Italy: Monza down Civitanova in midweek Round 9. Trento, Verona, Piacenza and Perugia ok

Midweek Round 9 of 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca started today with four of the five matches that ended in straight sets on Wednesday, with Vero Volley Monza delivering major upsets after collecting a in a 3-1 (25:23, 25:21, 21:25, 25:14) unexpected home win over Cucine Lube Civitanova.
The hosts played a strong game led by Erik Röhrs and Aleksandar Atanasov, while libero Leonardo Scanferla earned MVP honors before exiting late with an injury. Civitanova’s Aleksandar Nikolov scored a match-high 26 points, but it wasn’t enough to secure the visitors’ first away win of the season.
In other matches, all ender in straight sets, Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza earned their fourth straight sweep, beating Sonepar Padova 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:18) in front of their home fans, with Alessandro Bovolenta and José Gutierrez combining for 32 points.
Itas Trentino also posted a clean 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:21) win over Valsa Group Modena, led by Alessandro Michieletto’s 16 points, while league leaders Sir Susa Scai Perugia stayed to the top with a 0-3 (23:25, 21:25, 21:25) victory on the field of last-placed and still winless Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina. Behind them Rana Verona, who easily sweep Cisterna Volley 3-0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:18) with 15 points from Rok Mozic.
The round concludes on Thursday with the
last clash between newcomers MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo and Allianz Milano.

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🏐| 2025/26 Superlega CredemBanca | 9ª Giornata Andata – Round 9 of First Leg

👉🏼Wednesday December 3, 2025
• 20.30 (Local Time) | Itas Trentino – Valsa Group Modena 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:21)
Itas Trentino: Ramon 6, Resende Gualberto 4, Faure 14, Michieletto 16, Bartha 7, Sbertoli 0, Sandu (L), Laurenzano (L). N.E. Bristot, Pesaresi, Garcia Fernandez, Giani, Acquarone, Torwie. Coach. Mendez.
Valsa Group Modena: Davyskiba 15, Anzani 0, Buchegger 10, Porro 3, Sanguinetti 6, Tizi-Oualou 2, Perry (L), Mati 3, Federici (L), Bento 3, Ikhbayri 2, Giraudo 0. N.E. Massari, Tauletta. Coach. Giuliani.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Rana Verona – Cisterna Volley 3-0 (25:19, 25:20, 25:18)
Rana Verona: Christenson 4, Mozic 15, Vitelli 6, Ferreira Souza 2, Keita 10, Cortesia 9, Zingel (L), Planinsic 0, D’Amico (L), Sani 8, Glatz 2. N.E. Valbusa, Gironi, Bonisoli. Coach. Soli.
Cisterna Volley: Fanizza 0, Lanza 3, Mazzone 8, Guzzo 10, Bayram 7, Plak 3, Finauri (L), Currie (L), Barotto 1, Tarumi 1, Salsi 0, Tosti 0, Muniz De Oliveira 0. N.E. Diamantini. Coach. Morato.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza – Sonepar Padova 3-0 (25:21, 25:20, 25:18)
Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza: Porro 2, Mandiraci 12, Comparoni 9, Bovolenta 17, Gutierrez 15, Galassi 5, Loreti (L), Leon 0, Pace (L), Travica 0, Andringa 0, Seddik 0. N.E. Simon, Bergmann. Coach. Boninfante.
Sonepar Padova: Todorovic 0, Orioli 8, Polo 4, Masulovic 14, Gardini 4, Truocchio 7, Nachev (L), Toscani 0, Zoppellari 0, Diez (L), Stefani 2, Held 2. N.E. Bergamasco, Mc Raven. Coach. Cuttini.

• 20.30 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Sir Susa Scai Perugia 0-3 (23:25, 21:25, 21:25)
Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina: Falaschi 0, Fedrizzi 11, Pellacani 1, Golzadeh 12, Magalini 16, Petkov 6, Petkovic (L), Stankovic 1, Marchiani 0, Tatarov 0, Marchisio (L). N.E. Cubito, Vecchi, Koprivica. Coach. Ortenzi.
Sir Susa Scai Perugia: Giannelli 4, Plotnytskyi 7, Crosato 5, Ben Tara 12, Semeniuk 7, Loser 10, Argilagos 0, Dzavoronok 5, Gaggini (L). N.E. Cvanciger, Solé, Colaci. Coach. Lorenzetti.

• 20.45 (Local Time) | Vero Volley Monza – Cucine Lube Civitanova 3-1 (25:23, 25:21, 21:25, 25:14)
Vero Volley Monza: Zimmermann 1, Atanasov 15, Mosca 8, Padar 14, Rohrs 17, Beretta 10, Velichkov 1, Frascio 0, Marttila 4, Scanferla (L), Larizza 0, Pisoni (L). N.E. Ciampi, Knipe. Coach. Eccheli.
Cucine Lube Civitanova: Boninfante 2, Bottolo 5, Gargiulo 5, Loeppky 10, Nikolov 26, Tenorio 2, Bisotto (L), D’Heer 0, Orduna 1, Balaso (L), Hossein Khanzadeh 3, Kukartsev 1, Podrascanin 2, Duflos-Rossi 3. N.E. Coach. Medei.

Thursday December 4, 2025
• 20.45 (Local Time) | Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo – Allianz Milano 1-3 (16:25, 15:25, 25:22, 17:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Sir Susa Scai Perugia 26
2. Rana Verona 23
3. Itas Trentino 21
6. Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 18
4. Cucine Lube Civitanova 17
5. Valsa Group Modena 16
7. Allianz Milano 13
8. MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo 9
9. Sonepar Padova 8
10. Vero Volley Monza 7
11. Cisterna Volley 6
12. Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina 1.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | 10ª Giornata Andata – Round 10 of First Leg

Saturday December 6, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Valsa Group Modena – Cucine Lube Civitanova

Sunday December 7, 2025
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Yuasa Battery Grottazzolina – Itas Trentino
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Allianz Milano – Sir Susa Scai Perugia
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Cisterna Volley – Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza
• 18.00 (Local Time) | MA Acqua S.Bernardo Cuneo – Rana Verona

Monday December 8, 2025
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Sonepar Padova – Vero Volley Monza

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