Conegliano suffers but remains undefeated
Florence-Conegliano 1-3
Last away match of the A1 regular season, Prosecco DOC Imoco Conegliano visits Il Bisonte Firenze in the penultimate match before the play-offs, it is played at palazzo Wanny. The Panthers are certain by two matches of mathematical supremacy in the regular season, but they face a team in search of salvation points, and present a different form than usual.
Coach Daniele Santarelli has è recovered from his feverish state over the weekend and joined the team in Florence in the afternoon, while Gabi Lubian and Zhu remained in Conegliano, stricken with the’flu. Thus, three Panterinas from Cortina Express Imoco San Donà Cortina Express Imoco San Donà 2008-class slapper Giorgia Orso, 2007-class middle blocker Sofia Moroni and 2007-class libero Elena Arici, find their convocation. The starting diagonal è Wolosz-Haak, Lukasik and Lanier the bands, Fahr and Chirichella the centerbacks, De Gennaro è the libero. On the other side, coach Federico Chiavegatti lines up the diagonal formed by Agrifoglio and Malual, Nervini and Davyskiba are the bands, Baijens and Butigan the centerbacks, Leonardi è the libero.
Prosecco DOC Imoco’s first spurt of the evening bears the signature of Bella Haak (she will be the match’s top scorer with 22 points), starring in a double ace that brings the Panthers to their first significant lead of the evening (11-13), with the 5-0 partial comes the first yellow-blù break;; Il Bisonte gets back on track and puts its head ahead thanks to Nervini and Malual (20-18), coach Santarelli plays the second time-out when Davyskiba makes an ace (22-18). Immediately afterwards Anna Bardaro enters on serve, for the class of 2005 it is presence number 50 with Prosecco DOC Imoco, but Florence resists even after Haak’s attacks and closes the set on 25-21.
The first high points of the second set came from Sarah Fahr (13 points at the end with 4 walls, half of the team’s), the Italian put up the combo first half and ace for the first Panthers mini–break in the period (7-9). Wolosz puts the forwards in rhythm finding the best results (10-14), Haak soon breaks through the personal double digits (15-17), Fahr puts two more bricks towards the 1-1 that she concretizes herself as absolute queen of the set with 6 points and 2 walls topped by 60% in attack (22-25). And the Prosecco DOC Imoco’s powerhouses giantised at the Wanny Palace: Cristina Chirichella came close to double figures with 9 points and 56% attack.
A double point by Lanier (MVP, 16 points in the final scorecard with 1 wall and 1 ace) from the 4 spot made Santarelli exult on the sidelines (4-7), Wolosz walls by turning at the net in an amen, Prosecco DOC Imoco found the right confidence to soon increase the gap in the third set (5-10). Fahr finds the second ace of her match (7-13), Haak misses from the serve and quickly makes up for it from the 2 spot with a velvety shot (9-17), the Swede leaves palace Wanny open-mouthed when she puts down the 19° yellowoblù point. Lanier leaves no escape with the right spiels (7 points in the period with 60% attack in the period) and è it was she who closed the third set on 15-25 for the Panthers.
Lanier still has the right adrenaline when the new partial begins and she makes her mark between attack and wall, but Florence has taken the right lead (9-5). Coach Santarelli changes the diagonal with the entry of Seki and Adigwe, the Japanese setter immediately places an ace that allows the Panthers to get close again (11-9). Lukasik imitates her teammate from 9 meters (14-11), Adigwe digs a crater in the ground with her only point of the match (16-14), the starting diagonal returns and Haak does not discount, in the meantime the Panthers are back on parity. Palpitating final set, Bella Haak finds the rabbit out of the hat by saving a ball in her half court, from place 4 the “twin” Lanier è is in better shape than ever: è the Prosecco DOC Imoco wall that closes the game, the Panthers win 3-1.
