France: Final for 5th Place is Saint Nazaire - Sète!

France: Final for 5th Place is Saint Nazaire – Sète!

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9 May 2023 Danilo

On Saturday, 5pm local time, Saint Nazaire and Sète will face each others in final for 5th Place and a ticket for next edition of Challenge Cup.
In semifinals, played today, the two sides defeated their respective rivals at home in straight sets.
Sète down Paris (25:21, 25:16, 25:21) despite an opaque performance
of bomber Kyle Russell (next season in Italy, with the jersey of Taranto), who closed with only 7 points to his name through 40% in attack, but with three player in double digit and with great numbers: Maximiliano Gauna, top scorer with 13 points, 60% in attack and 5 of his team’s 9 winning blocks, Cheikh Diop, 12 points in just one set and a half, all in attack, with 71%, and Ardo Kreek (10 points, 67% in attack, 1 ace and 1 block).
On the other semifinal, Saint Nazaire down Montpellier (25:18, 25:23, 25:16) struggling only in second set, with 11 winning blocks to 1, 61% of team performance in attack to 47% in attack, 14 points from Kyle Ensing (63% in attack and 2 winning blocks), and 12 by Helder Mendes Spencer (2 aces, 1 block and 77% in attack with 10/13).

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🏐| 2022/23 Ligue A – Playoffs 5th Place | SEMIFINALS

👉🏼 Tuesday | May 9, 2023

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Paris 3-0 (25:21, 25:16, 25:21)