Catania, 10 February 2024

SuperLega, three points also in Sicily: Itas Trentino wins in three sets in Catania

The Saturday night head-to-head in SuperLega Credem Banca 2023/24 reserves another three points away to Itas Trentino. Tonight in Catania the italian champions formation fully confirmed the ranking hierarchies, defeating in just three sets the court of the bottom-ranked Farmitalia in one of the two early matches of the 18th round of the regular season.
The yellow-blue’s run at the top of the standings still continues without a hitch: the one obtained today in three sets at the PalaCatania is in fact the ninth consecutive three-point victory (the seventeenth overall) in the championship, a roster that allows Soli's team to move even further ahead of the first pursuer Perugia, while waiting for its home match on Sunday against Verona.
The further possible elongation came at the end of a very precise and convincing performance by Itas Trentino, which rocketed off in each of the three sets played precisely to prevent the Etnean team from increasing their competitive and technical level in the possible point-to-point struggle. A very compact block, scoring a total of 12 times (nine with the middle blocker players alone), constantly kept the opponents' attackers at bay, especially Buchegger (who scored 18 times), then Michieletto (12 points and mvp) and Rychlicki (16 with 56%) took care of the many break-point opportunities that the yellow-blue created for themselves.In the second half of the match, Soli implemented a large turnover, with D'Heer (6 winning balls, 75% in attack and three walls) and Magalini, who was good at closing out a match without any major flaws for Trento (8 errors at bat and 5 at the net) with a lob.

Below is the scoreboard of the match of the 18th day of the regular season of SuperLega Credem Banca 2023/24 played this evening at PalaCatania.

Farmitalia Catania-Itas Trentino 0-3
(15-25, 20-25, 17-25)
FARMITALIA: Massari 4, Masulovic 5, Buchegger 18, Randazzo 6, Tondo 1, Orduna, Cavaccini (L); Baldi, Bossi 2, Basic 4. N.e. Pierri, Zappoli, Frumuselu and Santambrogio. Coach. Giuseppe Bua.
ITAS TRENTINO: Sbertoli 4, Lavia 6, Kozamernik 8, Rychlicki 15, Michieletto 12, Podrascanin 4, Sbertoli, Laurenzano (L); D'Heer 6, Pace (L), Magalini 2, Acquarone. N.e. Nelli, Cavuto, Berger. Coach. Fabio Soli.
REFEREE: Saltalippi of Torgiano (Perugia) and Cerra of Bologna.
SET LENGTH: 25', 26', 25'; tot 1h and 16'.
NOTES: 1,603 spectators, takings 25,460. Farmitalia: 3 blocks, 1 ace, 10 serve errors, 4 action errors, 39% in attack, 27% (16%) in reception. Itas Trentino: 12 blocks , 5 ace, 8 serve errors, 5 action errors, 49% attack, 40% (27%) reception. Mvp Michieletto.

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