Champions League: Scandicci writes history against Budowlani Lodz
Champions League: Scandicci-Budowlani Lodz 3-0
After the clear 3-0 win in Poland, Scandicci repeated itself in the return match with Budowlani Lodz and wrote history. Thanks to the victory obtained against the Polish team with a score of 25-17 25-17 25-16, in fact, Savino del Bene achieved its first historic qualification to the Final Four of the Champions League, also becoming the first team to reach the final stage without losing a single set (8 out of 8 matches won by 3-0).
In the first set, the hosts immediately got off to a rocket start by flying 4-0, immediately forcing the opposing coach to call time-out. The situation, però, does not change, as coach Gaspari’s girls manage to always keep their heads ahead and even increase their lead to 16-10. The Polish team, for its part, tries to get back into the match, but Scandicci è good at managing and closing the first partial on the score of 25-17.
In the second set, è again Savino del Bene got off to a rocket start, immediately flying away on 10-4. After the time-out called by the Budowlani Lodz coach, the score didn’t change and the Tuscans, led by the plays of Antropova, Ruddins and Graziani, quickly led 20-12. At that point, for Scandicci è only a formalityà to close the partial on 25-17, which gives them the pass for the first historic qualification to the Final Four.
The superiority of the Tuscan team continued even in the third set, which ended with the score of 25-16, putting the final word on a match dominated from start to finish by Savino del Bene.
Opposition player Ekaterina Antropova scored 11 points in the first two sets, then when qualification was acquired è she left the court along with setter Kara Bajema (7) and center Ana Carolina Da Silva (7) to make room for Anna Kotikova (2), Giulia Maria Mancini (4) and Camilla Mingardi (4). The top scorer è was center Emma Graziani (13 points, 2 walls), also in double figures was hammer Lindsey Ruddins (12 points) under the direction of Maja Ognjenovic. Among the Lodz ranks the best were Italian bomber Terry Ruth Enweonwu (11 points) and Paulina Damaske (11).
