Stokr (27 points) spikes against Juantorena block (25)

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Trento, May 4th  2017

In Match 2 of UnipolSai Championship Play Off final, Cucine Lube was able to reach the aim nobody else was at PalaTrento. The team  from Marche has won for  3-2 also the second match of the round and it has ended the unbroken record of twenty three victories in a row of Diatec Trentino’s home matches. It has gained the 2-0 that will allow the team to have three opportunities to win the final. The first occasion will be on Sunday afternoon (4 p.m.) at  Eurosuole Forum of Civitanova Marche.
Diatec Trentino wasn’t able to reach the tie in the round, however left the court with attitude, showing to be able to play at the same level of Lube that thanks to Juantorena (mvp ‘s match with 25 points, 2 aces, 2 blocks and 60% at net) and Sokolov decisive at the tie break won against the home team in more than two hours and a half. Diatec Trentino answered hit after hit until the end of the fourth set thanks to Stokr (best scorer of the match with 27 points, 4 blocks, 1 ace and 57%) who didn’t gave up at all, as it happened in the second set but most of all in the fourth one, and tried to rise from the 21-24 and then won for 30-28. The Yellow-blue blocks ( scored 14 times, 4 thanks Giannelli) and the spikes of Lanza (14 points with 44%) allowed the 3.974 spectators of PalaTrento to hope until the fifth set, before  Lube accelerated and reached the success for 2-3 and the 2-0 in the round.

Here the report of the match 2 f Championship Play Off, played tonight at PalaTrento.

Diatec Trentino-Cucine Lube Civitanova 2-3
(31-33, 25-22, 24-26, 30-28, 7-15)
DIATEC TRENTINO: Stokr 27, Urnaut 9, Van de Voorde 4, Giannelli 8, Lanza 14, Solé 8, Colaci (L); Antonov 5, Nelli, Mazzone D. 7, Mazzone T.. N.e. Burgsthaler, Blasi, Chiappa. Coach Angelo Lorenzetti.
CUCINE LUBE: Candellaro 6, Christenson 4, Juantorena 25, Stankovic 15, Sokolov 20, Kovar 14, Grebennikov (L); Pesaresi, Cebulj, Cester. N.e. Kaliberda, Casadei, Corvetta. Coach Gianlorenzo Blengini.
REFEREES: Saltalippi from Perugia and Santi from Città di Castello (Perugia).
SETS DURATION: 37’, 32’, 32’, 38’, 15’; tot. 2h and 34’.
NOTES: 3.974 spectators, total income of 72.600 euro. Diatec Trentino: 14 blocks, 5 aces, 23 service mistakes, 17 action mistakes, 47% in attack, 49% (24%) in reception. Cucine Lube: 13 blocks, 7 aces, 25 service mistakes, 9 action mistakes, 50% in attack, 64% (44%) in reception. Mvp Juantorena.

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