Serie A1 women, Milan snatches second place from Scandicci
Women’s A1 series, Milan snatches second place from Scandicci
It è ended the regular season of the Women’s A1 Series with all the matches of the 26th day being played at the same time. Besides Conegliano’s 3-0 soli ta win over Perugia, 25-17 25-23 25-19, the most important verdict è the second place won by Milan.
In fact, Numia Vero Volleyball won in Chieri 3-1 with 23 points from Paola Egonu and 14 from Anna Danesi (25-18 24-26 25-20 25-17) and snatched the No. 2 seed in the playoffs from Savino del Bene Scandicci, which lost at home 3-1 (25-20 16-25 25-22 25-15) to Igor Gorgonzola Novara, which finished fourth by limiting Ekaterina Antropova to 13 points among the ranks of the Tuscans.
Chieri finishes fifth, and the other three playoff tickets come off in the order of Busto Arsizio, Vallefoglia and Bergamo. UYBA got the better at home in the tie-break over Talmassons (25-13 25-27 20-25 25-18 15-11), the Marche women 3-1 over Cuneo (24-25 25-20 25-11 25-22) and the Bergamo women, on the other hand, lost in the tie-break on the friendly parquet to Florence, which grabs salvation (22-25 21-25 30-28 25-18 15-13).
In addition to tail-end Talmassons, Rome also relegated to the A2 Series, defeated at home by Pinerolo 3-1 (25-18 25-22 15-25 25-21). This is the final standings: Conegliano 77, Milan 60, Scandicci 58, Novara 56, Chieri 43, Busto Arsizio 41, Vallefoglia 38, Bergamo 36, Pinerolo 33, Perugia 25, Cuneo 24, Florence 21, Rome 20, Talmassons 14. The playoff schedule: Conegliano-Bergamo, Novara-Chieri, Scandicci-Busto Arsizio, Milan-Vallefoglia.
