3-0 win against Gioiella Volley Gioia and double first place in the standings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
S<\/span>he Panbisc\u00f2 Leonessa Volleyball Altamura has two season firsts in the C Series championship.<\/p>\n The red-and-whites beat Gioiella Volley Gioia 3-0 and also took first place in the overall league standings that are created by combining the rankings of the two rounds considering the average points per match.<\/p>\n It was 25-23, 25-15, 25-21 the partials of the match with a good, stubborn Leonessa against an aggressive Gioia despite having nothing to ask of their championship.<\/p>\n In the red-and-whites, moreover, a novelty appears from the first minute on the field. Hungarian, opposite, class of 2001. Gr\u00e9ta Halla made a strong debut in the Italian Serie C championship, contributing to the success of coach Marchisio’s team.<\/p>\n In the first set of the match, the Lionesses started hesitantly and despite an initial stretch to +3 on 3-6 by Gioia, which tied at 8, they could not find a lead over the Lionesses, who first got to +2 and then doubled the lead to 17-13. Gioia’s reaction turned the game around and deluded the Gioia women who managed to tie at 21, but to match point went Leonessa who on 24-22, made a mistake giving the 23rd point to the guests, then helpless on Leonessa’s 25-23.<\/p>\n In the second set, the first lead came late for Panbisc\u00f2 Altamura, which tied again at 3 and, this time, also at 5, but stayed down until the break that took the partial from 6-8 to 9-8. Balance remained the real constant of this set, however, with the two teams even on the scores of 9 and 11, but a break with captain Paola Nuzzi serving saves the Leonessa from some difficulties as they manage to come back with an advantage in the field from the time-out called by Gioia. On 16-11 begins the control of the race by the Leonessa that slowly stretches the lead, going from a +4 to a +6 and to 21-14 after which it stops coming back from the second guest time-out. Gioia’s 15th point remained the last point for the Blue-Whites, who then surrendered to Leonessa’s 4-0 final.<\/p>\n Lots of balance in the third set, which only from 6-7 guest unlocked with as many as 4 ties in the few points before. However, the Lioness overturned the disadvantage by going to +4 and controlling a middle part of the match that suggested a similar ending to the second set with the Lioness on +5 maintaining the margin from 16-11 to 20-15. Gioia reacted only late in the set, shortening to -3 at 22-19, but it remained too late to win a contest that Leonessa would close shortly thereafter. On Leonessa’s 23rd point, Gioia forced a time-out on a worried Marchisio who did not want to see the set slip away from his girls on 23-21, and on the comeback the Altamurans executed to the best of their ability, closing the set on 25-21.<\/p>\n In the third set she also finds joy in the return to the court, albeit at a low pace, of former Giusi Masiello the Panbisc\u00f2 Altamura, but the real source of pride for the Leonessa is the ranking.<\/p>\n Double first place and at home the first match of the play-offs and eventual finals for the red-and-whites, who will face Monteroni (winner in its championship match) as early as next weekend for the final first leg, which pending officialdom from Fipav should be played on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div> Post-game interview during PanBisc\u00f2 Altamura’s 3-0 win over Gioiella Volley Gioia within the walls of the Palasport “Cupola”; with part of the management commenting on the regular season finale. In front of the microphones, from left to right: Vito Massaro, Giuseppe Pellicola, Nico Lor\u00e8, President Franco Demuro and the face of our main sponsor Gino Picerno.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Post-game interview<\/h3><\/div>