Peremptory victory in three sets for Stefano Lavarini’s Igor Volley, which conquers the Pala Radi in Cremona with a high-level choral performance, with an excellent distribution of responsibilities and points in attack. MVP of the match, never in question from the middle of the first set onwards, the Dutch Nika Daalderop (16 points) with the Brazilian Rosamaria Montibeller on the shields in different phases of the match.

Casalmaggiore on the field with Bechis in the direction and Malual diagonally, Guidi and White central, Braga and Shcherban spikers and Carocci free; Novara with Montibeller opposite Hancock, Bonifacio and Washington in the center, Daalderop and Bosetti in the band and Fersino free.

Novara starts strong with Bosetti’s ace (1-4) and Montibeller’s diagonal (2-5), while in the middle of the partial it is the director Hancock who favors the break, with a winning touch at the net, which is worth 7-12. Casalmaggiore reacts and leads first 9-12, then 11-13 with Malual and on the next serving turn of Bechis, the Lombards arrive at the impact with an ace of the Casalasca director (13-13). Montibeller resumes the march (13-14) and Daalderop escapes 15-17 diagonally, while Bonifacio’s block (17-20) and Hancock’s ace with the help of the tape “mortgage” the partial (17-21) while Volpini stops the game in vain. It ends 18-25 with a parallel by Daalderop to close the game.

Casalmaggiore tries to keep up with the Azzurre (4-4) but Montibeller (5-6) and Hancock raise the pace (7-9) with Bonifacio who “stops” Shcherban at the wall and finds the 7-10; the aces of Hancock (8-12) and Bosetti (9-14) dig the decisive furrow, with Montibeller who makes 10-16 diagonally and forces Volpini to timeout. Bosetti approaches the finish line in parallel (14-21), Bosetti wins the set ball (18-24) while Di Maulo first finds the ace of 20-24, then misses the serve that closes the set at 20-25.

Novara immediately “sprints” to close the accounts and makes 0-2 with Bosetti (winning parallel) and then 2-9 with Bonifacio’s ace, while the hosts revolutionize the sextet; Mangani enters and tries to reopen it with the ace of 5-9, but the Azzurre escape again with Daalderop (8-14, pipe) and Bosetti (9-15, maniout). Montibeller extends 9-17 by taking advantage of the opponent’s wall, after Casalmaggiore’s timeout Daalderop makes the most of (9-18, then 11-21) two great defenses by Fersino, while in the middle Washington nails the first half of 11-20. The inertia no longer changes: Montibeller approaches the finish line diagonally (12-23) and D’Odorico, as soon as she enters, signs the ace of 12-25 which is worth 0-3.

Stefano Lavarini (coach Igor Gorgonzola Novara): “It was a good game for us, we also offered an excellent level of play at several times, conceding a little bit only at the beginning, when perhaps we still had to get rid of some “dross”. Then we grew, everything went well and we also had an excellent contribution from two players, Rosamaria and Washington, who represented the novelties in the sextet “.

Sofia D’Odorico (spiker Igor Gorgonzola Novara): “We have always kept the pace high, it is a factor on which we are working a lot and that we were able to put on the field tonight. For us it is an important victory, because we wanted to resume the journey in the championship in the best possible way and on a personal level there is great satisfaction for having been able to make my contribution, also signing the ace that closed the match “.

VBC Trasporti Leggeri Casalmaggiore – Igor Gorgonzola Novara 0-3 (18-25, 20-25, 12-25)
VBC Trasporti Leggeri Casalmaggiore: Ferrara (L), Braga 6, Bechis 1, Mangani 1, Carocci (L), Guidi 4, White 6, Malual 8, Shcherban 5, Szucs 2, Di Maulo 2, Zambelli ne, Rahimova ne. Coach: Volpini.
Igor Gorgonzola Novara: Imperiali (L) ne, Herbots ne, Montibeller 12, Battistoni ne, Fersino (L), Bosetti 10, Chirichella ne, Hancock 6, Bonifacio 12, Washington 8, D’Odorico 1, Daalderop 16, Karakurt ne. Coach: Lavarini.
MVP Nika Daalderop