Davyskiba’s hand off. Again the Belarusian hammer is the protagonist in the canarini’s stretch, 6-12. To close the game è Gutierrez’s attack that is worth 8-15: Modena expels Taranto 2-3 and climbs to 14 points in the standings. The’last day of the first round è scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 8 at PalaPanini, where the Gialloblù will face Milan.
