Great performance, great win for him Sports of Orestiada!
The Thrace team played their best game this year, they won 3-0 set Kifisia in the first match of the playoffs for places 5-7 of the Volley League 2023-24 championship and with the three point “erased” the advantage of 3 points, which the Northern Suburbs team had! Athlos, thus, acquired significant lead for the 5th place in the final ranking, which leads to Europe. The team of Orestiada and Kifisia each have 16 points and Pegasos, who had a day off, has 13.
Athlos in the first two sets was stormy with ideal reception and fast development. It is typical that Athlos got 6 aces and 14 blocks, while Kifissia with an anemic serve did not manage to get into the game until the 3rd set, which followed the home team’s score. Hutcheson and Buiati were the top scorers, with the former touching down 68% efficiency in the attack with 11/19 finished attacks.
Kifissia made perhaps its worst appearance this year and the only survivor it was Rego Ricardo, who was the only one with double-digit points (12p.).
In the 1st set, Kifisia led 10-6 with Rego Ricardo, but Hutcheson’s serve Athlos entered the match and tied it 13-13 with Bake. Hutcheson with an attack and Ramos Perez with a block gave Athlos a 20-17 lead, Okosanovic cut it to 20-18 and from there Athlos went on a 5-0 run on Buiati’s serve. In fact, the Brazilian ended the set with an ace for 25-18.
The 2nd set was monologue of Athlos, while in the 3rd set the Orestiada team escaped 18-11. With Spyriounis as the protagonist, Kifisia went on a 6-0 run and went down 18-17 and tied with Rego Ricardo 22-22 and Hasbala 23-23. Hashbala’s missed serve and Kane’s block on Bojic made it 25-23 and closed out the match with the precious 3-0 set.
Referees: Georgiadis Emm., Tononidis, Observer: Michelinakis, Supervisors: Ziliaskopoulou, Balkaniotis, Secretariat: Sardanis.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 6-8, 16-15, 21-18, 25-18
2nd set: 8-5, 16-10, 21-12, 25-14
3rd set: 8-3, 16-9, 21-19, 25-23
*Athlos Orestiada’s points came from: 6 aces, 39 attacks (53% efficiency), 14 blocks, 16 opponent errors (9 lost serves) and A.O.P. Kifisia’s points came from: 0 aces, 31 attacks (efficiency 34%), 5 blocks, 19 opponent errors (9 missed serves).
The sets: 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-23) in 77 minutes.
ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Cristian Tsidigoi): Buyati 15p. (11/26f., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Ramos Perez 7 (2/3f., 5 blocks), Bake 13 (11/22f., 2 blocks, 18%apt., 9%apt.), Kane 4 (1 ace, 3 blocks), Konstantinidis 4 (2/3rep., 1 block, 1 ace), Hutcheson 16 (13/19rep., 2 aces, 1 block, 53%rev., 12%rev.) / Synadinos ( l. – 53% of people, 32% of people), Bozidis P.
A.O.P. KIFISIAS (Kostas Christofidelis): Gladstone 3p. (3/8f.), Stivachtis, Rego Ricardo 12 (11/23f., 1 block, 38%f., 24%f.), Spiliotis, Spyriounis 9 (8/25f., 1 block, 64%f., 14%no.), Okosanovic 7 (4/17f., 3 blocks) / Veloudis (l. – 74%f., 32%no.), Papageorgiou 1 (1/4f.), Bogits 3 (3/11f. , 43% of people), Hasbala 1 (1/1f.).
Volley League – playoffs – Places 5-7
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Gym “N. Samaras”, 17.30: A.S. Athlos Orestiada – A.O.P. Kifisias 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-23)
Rest the Pegasus Polichnis.
2nd matchday – Saturday 16 March 2024
Zirineio Gym, Kifissia: A.O.P. Kifisias – Pegasos Polichni
Repo A.S. Athlos Orestiada
3rd matchday – Saturday 23 March 2024
Polichni: Pegasus Polichni – A.S. Athlos Orestiada
Repo A.O.P. Kifissia
4th matchday – Saturday 31 March 2024
Zirinio: A.O.P. Kifisias – A.S. Athlos Orestiada
Repo Pegasus Polichni
5th matchday – Saturday, April 6, 2024
Polichni: Pegasus Polichni – A.O.P. Kifissia
Repo A.S. Athlos Orestiada
6th matchday – Saturday, April 13, 2024
Orestiada: A.S. Athlos Orestiada – Pegasos Polichni
Repo A.O.P. Kifissia
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