Three-point tie for PAOK, Finikas and Kifissia in Men’s Volleyball League

PAOK struggled but defeated the struggling Pegasos Polichnis by a 3-0 set in the inaugural Volley League Championship. The team from Polichni entered with an all-Greek composition and fought the first two sets until the double-header picked up speed and claimed victory in 71 minutes.

PAOK pressured the opposing reception with the serve, with Yorna, Walsh and Costa all scoring 2 aces each.

PAOK’s Canadian passer (Walls) distributed the game very well and former Greens Van de Dries and Raptis were their team’s top scorers with 18 and 13 points respectively.

Fluctuation:

• 1st set: 7-8, 16-13, 21-14, 25-18
• 2nd set: 5-8, 14-16, 20-21, 25-22
• 3rd set: 8-4, 16-7, 21-9, 25-13

*PAOK points come from: 8 aces, 48 ​​attacks, 8 blocks, 11 enemy errors and Pegasus Polichnis points come from: 4 aces, 28 attacks, 7 blocks, 14 enemy errors.

The sets: 3:0 (25:18, 25:22, 25:13) in 71 minutes.

PAOK (Josko Milenkonski): Day 7 p. (5/13 ref., 2 aces, 78%f., 67%f.), Costa 10 (7/9f., 1 block, 1 ace), Walsh 4 (1/1f., 1 block, 2 aces) , Voulkidis 10 (7/9f., 3 blocks), Raptis 13 (11/19f., 1 block, 1 ace, 57% rep., 22%ar), Van De Dries 18 (16/24f., 1 block, 1 ace) / Kokkinakis (l. – 90%, 40%), Ilias, Sotiriou 1 (1 ace), Gatsis, Butos 1 (1/2f.).

PEGASUS POLYCHNIS (Heracles Theodorou): Komitoudis 4p. (2/2f., 1 block, 1 ace), Mavrovouniotis 8 (6/18f., 63%f., 37%f.), Milis 11 (11/26f.), Armenakis 7 (2/6f., 4 block, 1 ace), Terzoglou 4 (3/10f., 1 block, 53%op., 42%no.), Kanellos 4 (3/11f., 1 block) / Bourakis (l. – 53%op., 42% no.), Sakoglou.

Finikas ONEX – Athlos Orestiada 3-0

Finikas ONEX showed strength in the first match of the 55th Volley League Championship against Athlos Orestiadas. Dimitris Kazazis’ team prevailed 3-0 sets, putting the Akrites under pressure in all three sets and limiting them to under 20 points.

Of course, the potential and the goals that the two teams have are far apart. The good morning phoenix wanted to send a message in all directions that he is able to claim the title at all.

Mihailovic, Fromm on his debut and also Djuric made the difference in attack, while none of Aristoteles could complete a double-digit score.

fluctuation

• 1st set: 8-6, 16-12, 21-15, 25-16
• 2nd set: 8-4, 16-8, 21-13, 25-17
• 3rd set: 8-6, 16-10, 21-13, 25-16

*AOPhoenika’s ONEX points come from: 4 aces, 45 attacks, 9 blocks, 17 opponent errors and Athlos Orestiadas: 2 aces, 24 attacks, 6 blocks, 17 opponent errors.

The sentences: 3:0 (25:16, 25:17, 25:16) in 67′

AO FOINIKAS ONEH SYROU (Dimitris Kazazis): Mikhailovich 13p. (11/24f., 2 blocks), Papalexiou 2 (2/6f.), Jerezuelo 3 (2/4f., 1 block), Klinkenberg 8 (7/16f., 1 ace, 92%ap., 67%nr .), Djuric 12 (7/12f., 4 blocks, 1 ace), Fromm 13 (10/17f., 1 block, 2 aces, 54%f., 23%f.) / Konstantinidis (l. – 53% sub., 27% no.), Sonakis (l.), Charalambidis 3 (2/2f., 1 block), Mantzios, Galiotos, Roumeliotakis 4 (4/5f.), Manolakis, Papadopoulos P.

ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Theodoros Housidis): Gladstone 4p. (3/8f., 1 block), Hatzimarinakis 1 (1 ace), Kaios 11 (10/25f., 1 block), Algul 7 (4/8f., 3 blocks), Rizopoulos 4 (3/16f., 1 ace, 60% U., 30% U.), Genoff 4 (3/20 U., 1 block, 61% U., 36% U.) / Veloudis (l. – 77% U., 59% U. ) , Tsioutsiouludis, Bozidis 1 (1/2 floor).

Kifissia – Aristotle Skydras 3-0

The AOP. Kifissias entered the Volley League Championship with a win and in even more comfort than expected, beating FES Aristoteli Skydras in 3-0 sets. The Pella team, Nikos Samaras, played without the 4 Cubans as in the League Cup, while Kostas Prousalis was absent and was only used in the second half of the 3rd set when Kostas Vlachopoulos was injured.

Kifissia was only forced in the 1st set and had the first scorer in Stefan Okosanovic’s Serbian cross. Very good performance by Chevirs with 13 points. Remarkable is the inactivity of the libero Kontostathis, who was able to try to receive.

fluctuation

• 1st set: 6-8, 14-16, 21-20, 26-24
• 2nd set: 8-5, 16-12, 21-16, 25-17
• 3rd set: 8-3, 16-6, 21-10, 25-11

*AOP Kifisias’ points came from: 6 aces, 35 attacks, 17 blocks, 18 opponent errors and FES Aristotelis Skydras: 1 ace, 17 attacks, 4 blocks, 18 opponent errors.

The sentences: 3-0 (26:24, 25:17, 25:11) in 75 minutes

AOP KIFISIAS (Kostas Christofidelis): Okosonavic 15p. (8/17 pts, 5 blocks, 2 aces), Stivachtis 3 (1/2 pts, 2 blocks), Ricardo 9 (7/13 pts, 2 aces, 80% rep, 27% r.), Filippakopoulos 4 (2/2f., 2 blocks), Moreira 14 (6/12f., 7 blocks, 1 ace), Chevirs 13 (11/19f., 1 block, 1 ace, 88%f., 50%f. ) / Kontostathis (l.), Oikonomopoulos, Roussopoulos, Simitras, Dravopoulos, Papadopoulos G.

FES ARISTOTELIS SKYDRAS (Panagiotis Sdraukakiss): Pantakidis 3p., (2/11p., 1 block), Antoniou 2 (2/9p., 71%p., 29%ar.), Sdraukakis N. 7 (6/19p., 1 ace, 73 % of residents, 27% of residents), Tselios 8 (6/10%, 2 blocks), Vlachopoulos, Palaiologos 12 (12/27% of residents) / Synadinos (l. – 38% of residents, 15% of residents) , Proussalis , Papageorgiou 2 (1/1 floor, 1 block).

The program and the results of the 1st match day

Saturday 22 October 2022

• AOP Kifisias – FES Aristotle Skydras 3-0
• AO Finikas Syros ONEX – AS Athlos Orestiada 3-0
• PAOK—Pegasus Polichnis 3-0

Sunday 23 October 2022

• 18.00: OFI – Panathinaikos AO

Monday 24 October 2022

• 16.00: AONS Milos – Olympiacos SFP

Next match day

Saturday 29.10

• 16:30 Panathinaikos – PAOK
• 17:00: Kifisia – OFI
• 19:00 Pegasos Polichni – Milos
• 21:30 Olympiakos – Finikas Syros

Sunday 30.10

• 6:00 p.m.: Aristotelis Skydras – Athlos Orestiadas