Stressful first win for PAOK

First win for PAOK in this year’s Women’s Volleyball League. The “black and white” defeated Thetida Voulas 3-2 in Pylaia for the second matchday and took their first points of the season, leaving the team from the southern suburbs to win the premiere.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 8-4, 16-14, 21-20, 23-25

2nd set: 5-8, 16-14, 21-16, 25-23

3rd set: 8-5, 13-16, 19-21, 23-25

4th set: 5-8, 16-14, 21-19, 25-23

5th set: 3-5, 10-7, 12-7, 15-12

The sets:23-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-23, 15-12 in 134′

*PAOK’s points came from 8 aces, 63 attacks, 15 blocks and 25 opponent errors and Thetida’s came from 8 aces, 59 attacks, 13 blocks and 28 opponent errors.

PAOK (Darko Zakocs): Vigars 4 (1/4 ref., 2 aces, 1 block), Polynopoulou 12 (5/11 ref., 3 aces, 4 blocks), Tsioga 14 (5/13 ref., 1 ace, 8 blocks), Oikonomidou 17 (16/53 ref., 1 block), Williams 27 (24/50 ref., 2 aces, 1 block, 38% ref.-12% excellent), Cyparissi 9 (9/21 ref., 43% ref.-29 % excellent) / Xanthopoulou (l, 64% sub.-56% excellent), Iliopoulou, Klepkou 3 (3/12 ff., 50% sub.-14% excellent), Milanova.

THETIS (Giorgos Rousis): Olson 6 (1/4 ref., 1 ace, 4 blocks), Hayden 13 (11/32 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 64% sub.-07% excellent), Sirinina 8 (4/11 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Merteki 16 (14/50 ff., 1 ace, 1 block, 50% sub.-29% excellent), Petovari 26 (23/51 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Papageorgiou 10 (6/16 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks) / Maniatogianni (l, 64% sub.-31% excellent), Pavlopoulou 1 (1 ace), Spanaki

First victory for Aris as well, after defeating Ilysiakos in Zografou 3-2 sets and “cutting” his lead.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 8-7, 16-11, 21-16, 25-18

2nd set: 8-3, 16-11, 21-15, 25-20

3rd set: 7-8, 16-14, 20-21, 31-33

4th set: 6-8, 13-16, 15-21, 20-25

5th set: 1-5, 3-10, 4-12, 5-15

*Elysian’s points came from 8 aces, 62 attacks, 9 blocks and 27 opponent errors and Aris came from 9 aces, 56 attacks, 12 blocks and 34 opponent errors.

The sets: 25-18, 25-20, 31-33, 202-5, 05-15 in 127′

ILYSIAKOS (Nikos Costakopoulos): Kalli 9 (6/13 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Zioga 14 (12/31 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Gogic 7 (4/5 ff., 3 aces), Akbortabi 16 (13/ 41 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 43% sub. – 5% excellent), Bakodimou 21 (17/37 ff., 1 ace, 3 blocks, 42% sub. – 12% excellent), Kandikou 11 (9/ 15 f., 1 ace, 1 block) / Kontoudi (l, 48% sub. – 10% excellent), Katsika 1 (1/1 f.), Filippakis, Brooks, Marathokambitou.

ARIS (Manolis Skoulikaris): Robitail 2 (1/3 exp., 1 ace), Savar 16 (12/36 exp., 3 aces, 1 block, 45% sub – 15% excellent), Calapoda 2 (1/4 exp., 1 block) , Mitakidou 5 (1 ace, 4 blocks), Lengweiler 29 (26/52 ref., 3 blocks), Stendil 17 (15/40 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 50% sub. – 19% excellent) / Theodosiou (l, 54% sub. – 25% excellent), Skouloudis 6 (1/5 ref., 3 aces, 2 blocks), Ktistakis

First victory for AO Thiras with the 3-0 set at the home of the newcomers Pefko, who were left without a point in last place.

Fluctuation:

1st set: 7-8, 13-16, 17-21, 20-25

2nd set: 3-8, 10-16, 13-21, 16-25

3rd set: 8-4, 16-15, 21-18, 25-27

The sets: 0-3 (20-25, 16-25, 25-27) in 80′

*Pefki’s points came from 4 aces, 34 attacks, 5 blocks and 18 opponent errors and AO Thiras’ points came from 5 aces, 41 attacks, 7 blocks and 24 opponent errors.

AS Academies of Champion Pines (Kostas Papadopoulos): Aplada 1 (0/5 ref., 1 block), Graf 7 (5/10 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Drakoulidou 3 (1/3 ref., 2 blocks), Nikolova 3 (2/18 ref. . ace) / Balla (l, 54% sub.-33% excellent), Toliou, Plakia 1 (1/1 ff.), Michopoulou 1 (1 ace)

AO Thiras (Matteo Freschi): Popits 6 (3/9 ff., 2 aces, 1 block), Fernandes 12 (10/27 ff., 2 blocks, 24% sub.-24% excellent), Mercado 10 (10/27 ff.), Christodoulou 7 (3/4 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Figiok 17 (15/23 ref., 2 aces, 67% sub.-33% excellent) / Georgiadou (l, 67% sub.-33% excellent), Angelopoulou, Karabassi, Tsochatzi