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Ai Takahashi MVP! Monza beats Catania 3-1

December 11, 2023

In the 9th round of the Italian Men's Volleyball League, Monza, the team that Takahashi Ai plays for, played against Catania on Sunday, December 10th (local time) and won 3-1 (25-16, 22-25, 25-12, 25-18). Takahashi Ai started the game and scored 19 points, earning him the MVP award of the match.

First set starting lineup

Monza

OH: Takahashi (Japan), Lepke (Canada)
MB: Galassi (Italy), Di Martino (Italy)
OP: Schwartz (Canada)
S: Fernando (Brazil)
L: Gaggini (Italy)

Catania

OH: Basic (France), Randazzo (Italy)
MB: Tondo (Italy), Masurovic (Serbia)
OP: Bucchegger (Germany)
S: Orduna (Argentina)
L: Cavaccini (Italy)

*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero

Match Report

In the first set, Monza took the lead 8-3 with consecutive points from OH Takahashi's spikes and MB DiMartino's blocks. Monza then widened the gap to 12-5 with a block from OH Takahashi and 18-12 with a service ace from OH Lepke. Monza also scored consecutive points from OH Takahashi's serve with his own spikes at the end of the set point at 24-15, but the opponent's serve ended in an error, and Monza took the set 25-16.

In the second set, Catania took the lead 0-3 with a spike from OP Bucchegger. Monza then caught up with a service ace from MB Galassi to make it 12-12, and from there it was a close match with both teams trading breaks. Monza continued to score points, mainly from OH Takahashi, to make it 21-21, but Catania took the set point with a spike from OP Bucchegger at 22-24. Finally, Catania took the set with a service ace from MB Tondo, 22-25.

In the third set, Monza took the lead 7-4 early on with service aces from MB Galassi and MB Di Martino. Monza then scored seven consecutive points from S Fernando's serve, with spikes from OH Takahashi and blocks from MB Galassi, widening the gap to 14-5. After that, Monza extended their lead to 20-8 with spikes from OH Takahashi and blocks from MB Di Martino, and finally, consecutive blocks from MB Galassi and OH Takahashi led Monza to 25-12.

The fourth set was a close one at the beginning, but MB Galassi's block put Monza in front at 8-6. Then, with MB Di Martino's block and other efforts, they succeeded in four consecutive breaks and extended their lead to 13-7. Catania also narrowed the gap to 15-12 with OH Randazzo's spikes and blocks, but Monza again widened the gap to 19-14 with OH Takahashi's spikes and other efforts. After that, MB Di Martino's spikes and blocks extended the gap to 24-17 and reached match point, and finally, OH Takahashi scored a pipe attack to win the set 25-18.

As a result, Monza won against Catania 3-1.

MVP: OH Takahashi Ai 19 points (including 3 blocks), attack efficiency rate 53.57%

This puts Monza in provisional fourth place with a total record of 6 wins, 3 losses and 17 points.

The next match will be against Padova, where Wataru Taniguchi plays, at 2:00 a.m. on Monday, December 18th, Japan time.

Italian League Website: https://www.legavolley.it/
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