Italy: Modena and Perugia join Civitanova to semifinals. Piacenza from 0-2 to 3-2 against Trentino to tie the serie to Game 3!

The big news of the day?
Led by a super Russell, who ended the game with 33 points, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza come back from 0-2 to beat Itas Trentino in a super-exciting clash to tie series!

But, in order, two more teams joined Cucine Lube Civitanova (who yesterday defeated Vero Volley Monza in four sets) in the 2021/22 Italian SuperLega Credem Banca playoffs semifinals, but Itas Trentino isn’t among them, as No. 6 Piacenza extended the quarter-final series against No. 3 to a decisive Game 3. Relying on American Aaron Russell (33 points, including 5 aces) and his compatriot Maxwell Holt (4 blocks), Piacenza came back from a 2-set deficit to tie the series at 1-1.
The match seemed it’ll never end, as it lasted for nearly two and a half hours, with the tie-break that had a total of points like a normal set (24-22), ending in 35 minutes!
Partially it was 21:25, 29:31, 25:19, 25:20 and 24:22.
Game 3 is scheduled next Sunday, at 6.30 pm, on the field of Itas Trentino!

On the other matches, No. 4 Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena survived the visit to Milan, by beating No. 5 Allianz Milano in the tie-break, and going to the semis.

| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Semifinals also for regular season absolute leaders Sir Safety Conad Perugia, who trampled over Top Volley Cisterna, which said good bye to quarterfinals head-on, playing again on a very good level, in a match ended in only three sets (23:25, 20:25, 20:25). Kamil Rychlicki was awarded MVP of the match with 15 points and 65% in attack.

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🏐| Superlega CredemBanca 2021/22 | Playoffs | QUARTERFINALS GAME 2

| April 2, 2022
• Vero Volley Monza – Cucine Lube Civitanova 1-3 (26:28, 25:19, 17:25, 23:25) SERIE: 0-2

| April 3, 2022

• Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Itas Trentino 3-2 (21:25, 29:31, 25:19, 25:20, 24:22) SERIE: 1-1
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Brizard 4, Recine 19, Holt 7, Lagumdzija 6, Russell 33, Caneschi 11, Scanferla (L), Antonov 2, Catania (L), Stern 21, Rossard 0. N.E. Tondo, Pujol, Cester. Coach. Bernardi.
Itas Trentino: Sbertoli 2, Michieletto 18, Lisinac 15, Lavia 10, Kaziyski 24, Podrascanin 12, De Angelis (L), Zenger (L), Cavuto 1, Sperotto 0, Pinali 0. N.E. Albergati, D’Heer. Coach. Lorenzetti.

• Allianz Milano – Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena 2-3 (25:17, 14:25, 25:22, 18:25, 13:15) SERIE: 0-2
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

Allianz Milano: Porro 4, Ishikawa 19, Mosca 8, Patry 13, Jaeschke 21, Piano 5, Pesaresi (L), Staforini (L), Romanò 7, Daldello 0, Maiocchi 0. N.E. Djokic. Coach. Piazza.
Leo Shoes PerkinElmer Modena: Mossa De Rezende 1, Ngapeth E. 23, Mazzone 7, Abdel-Aziz 14, Leal 23, Stankovic 10, Gollini (L), Sanguinetti 0, Sala 0, Rossini (L), Van Garderen 0. N.E. Ngapeth S., Salsi. Coach. Giani.

• Top Volley Cisterna – Sir Safety Conad Perugia 0-3 (23:25, 20:25, 20:25) SERIE: 0-2
Top Volley Cisterna: Baranowicz 2, Maar 14, Zingel 5, Dirlic 18, Rinaldi 2, Bossi 5, Picchio (L), Cavaccini (L), Wiltenburg 1, Raffaelli 3. N.E. Saadat, Giani. Coach. Soli.
Sir Safety Conad Perugia: Giannelli 5, Anderson 8, Mengozzi 6, Rychlicki 15, Leon Venero 16, Solé 6, Piccinelli (L), Travica 0, Colaci (L), Plotnytskyi 0. N.E. Ter Horst, Dardzans, Ricci, Russo. Coach. Grbic.

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