Phoenix is too tough to give up! The team from Syros, despite having their backs against the wall at home from the fighting Kalamata, who led 2-0 sets, made a great turnaround, leading the match to the tie-break where they prevailed 3-2 sets.
Aspiotis was a big star for the “pirates” with 22 points, two aces and a block. A worthy supporter of Cory Chevers, who had a huge game scoring 20 points, while also having two blocks.
On the other hand, for Kalamata, Koenen led the scoring with 17 points, with Vieto adding 14 points.
Referees: Gerothodoros, Moula L., Observer: Citizen, Supervisors: Vroutsis, Papadimitriou, Secretariat: Emmanoilidis.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-7, 16-15, 20-21, 21-25
2nd set: 8-6, 15-16, 21-20, 23-25
3rd set: 6-8, 16-12, 21-16, 25-19
4th set: 7-8, 16-13, 21-20, 25-23
5th set: 3-5, 9-10, 11-12, 16-14
*Finikas Syros’ points came from 8 aces, 59 attacks (51% efficiency), 11 blocks and 32 opponent errors (21 misses. Kalamata’s 80 points came from 11 aces, 52 attacks (45% efficiency), 9 blocks and 34 opponent errors (19 lost serves).
The sets: 3-2 (21-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-23, 16-14) in 138′
A.O. FONIKAS SYROU (Cedomir Ilic): Chevers 20 (15/28 ff., 3 aces, 2 blocks, 44% sub. – 28% excellent), Bryan 12 (7/14 ff., 1 ace, 4 blocks), Aspiotis 22 (19/40 ff., 2 aces, 1 block), Garcia 2 (1/2 ref., 1 block), Barbounis 12 (10/19 ref., 2 aces, 71% sub. – 53% excellent), Manolakis 10 (7/11 ref. , 3 blocks) / Sonakis (l, 72% sub. – 35% excellent), Pohanis, Tsarkatoglou, Gomez.
A.O. KALAMATA 80 (Panagiotis Dakouris): Vietto 14 (13/28 ff., 1 ace, 57% sub. – 43% excellent), Alexakis 6 (6/7 ff.), Christofas 11 (6/11 ff., 1 ace, 4 blocks), West 6 (4 aces, 2 blocks), Ocampo 18 (16/37 ff., 2 aces), Koenen 17 (11/31 ff., 3 aces, 3 blocks, 65% sub. – 39% excellent) / Dalakouras (l, 54% sub – 23% excellent), Mantekas, Lykouresis.
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