League Cup Volleyball: Pegasos Polichnis in the eight, Aristotelis Skydras survives

Pegasos Polichnis defeated Athlos Orestiada by 3-1 sets and with two wins in as many games leads the table of the qualifying group of the League Cup Nikos Samaras, which ensures qualification for the quarterfinals of the OFH competition regardless of the outcome of the match. On Sunday.

10/15/2022

O Pegasos Polichnis defeated Athlos Orestiadas in 3-1 sets to top the Nikos Samaras League Cup qualifying group table with two wins in as many games and secure qualification for the quarter-finals of the competition regardless of the result of the OFH match against him. On Sunday.

Pegasos Polichnis was better, tighter, with an effective counterattack and a block that earned him 13 points. Mavrovouniotis, who shared the lead with Milis, Armenakis, who scored 17 points each, and Komitoudis, who gave a defensive recital, were in high spirits.

Athlos was good in the first three sets, but lost quality on the counterattack and in the meantime in reception and showed that it still has room for improvement, especially offensively.

The most exciting was the 1st set where we had back-to-back point changes. Pegasus’ 6-4 lead became Athlos’ 14-11 after a 4-0 run on Kaio’s serve. Pegasos reacted and with his own 4-0 run from Milis, he passed 19:17, while in the 20:20 match between Pegasos and Komitoudis, Mavrovouniotis, Milis made a 4-0 run that gave him the right to play at 24 :20 to get away and close the set with an attack from Mavrovouniotis for a 25-21 and 1-0 set.

In the 2nd set with 8:8 Pegasos took a 4:0 lead with Mavrovouniotis, Mili, Armenakis and got away with 12:8, while a little later they opened again with 21:15 with Kanellos. Athlos had no response and the set was easily closed 25-19 for Pegasos with Milis attacking.

Athlos’ best moment of the game came in the 3rd set as the two teams rebounded to 13-13 and Genov and Rizopoulos took a 15-13 lead. The +2 lasted until 23:21 and widened in the final set when Kaio scored 24:21 and Kasampalis 25:21 for a 2:1 set.

Pegasus fired up in the 4th set and escaped with energy reserves 10-5 through successive counterattacks and referee errors. With another 5-0 serve coming from Komitoudis’ serve and attacks from Milis, Mavrovouniotis, Armenakis, Pegasos escaped 17-9 and there the victory was decided, giving Polichni’s team qualification.

Pegasus Polichni – Athlos Orestiada 3-1

Sets: 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 25-16)

*Pigaso’s Polichnis points came from: 4 aces, 13 blocks, 59 attacks, 19 opponent errors and Athlos Orestiadas points came from: 7 aces, 7 blocks, 40 attacks, 28 opponent errors.

PEGASUS POLYCHNIS (Heracles Theodorou): Terzoglou, Komitoudis 5p. (4/4f., 1 block), Mavrovouniotis 22 (15/28f., 3 blocks, 4 aces, 86%f., 64%ar.), Milis 17 (17/36f.), Armenakis 17 (11/16f . ., 6 blocks), Kanellos 7 (5/7f., 1 block, 1 ace) / Bourakis (l. – 52% ap., 38% ar.), Sakoglou, Kesesidis, Grammenoudis.

ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Atanas Petrov): Tsioutsiouludis 8p. (5/11f., 2 blocks, 1 ace), Gladshawn 9 (7/16f., 2 blocks, 50%f.), Kayo 15 (12/33f., 3 aces), Kasampalis 2 (2 aces), Rizopoulos 11 (9/17f., 1 block, 1 ace, 72%f., 33%f.), Genoff 8 (6/22f., 2 blocks, 71%f., 38%f.) / Veloudis (min. – 78%d., 56%d.), Bozidis 1 (1/1f.), Diamantidis.

Victory for Aristotle, who survived to qualify

With Paleologos and Sarikeisoglou scoring 22 and 21 points respectively, FES defeated Aristotelis Skydras OFI by a 3-1 set for Day 2 of the Nikos Samaras League Cup qualifying tournament and kept their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the competition . OFH and in this race he fought without foreigners, with an all-Greek composition. The Skydra team also had to drop out because they competed without the acquired Cubans and without Kostas Prousalis.

The 1st set with OFH was decisive. took a 26-25 lead after an attack by Tsalikian, but Aristotle with an attack by Paleologos, a block by Tselios and an ace by Paleologos made it 28-26 and laid the foundation for the win. A little earlier, OFI was leading 15:11, but with service from Pantakidis and attacks from Paleologos and mistakes from the Cretans, Aristotle made a 7-0 run, going 18:15 and later again with Paleologos at 24:22 in the lead. Sarikeisoglou’s missed serve, Sdraukakis’ false attack and Tsalikian’s attack brought OFI’s interim lead that was later overturned.

Despite losing the 1st set OFI He stuck to the same tactics as Arabopoulos, Vaiopoulos, Tsalikian and was always in control with a 6-2 lead in the 2nd set. Until he scored with Gona to make it 25:21 and the set 1:1.

From the 3rd set the Cretans lost their balance in their shot and Kostas Delikostas had no other solutions. New power outage at OFH reception. Aristotelis started a new 7-0 series with Sdraukakis’ serve. Thus, Skydra’s team, which lost by 8-6, took a 13-8 lead. He maintained the difference and closed the set 25-19 with Papageorgiou, making the set 1-2.

Aristotle believed in victory, taking a 9-5 lead on Palaiologos’ serve, OFI draw 12-12 with consecutive errors from Aristotle. The very good Sdraukakis gave Aristoteles valuable points to 18-14 and thus Skydra’s team kept the valuable difference until the end which gave them the set with 25-20 and together with the win with 3-1 sets.

OFI – Aristotle 1-3

The sentences: 1-3 (26-28, 25-21, 19-25, 20-25) in 109′

*OFI’s points came from 4 aces, 44 attacks, 11 blocks and 31 opponent errors and Aristotle Skydras’s came from 7 aces, 63 attacks, 8 blocks and 21 opponent errors.

OFH (Kostas Delikostas): Widow 10 (6/10 ff., 3 aces, 1 block), Bardakjian 2 (2 blocks), Arabopoulos 11 (9/23 ff., 2 blocks, 63% sub – 43% excellent), Tsalikian 16 (13/56ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Vaiopoulos 10 (9/21ff., 1m block), Gonas 10 (7/33ff., 3 blocks, 43% sub – 21% excellent) / Tsadimas (L, 72% sub – 56% excellent), Kafantaris.

FES ARISTOTELIS (Panagiotis Sdraukakis): Pantakidis 2 (1/4 ref, 1 block), Sdraukakis 14 (11/24 ref, 3 aces, 68% sub – 50% excellent), Tselios 14 (8/14 ref, 1 ace, 5 blocks) , Sarikeisoglou 22 (21/53 ff., 1 ace, 69% sub. – 56% excellent), Vlachopoulos, Paleologos 21 (18/45 ff., 2 aces, 1 block) / Synadinos (l, 73% sub. – 49% excellent), Papageorgiou.

grading

1. Pegasus Polichni 6
2. Athlus Orestiada 3
3. Aristotle Skydras 3
4. OFI 0

THE PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Friday 14 October 2022

• Pegasos Polichnis – FES Aristotle Skydras 3:0 (25:16, 25:17, 25:20)
• OFH – HOW. Athlus Orestiada 0:3 (20:25, 18:25, 15:25)

Saturday October 15th

• OFH – FES Aristotle Skydras 1-3 (26-28, 25-21, 19-25, 20-25)
• Pegasus Polichnis – AS Athlos Orestiada 3:1 (25:22, 25:19, 21:25, 25:16)

Sunday 16 October 2022

• DAK Polichnis 15.00 (Live Streaming ESAP TV): OFI – Pegasus Polichnis
• DAK Polichnis 18.00 (live stream ESAP TV): FES Aristoteles Skydras – AS Athlos Orestiada