In the women's volleyball Coppa Italia quarterfinals, Chieri, coached by Hayashi Kento, played against Conegliano on Saturday, February 17th local time, and lost 0-3 (18-25, 16-25, 12-25).
First set starting lineup
Kieri
OH: Skinner (USA), Omoruyi (Italy)
MB: Zacchaeus (Cyprus), Weitzel (Germany)
OP: Globerna (Belgium)
S: Marinov (Italy)
L: Spirito (Italy)
Conegliano
OH: Plummer (USA), Cook (USA)
MB: Rubian (Italy), Farr (Italy)
OP: Hark (Sweden)
S: Wołęsz (Poland)
L: De Gennaro (Italy)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
Match Report
In the first set, OP Groberna's consecutive service aces gave Chieri a 4-1 lead early on, and he maintained a 9-7 lead afterwards with OH Skinner's spikes and blocks. However, Conegliano made consecutive breaks with OP Haake's spikes and turned the game around to 10-13, and then MB Farr's service aces widened the gap to 13-19. Conegliano made consecutive breaks with MB Farr's spikes and blocks in the final stages and took the set 18-25.
In the second set, Conegliano took the lead at 2-3 with an attack from OH Plummer, but then Chieri turned the game around with a block from S Marinov and other efforts to make it 8-6. However, Conegliano tied the score at 8-8 with a spike from OH Plummer, and then further increased the lead to 11-16 with spikes from MB Farr and OP Hark. Chieri then narrowed the gap to 16-18 with spikes from OH Skinner and OP Groberna, but Conegliano scored six consecutive breaks at once with spikes and blocks from MB De Cruyff, who came in as a substitute, and a service ace from OP Hark, and took the set 16-25.
In the third set, the match was close at 6-6, but with consecutive service aces from OH Plummer, Conegliano took the lead at 6-10. With consecutive spikes from OH Cook, Conegliano scored consecutive points to extend his lead to 7-15. Then, in the final stages, with consecutive spikes from MB Farr, Conegliano scored six consecutive breaks to take the set at 12-25.
As a result, Chieri lost 0-3 to Conegliano.
MVP: MB Sarah Farr 16 points (2 serves, 1 block) Attack efficiency rate 81.25%
Chieri finished third in the Coppa Italia.
The next match will be the first leg of the CEV Cup semi-final against Paris (France) on Wednesday, February 21st at 28:00 Japan time.
Comments from Coach Kento Hayashi
I think the main reason we lost was that our attacks didn't go in at all and we couldn't improve the effectiveness of our attacks. Another big reason we lost was that our playing area was very low. We always set from under the net, so we could see from there and react and block. On the other hand, the opposing setter, Vołosz, handled the ball at a high position, always had the middle shot, and also went to the side, so I think the difference in playing area was very evident.
Comments from Isabella Haake (OP, Conegliano)
In the beginning of the first set, both teams were competing with a lot of energy, but after that we were able to put pressure on them with our serves and play good defense, so I'm very happy that we were able to play such a match.
Matches against Chieri have always been tough. They have many strong players and are a team with very good block defense. Therefore, we were not complacent and went into this match expecting it to be a tough match. This attitude helped us to stay focused and led to the result.
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