Victory with an upset for Olympiakos. The “red and white” won a 3-1 set against Thetida Voulas in Rentis for the premiere of the Women’s Volley League and entered perfectly in the attempt to win the title.
The “red and white” fought back after losing the first set and dominated the next two, but in the fourth they had to show composure to reach the victory.
The first scorers of Olympiakos were Abderrahim with 21, Koumboura with 19 and Stevanovic with 16 points.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-4, 16-15, 20-21, 23-25
2nd set: 8-2, 16-6, 21-09, 25-11
3rd set: 8-0, 16-4, 21-6, 25-08
4th set: 8-6, 15-16, 18-21, 25-23
The sets: 23-25, 25-11, 25-08, 25-23 in 103′.
*Olympiakos’ points came from 7 aces, 70 attacks, 9 blocks and 12 opponent errors and Thetida’s came from 3 aces, 35 attacks, 7 blocks and 22 opponent errors.
Olympiakos (Branko Kovacevic): Emmanuelidou 12 (8/9 ref., 4 blocks), Koumboura 19 (18/46 ref., 1 ace), Stevanovic 16 (13/14 ref., 2 blocks), Abderrahim 21 (20/39 ref., 1 block, 45% sub.-25% excellent), Koneo 10 (9/30 ref., 1 block, 57% sub-57% excellent) / Artakianou (l, 60% sub.-20% excellent), Sampatis (l), Iliopoulou, Oikonomidou 3 (2/4 ff., 1 block)
Thetis (Yiannis Nikolakis): Ferreira 1 (1/3 ref.), Vlahakis 7 (5/24 ref., 2 blocks, 40% sub.-24% excellent), Clark 14 (10/17 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Uterback 9 (9/33 ref.), Matsarokis 2 (2/6 ref.), 8 (4/21 ref., 2 aces, 2 blocks, 31% sub-17% excellent) / Maniatogianni (l, 31% sub.-23% excellent), Giaouris 1 (1/3 sub.), Garofalaki, Kyparissi 1 (1/2 sub.), Palaga 2 (2/6 sub., 75% sub.-50% excellent)
In an amazing game with twists and turns, Markopoulos defeated AO Thiras 3-2 sets in Santorini and pulled off a mini surprise.
Fluctuation:
1st set: 8-3, 16-6, 21-20, 25-13
2nd set: 7-8, 14-16, 19-21, 22-25
3rd set: 8-6, 16-12, 21-20, 25-21
4th set: 8-4, 16-12, 20-21, 28-30
5th set: 2-5, 7-10, 9-12, 13-15
The sets: (25-13, 22-25, 25-21, 28-30, 13-15 in 149′.
*AO Thiras points came from 7 aces, 76 attacks, 8 blocks and 22 opponent errors and AO Markopoulos Revoil came from 5 aces, 53 attacks, 17 blocks and 29 opponent errors.
AO Thiras (Matteo Freschi): Andsante 3 (2/4 ref., 1 ace), Pavicic 17 (16/50 ref., 1 ace, 21% sub.-08% excellent), Sirinina 5 (3/9 ref., 1 ace, 1 block), Maase 32 (31/64 ref., 1 block), Tsioga 9 (3/6 ref., 2 aces, 4 block), Abbott 23 (20/55 ref., 3 aces, 45% sub.-25% excellent) / Toulgaridou (l, 62% sub.-25% excellent), Barbaliou, Dimitriadis 2 (1/2 ref., 1 block), Genitsaridis)
AO Markopoulou (Georgos Rousis): Walker 5 (3/6 ref., 2 blocks), Johnson 22 (18/57 ref., 1 ace, 3 blocks), Marman 19 (16/42 ref., 3 blocks, 53% sub.-32% excellent), Kathariou 5 (2/11 ref., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Spanou 14 (10/45 ref., 4 blocks, 38% sub.-15% excellent), Grabovska 3 (0/4 ref., 3 aces) / Dimos (l, 43% ref.-22% excellent), Frangimihalou (l), Allayiannis 5 (3/7 ref., 2 blocks), Karagouti, Logara 2 (1/2 ref., 1 block)
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