Italian powerhouse A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO secures another win

Italian powerhouse A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO has another victory under their way, and this time against the French Volley MULHOUSE Alsace (22:25, 14:25, 18:25). Imoco went into this match as a favorite, but the French team was ready for a real fight. This was a special match for the Haak family, as there was a rivalry between two sisters - Isabelle and Anna, who were on opposite sides of the net.

Mulhouse showed their fightness at the very beginning of the first set as they gone ahead of the Imoco with a 2-0 series. The Italians got back in the game shortly with two points of their own. The French team was fighting strongly in this set as the whole set was somewhere between the French and the Italians. It was played point-by-point with two aces on each side, while Mulhouse even had two killer blocks. In the end, Imoco was a bit better at 22:25.

The second set started off as a point-by-point game, like in the previous set. But in the middle of the set Mulhouse was having problems in their game and couldn’t answer Imoco’s strong attacks. How good were the Italians shows the statistics where in the second set alone they’ve had four killer blocks. Imoco had the advantage of 11 points at one point and they even ended the set in that way, at 14:25.

The third set was the last chance for Mulhouse to take over the match. The Italians were already leading at the very beginning of the match and Mulhouse needed to get back into it. But it was hard when Imoco went to seven and later on eight points of advantage. It already looked like a locked set, they just needed to secure it completely which they did by 18:25.

The MVP of the match is Alessia Gennari from the A. Carraro Imoco CONEGLIANO team with seven winning spikes and 88 % spike rate and also 40 % positive reception.