With the air of a champion in its premiere Volleyball League Panathinaikos! The “greens” three days after qualifying for his “32”. Women’s Challenge Cupthey comfortably passed through Mikra prevailing over Ares 3-0 set for the 1st matchday. Leading for the team of Yiannis Kalmazidis, Sheridan Atkinson and Maria Jenitsaridis, while a very good appearance was also made by Carcases.
In the competitive part, the “greens” managed to escape quickly in the first set, with Atkinson, Karkases and Metaxa bringing the match to +7 (16-9). Aris reduced with Savar and Sendil temporarily to four (14-18), but the excellent in the block Jenitsaridis, together with Karkases and the wrong serve of Legweiler took the first set with 25-20.
The start of the second set was more balanced, with Aris finding solutions to Panathinaikos’ serve with Savar and Kalapoda keeping the match in a draw. However, from that point on Samandan, along with Atkinson and Metaxa brought the score to +5 (16-11). The “greens” did not lose a moment of their lead and even extended it (22-14) reaching 2-0 (25-18).
The third set started with Aris surprising Panathinaikos by taking a 4-0 lead and forcing Yiannis Kalmazidis to hastily call a timeout. Panathinaikos, with its return to the taraflex, found a reaction with Papafotiou’s ace, but also the three-meter violation by the Aris players, the score reached 6-4. Karkases made several mistakes, but Metaxa’s serve and the net brought Panathinaikos to 7-7.
The “greens” from the point and then stepped on the gas with the aces from Samandan and Papafotiou, but also the misplaced hits of Kalapoda and Stendil reached 14-10. The guests’ serve became even more pressing, as a result of which the reception by the Aris players was often broken, a fact which helped Panathinaikos to reach +7 (21-14). The “yellows” reduced to 23-19, but the block of Kelesides and the block out of Karkases gave Panathinaikos the first victory. (25-19).
The sets: (20-25, 18-25, 19-25)
The program of the 1st matchday
Saturday, October 21
Ares-Panathinaikos 0-3
Markopoulos-Apollonios
Ilysiakos-AK.P. Pefkon
AEK-Lamia
Thetis-A.O. Game
Olympiacos-PAOK
The next (2nd) matchday
Saturday, October 28
Panathinaikos-Markopoulos
Elysian-Mars
Lamia-Olympiakos
Apollonius-AEK
PAOK-Thetis
AK.P. Pefkon – A. Thera
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