In the second round of the return phase Lube Macerata in the match against Castellana Grotte received the ball with perfect 54% efficiency! Such result is quite rare in professional volleyball, don’t you think?

 

 

 

Macerata had reception on a high level (pos. reception 73%, perf. – 54%), neither player received below 55% (considering positive reception). Moreover, Simone Parodi, who received the most (pos. 79%, prf. 74%), had even better result than libero of Macerata, Hubert Henno (pos. 55%, prf. 27%). In comparison, Castellana Grotte received with 57%(perf. 32%) efficiency, Itas Diatec Trentino – 63%(29%), Sir Safety Perugia 60%(21%), CMC Ravenna 61%(30%), Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 72%(34%), Altotevere San Giustino 56%(42%), Copra Elior Piacenza 71%(50%), Casa Modena 43%(13%), Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 63%(37%), Andreoli Latina 40%(22%) and Marmi Lanza Verona 42%(26%).

Check out some other interesting data from the last round of Serie A1.

The best efficiency in attack (as a team) had Casa Modena – 56%, Marmi Lanza Verona blocked the most – 20 points, the most points gained Itas Diatec Trentino – 78 and Andreoli Latina scored the most points from the serving area – 10.

The match between Trentino and Perugia (3-2) was the longest match of the round (1 hour and 55 minutes), the shortest match was played between Castellana Grotte and Macerata (0-3) and lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. The longest sets lasted 29 minutes and were played in four duels: Ravenna-Cuneo (3rd set); Modena-Vibo Valentia (3rd set); Trentino-Perugia (4th set) and Latina-Verona (4th set). The shortest sets lasted 20 minutes and were played by duel San Giustino-Piacenza (1st and 3rd set).

Top scorer and top spiker of the round is Matey Kaziyski (Trentino) with 31 points in sum and 26 points from attack. Top server is Jakub Jarosz (Latina) with 7 aces, top blockers are Maxwell Philip Holt (Piacenza) and Simone Buti (Vibo Valentia) – both got 6 points.

MVPs: Ivan Zaytsev (Macerata), Matey Kaziyski (Trentino), Nikola Grbic (Cuneo), Robertlandy Simon (Piacenza), Gundars Celitans (Modena)), Jakub Jarosz (Latina).

Results

BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte-Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 0-3 (21-25, 21-25, 13-25)
Itas Diatec Trentino-Sir Safety Perugia 3-2 (25-19, 18-25, 25-20, 22-25, 15-10)
CMC Ravenna-Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 0-3 (19-25, 19-25, 22-25)
Altotevere San Giustino-Copra Elior Piacenza 1-3 (16-25, 25-21, 12-25, 18-25)
Casa Modena-Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 3-1 (25-15, 21-25, 25-23, 25-21)
Andreoli Latina-Marmi Lanza Verona 3-1 (22-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-22).

Standings

1. Itas Diatec Trentino 34
2. Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata 31
3. Copra Elior Piacenza 28
4. Casa Modena 24
5. Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 23
6. Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia 20
7. Andreoli Latina 20
8. Sir Safety Perugia 20
9. BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte 11
10. Altotevere San Giustino 11
11. Marmi Lanza Verona 8
12. CMC Ravenna 4.

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