Olympiacos and Panathinaikos took the first step in qualifying for the semi-finals of the Women’s Volley League

They dominated in their first playoffs Women’s Volleyball League and they took the first step in qualifying for the Olympiacos and Panathinaikos semi-finals!

The pioneers in the regular season of this year’s championship, “red and white”, passed with a comfortable victory 3-0 (11-25, 16-25, 12-25) of Markopoulouwithout facing any particular difficulties and prevailing comfortably, while they now need two sets in “Melina Merkouri” (Saturday 30/3, 18:00), in order to qualify.

Leading the way for the winners, who had 61% (46/76) in attack, 59% reception, 9 blocks and 7 aces, were Bunch (18), Emmanuelidou (12) and Fariole (11).

The sets: 11-25, 16-25, 12-25

A.O. Markopoulou (Giangrosi Pasqualino): De Jesus 6 (6/15 ff., 73% sub. – 32% excellent), Nagels 2 (2/3 ff.), Nikologianni 7 (7/27 ff., 43% sub. – 23% excellent), Allayiannis 2 (1/3 ref., 1 ace), Leitham 9 (8/24 ref., 1 ace), Todai 2 (1/10 ref., 1 ace) / Antonakaki (l, 75% sub. – 50% excellent ), Diakoulia 2 (1/2 floor, 1 block), Kotsara, Kasdovasili, Benezi.

Olympiacos S.F.P. (Lorenzo Micelli): Nizetich 8 (6/10 ref., 1 ace, 1 block, 56% sub. – 22% excellent), Kararo 2 (1/2 ref., 1 ace), Emmanuilidou 11 (6/9 ref., 2 aces, 3 blocks), Koumboura 18 (15/23 fr., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Fariole 11 (8/11 fr., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Mleinkova 8 (8/15 fr., 57% fr. – 29% excellent) / Artakianou (l, 67% sub. – 25% excellent), Sampati (l), Tsitsigianni 2 (2/4 ff.), Zafiriou.

A pleasant afternoon for him too Panathinaikoswho entered strongly from the start and left no room for reaction to the Pine Championsfinally celebrating the victory with 3-0 (21-25, 17-25, 23-25). The home team proved to be competitive in the third set, which they claimed in a tie, with the “greens” winning by a margin of 25-23 for 3-0 in the sets.

The sets: 21-25, 17-25, 23-25

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