France: all results of Round 14 - Chaumont stay to the top but lose one point. Nantes, Sète, Saint Nazaire, Tours, Poitiers and Plessis Robinson ok

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Volleyball 2024 is started also in France with all 7 scheduled games of Marmara Spike League Round 14.
The news of the day come from Narbonne, where the hosts were very close to stun leaders Chaumont, but eventually surrendered at tie break, 2-3 (25:23, 25:19, 17:25, 13:25, 14:16), after leading the score 2-0.
But it wasn’t useless as, despite the defeat, after 14 games, they finally left the last place of the standings, now occupied by newcomers Saint-Jean d’Illac, defeated today at home by Nantes.
Edson Valencia was the most prolific player of the game with 22 points to his name for Narbonne, while on the winning side four players ended the match in double digit: Patrick Indra, who scored 13 points, followed by Niko Suihkonen, Julien Lecat and Michael Marshmann, who also contributed with 12, 11 and 10 respectively.
Chaumont remain to the top now at +2 from Nantes, who easily defeated now last-placed Saint-Jean D’illac with a clear 0-3 (21:25, 14:25, 22:25) after 1 hours and 18 minutes of play.
The other news of the day is that titleholders Tours, after their disastrous start, continued their winning streak after defeating also Paris with the score of 3-0 (25:20, 25:19, 29:27), struggling only in third set in which they even have to recover from 13-16!
For them, this was their sixth victory in a row in Ligue A, despite the absence of Aboubacar Drame Neto, on the bench. Antoine Pothron was the most prolific player of the match with 15 points to his name through 48% in attack.
Three points and straight sets win also for a great Plessis Robinson, who stunned Tourcoing (25:23, 25:22, 26:24) in a thrilling game in which Samuel Jeanlys scored 18 points, well supported by Mederic Henry who also contributed with 12 including 3 winning blocks and 86% in attack!
Another game ended in straight sets is the one between Nice and Saint Nazaire, with the visiting side who inflicted to the rivals their 11th seasonal defeat, the fourth one in a row, 0-3 (12:25, 20:25, 20:25).
MVP of the match Helder Spencer, who left the court with an impressive 100% in attack!
PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH
Three points also for Sète, who won the derby against Montpellier by 3-1 (25:18, 25:19, 22:25, 25:19), despite the injury of opposite Celestin Cardin, but led in score by a great Lisandro Zanotti, top scorer of the match with 21 points to his name including 1 ace, 2 winning blocks and 60% in attack.
Close the picture the exciting match between Toulouse and Poitiers, won by the latter with the score of 2-3 (25:21, 24:26, 25:22, 23:25, 13:15), despite the great performance of Julien Winkelmuller, absolute top scorer of the game with as many as 30 points to his name through 63% in attack! However, to make the difference, were the performance in blocking, with the winners scoring 16 points from this element compared to Toulouse’s only 5!
Metin Toy was the most prolific player for Poitiers with 20 points including 1 ace, 1 block and 53% in attack, well supported by an excellent Jackson Howe, who also contributed with 18, 9 winning blocks and 82% in attack (9/11).

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🇫🇷| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2023/24 | JOURNÉE 14 | Round 14

Wednesday January 3, 2024

• 19.00 (Local Time) | Saint-Jean d’Illac – Nantes Rezé 0-3 (21:25, 14:25, 22:25)

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Chaumont 2-3 (25:23, 25:19, 17:25, 13:25, 14:16)

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Montpellier 3-1 (25:18, 25:19, 22:25, 25:19)

• 19.30 (Local Time) | Nice – Saint Nazaire 0-3 (12:25, 20:25, 20:25)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Paris 3-0 (25:20, 25:19, 29:27)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Poitiers 2-3 (25:21, 24:26, 25:22, 23:25, 13:15)

• 20.00 (Local Time) | Plessis Robinson – Tourcoing 3-0 (25:23, 25:22, 26:24)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Chaumont 35
2. Nantes Rezé 33
3. Saint Nazaire 30
4. Tourcoing 27
5. Toulouse 27
6. Montpellier 24
7. Tours 24
8. Poitiers 19
9. Sète 19
10. Plessis Robinson 17
11. Paris 16
12. Nice 9
13. Narbonne 8
14. Saint-Jean d’Illac 7

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🇫🇷| NEXT GAMES| JOURNÉE 15 | Round 15

Friday January 5, 2024
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Nantes Rezé – Toulouse

Sunday January 7, 2024
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Sète – Plessis Robinson

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