Milan takes big risk but comes back and beats Pinerolo with 31 points from Paola Egonu

Milano takes big risks but comes back and beats Pinerolo with 31 points from Paola Egonu

There’ve already been a few surprises in Game 1 of the quarterfinals of the Women’s A1 Series playoffs. This was not the case in the match in Comegliano: in fact, Imoco strolled over Aeroitalia Smi Roma 3-0. 25-21 25-18 25-18 were the set partials for the Panthers with 22 points from the usual Isabelle Haak on the friendly parquet of Villorba.

Savino del Bene Scandicci also won at home, 3-1 over Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia. 25-16 25-17 21-25 25-23 the set partials, for the Tuscans 31 points by Ekaterina Antropova and 25 by Ting Zhu, for the Marche women 20 by Alice Degradi.

The blow came from Pala Igor, where Novara was beaten in the tie-break by Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri. 25-18 17-25 28-26 19-25 15-8 the partials in favor of the guests among whom Kaja Grobelna stands out with 23 points, for the hosts 20 by Vita Akimova and 18 by Caterina Bosetti.

Surprise only touched instead at’Allianz Cloud in Milan, where Paola Egonu’s Allianz Vero Volley went down by a set but eventually came back and beat Wash4green Pinerolo in the tie-break. 25-20 23-25 25-21 15-13 the partials in favor of Marco Gaspari’s girls.

For the national team’s opposite number of points are 31, for Myriam Sylla 19 and for Helena Cazaute 17, among the Piedmontese 23 by Maja Storck and 16 by Indre Sorokaite. Spread between Saturday and Sunday there will be games-2 on reversed courts.