Brazil: Minas first semifinalist- 1-3 over Blumenau in Game 2!

Minas, with Cuban opposite Escobar awarded MVP again as in Game 1 thanks to his 27 points with 63% in attack and 45% efficiency, is the first sefinalist of the Brazilian Superliga after defeating Blumenau 3-1 in Game 2 of the best-of-three serie.
The winners dominated the first 2 sets, but after a good 3rd set start (2:6) they complicated their lives by favoring the return of Blumenau who, in the final of the 3rd set (after being ahead 23:21) canceled a match point at 23:24 and closed due to errors by Honorato and Escobar (26:24). The fourth set was very hard fought with Blumenau (good game of the opposite Franco Paese, author of 22 points with 60% in attack and 40% efficiency) who had 4 chances to go to the tie-break (24:23, 26:25, 27:26, 28:27), but in the end Juninho’s block (28:29), entered in place of Pinta, and Evandro’s invasion (28:30) after a frantic exchange ended the game.

| Quarterfinals Game 2
| March 15
• Apan/Eleva/Blumenau (5) – Minas Tenis Clube (4) 1-3 (21:25, 16:25, 26:24, 28:30) Serie: 0-2
Top Scorers: Franco Paese 22, Gabriel Pessoa 13, Ialisson Amorim 10, Deivid Costa 8; Yadrian Escobar 27, Henrique Honorato 14, Gustavo Bonatto “Gustavao” 10, Nicolas Lazo 9.
MVP: Yadrian Escobar.

| March 16
• Azulim/Gabarito/Uberlandia (6) – Volei Renata Campinas (3) 2-3 (21:25, 25:19, 25:17, 23:25, 17:19) Serie: 0-2

| March 17
• Sada Cruzeiro (1) – Volei UM Itapetininga (8) 2-3 (25:15, 25:18, 21:25, 23:25, 16:18) Serie: 0-2

| March 18
• Montes Claros America Volei (7) – EMS Taubaté Funvic (2) 3-2 (23:25, 23:25, 25:21, 27:25, 15:13) Serie: 1-1