Superlega. 1st round. Victory for all the favorites.

All the favorites in the race for the title have opened the season in Serie A1 in a really good way. The Fantastic four of the Italian championship Civitanova, Perugia, Modena and Trentino have scored 3-0 victories each, without having any difficulties. All easy matches for these team.
Wilfredo Leon was the MVP of the match and led the reigning champions Perugia with 17 points (5 aces) while Aleksandar Atanasijevic added 15 in the match against Latina, where Simone Parodi was the top scorer with 10 points.
Uros Kovacevic with 19 points and Aaron Russell with 18 points were instead the best players in Trentino’s victory over Siena, where Fernando Hernandez ended the match with 13 points.
Lube Civitanova have scored the victory away, led by Osmany Juantorena with 18 points and Yoandy Leal with 12.
Tine Urnaut with 17 points and Ivan Zaytsev with 15 have made the Modena’s victory against Sora, where Dusan Petkovic was the only player with a double-digit display: 11 points.
Excellent match for Stephen Boyer, which had a really good display in Verona’s away victory, scoring 24 points, while his teammate Sebastian Sole added 17. Donovan Dzavoronok was the top scorer in Monza’s team with 20 points.
The absolut top scorer of the Superlega first round is coming from the match between Vibo Valentia and Castellana: It’s the Bulgarian spiker Todor Skrimov, who scored 27 points in a great 3-1 victory of his team.

Italian Superlega, first round:
Trentino – Siena 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25-22)
Itas Trentino: Giannelli 2, Kovacevic 19, Lisinac 7, Vettori 9, Russell 18, Candellaro 3, De Angelis (L), Grebennikov (L), Nelli 0. N.E. Van Garderen, Codarin, Daldello, Cavuto. Coach. Lorenzetti.
Emma Villas Siena: Marouflakrani 1, Ishikawa 10, Gladyr 4, Hernandez Ramos 13, Maruotti 11, Mattei 0, Cortesia 2, Giraudo 0, Giovi (L), Spadavecchia 2. N.E. Vedovotto, Johansen, Fedrizzi. Coach. Cichello.

Modena – Sora 3-0 (25-18, 25-18, 25-18)
Azimut Leo Shoes Modena: Christenson 5, Urnaut 17, Anzani 9, Zaytsev 15, Bednorz 2, Holt 2, Benvenuti (L), Rossini (L), Mazzone 0, Pinali 2, Kaliberda 5, Pierotti 0. N.E. Keemink, Van Der Ent. Coach. Velasco.
Globo Banca Popolare del Frusinate Sora: Kedzierski 0, De Barros Ferreira 6, Caneschi 4, Petkovic 11, Nielsen 8, Di Martino 6, Mauti (L), Marrazzo 0, Bonami (L), Fey 0. N.E. Rawiak, Bermudez, Esposito, Farina. Coach. Barbiero.

Monza – Verona 1-3 (25-19, 23-25, 22-25, 23-25)
Vero Volley Monza: Orduna 2, Dzavoronok 20, Yosifov 1, Giannotti 11, Botto 13, Beretta 9, Rizzo (L), Calligaro 0, Buti 4, Galliani 0, Plotnytskyi 0. N.E. Arasomwan, Malvestiti. Coach. Soli.
Calzedonia Verona: Spirito 3, Manavinezhad 4, Solé 17, Boyer 24, Sharifi 15, Alletti 2, Giuliani (L), De Pandis (L), Savani 8, Birarelli 3, Pinelli 0, Marretta 0. N.E. Magalini, Grozdanov. Coach. Grbic.

Padova – Lube 0-3 (21-25, 18-25, 14-25)
Kioene Padova: Travica 1, Louati 12, Polo 4, Torres 5, Randazzo 9, Volpato 6, Bassanello (L), Danani La Fuente (L), Cirovic 0, Premovic 2. N.E. Ferrato, Lazzaretto, Sperandio, Cottarelli. Coach. Baldovin.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Mossa De Rezende 3, Juantorena 18, Stankovic 6, Simon 5, Leal 12, Cester 7, Marchisio (L), Balaso (L), Sokolov 2, D’Hulst 0, Diamantini 1, Massari 0. N.E. Cantagalli, Sander. Coach. Medei.

Perugia – Latina 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-22)
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: De Cecco 4, Lanza 4, Podrascanin 9, Atanasijevic 15, Leon Venero 17, Ricci 8, Piccinelli 0, Colaci (L), Seif 0, Della Lunga 2. N.E. Hoogendoorn, Berger, Galassi. Coach. Bernardi.
Top Volley Latina: Sottile 2, Parodi 12, Gitto 7, Stern 11, Palacios 8, Rossi 6, Caccioppola (L), Tosi (L), Barone 0, Huang 0, Ngapeth 1, Gavenda 1. N.E. Coach. Tubertini.

Vibo Valentia – BCC Castellana 3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 22-25, 25-22)
Tonno Callipo Calabria Vibo Valentia: Zhukouski 0, Skrimov 27, Mengozzi 10, Al Hachdadi 23, Strohbach 5, Vitelli 4, Cappio (L), Marra (L), Barreto Silva 0. N.E. Marsili, Lopez, Domagala, Presta. Coach. Valentini.
Bcc Castellana Grotte: Falaschi 1, Mirzajanpourmouziraji 13, De Togni 3, Zanatta Buiatti 24, Wlodarczyk 9, Zingel 10, Pace (L), Cavaccini (L), Scopelliti 0, Studzinski Rodrigues 0. N.E. Agrusti, Kovac, Quartarone, Kruzhkov. Coach. Tofoli.

Saturday:
Ravenna – Milano 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-15)
Consar Ravenna: Saitta 2, Raffaelli 7, Russo 9, Rychlicki 18, Poglajen 9, Verhees 11, Marchini (L), Goi (L), Smidl 1. N.E. Argenta, Di Tommaso, Lavia, Elia. Coach. Graziosi.
Revivre Axopower Milano: Sbertoli 2, Clevenot 8, Bossi 7, Abdel-Aziz 6, Maar 9, Kozamernik 5, Hoffer (L), Pesaresi (L), Tondo 0. N.E. Basic, Izzo, Gironi, Piano. Coach. Giani.