Thetis “bent” in Bursa

Thetis fought and hoped. The Voula team lost 2-3 as typical hosts to Niloufer in Bursa in the first match between them for the ’64’ of the Challenge Cup women’s volleyball and now on Thursday at the same court they need a 3-0 win or 3-1 sets to to qualify directly or a 3-2 set win for the “gold” set.

Giorgos Rousis’ athletes managed to lead twice in the first and third sets, but Vital Heinen’s team easily equalized and in the tiebreak had the lead from the beginning, reaching victory.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 7-8, 14-16, 21-19, 25-21

2nd set: 4-8, 13-16, 14-21, 15-25

3rd set: 5-8, 16-12, 21-20, 27-25

4th set: 4-8, 8-16, 11-21, 13-25

5th set: 2-5, 5-10, 7-12, 9-15

The sets: 25-21, 15-25, 27-25, 13-25, 9-15

*Thetida’s points came from 4 aces, 48 ​​attacks, 15 blocks and 22 opponent errors and Niloufer’s points came from 7 aces, 69 attacks, 15 blocks and 20 opponent errors.

THETIS (Giorgos Rousis): Olson 3 (3/6 ff.), Hayden 11 (9/22 ff., 2 aces, 63% sub.-50% excellent), Sirinina 8 (2/10 ff., 1 ace, 5 blocks), Merteki 5 (3/32 ff., 2 blocks, 48% sub.-36% excellent), Petovari 25 (21/67 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Papageorgiou 14 (9/15 ff., 5 blocks) / Maniatogianni (l, 39% sub.-29% excellent), Giovani, Garofalaki, Spanaki 1 (1/2 ff.)

NILUFER (Vital Heinen): Milenko 9 (9/30 ref., 50% sub.-21% excellent), Senggun 1 (0/2 ref., 1 block), Zikel 25 (19/44 ref., 2 aces, 3 blocks), Kenzler 20 (15/43 ff., 2 aces, 3 blocks, 65% sub.-45% excellent), Bashkir 10 (6/11 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks) / Arkachesme (l, 50% sub.-42% excellent), Ozturk, Kafkas 1 (0/1 ref., 1 ace), Yordanova 11 (11/20 ref., 56% sub.-44% excellent)