Starring Djuric, Fromm and Michalovic as protagonists, Phoenix defeated ONEX OFI in Crete by a 3-0 set to return to victory in the Volley League Championship. Dimitris Kazazis’ team with the three points to his credit caught Kifisia in 4th place with 11 points, -4 from the top. The game was attended by Deputy Sports Minister Lefteris Avgenakis.

The Syrians were determined not to lose and they showed it from the first point and although the Cretans fought back in the first set they led 22-20 but Phoenix with Djuric’s block went for a 5-0 Run and answered 1 -0 set.

With Michalovic in attack and Djuric on the block making the points easy, Phoenix held a narrow 7-6, 9-7, 13-8 lead after a 4-0 run on Klinkenberg’s serve. With Vaiopoulos at the service, OFH responded with a 4-0 run to 12:13. Michalovic and Fromm gave Phoenix solutions for 13-16. Foinikas’ errors and Shikokus’ impressive presence at the net with a 4-0 streak put OFI in the game and even gave him a 21-19 and 22-20 lead.

The match caught fire in the net and Jarvic emerged as a deadly player for OFH. as in two consecutive phases, he fell on the visitors’ block to make it 22-22. Phoenix ONEX’s streak continued with Michalovic while Djuric bid farewell by winning the set by two blocks over Khira and Shikoku. With a 5:0 run, Finikas ONEX turned the set around and made it 1:0 with 25:22.

From the 2nd set Phoenix ONEX reduced his mistakes, Fromm and Klinkenberg went up aggressively and escaped with a 4:0 run with 12:7. The +5 was maintained for most of the set and the difference widened when Michalovic caught an ace and hit serve to get OFI’s reception at 23-15. Jarvic’s lost serve ended the set 25-17 for the 2-0 set.

In the 3rd set, OFI made one last attempt to turn the match around but fought it in the face. Shikuku and Jarvis put OFI ahead 10-6 and 13-10. Fromm took on Phoenix by scoring 3 straight points and paired with Djuric’s attack for a 4-0 run for a 14-14 draw. It was a point-by-point battle and a rally to the 20th point. Ambrao made it 20-19. Michalovic equalized 20-20 while Phoenix ONEX hit 23-20 with two blocks from Djuric, Fromm and Michalovic’s ace, giving them the absolute advantage. A Jerezuelo block on Jarvic closed the set 25-21 and Phoenix ONEX won in a 3-0 set.

OFI – Finikas 0-3

The sentences: 22-25, 17-25, 21-25 in 81 minutes.

*Scores of OFI came: 2 aces, 28 attacks, 5 blocks, 25 opponent errors and AO Phoinikas ONEX came: 2 aces, 39 attacks, 12 blocks, 22 opponent errors.

OFH (Kostas Delikostas): Jarvis 6p. (3/17f., 2 blocks, 1 ace, 56% S., 6%nr.), Khiras 3 (3/7f.), Shikoku 17 (15/34f., 2 blocks), Adami, Vaiopoulos 7 (5 /9f., 1 block, 1 ace), Ambrao 2 (2/12f., 62%ap., 6%ar.) / Tsadimas (l. – 69%ap., 34%ar.), Arabopoulos, Tsalikian.

AOFOINIKAS ONEH (Dimitris Kazazis): Michalovic 20p. (16/28f., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Charalambidis 1 (1 block), Yerezuelo 2 (1/4f., 1 block), Klinkenberg 7 (7/14f., 71%ap., 12%nr.) , Dzurich 9 (2/5 pts, 7 blocks), Fromm 13 (12/20 pts, 1 block, 67% pts, 17% pts) / Konstantinidis (l. – 57% pts, 17% pts .) , Papalexiou 1 (1/2 floor).

Big double for Pegasus against Aristotle

Pegasos Polichnis won the big derby of the newcomers against Aristotelis Skydras in the gymnasium of Kalyvia with 3:2 sets and celebrated the second victory in the championship and the first away win in the volley league championship.

With Bareto Pena as the protagonist, Mavrovoniotis holding the reception, Armenakis covering the net and Milis providing solutions in the tiebreak, Pegasos took the two points.

Aristotelis Skydras went into the match deaf, lost a set 2-0 and executed a sustained counterattack that sent the game to a tiebreak. There he got off to a bad start, finding himself at the bottom of the standings and retaining the precious point that earned him the last place in the general standings right away with OFI, just -2 points ahead of Pegasos and Athlos Orestiadas who have 5. From Aristotle, the leaders were Sandoval and Flores.

Aristotle – Pegasus 2-3

The sentences: 20-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-17, 08-15 in 142′

*The points of FES Aristotelis Skydras came from: 6 aces, 62 attacks, 10 blocks, 17 opponent errors and Pigasos Polichnis came from: 0 aces, 52 attacks, 15 blocks, 37 opponent errors.

FES ARISTOTELIS SKYDRAS (Panagiotis Sdraukakis): Mendez 21p. (16/38 fr., 2 blocks, 3 aces), Jackson Flores 19 (17/33 fr., 2 blocks, 70% rep., 50% r.), Santoval 18 (11/16 fr., 4 blocks, 3 aces), Prusalis 1 (1/2f.), Tselios 10 (9/19f., 1 block), Sarikeisoglou 6 (6/21f., 40%f., 10%f.) / Synadinos (l. – 66 %f., 34% no.), Papageorgiou 1 (1/1 block), Sdraukakis University, Vlachopoulos, Paleologos 2 (1/2 block, 1 block).

PEGASUS POLYCHNIS (Heracles Theodorou): Komitoudis 1p. (1/4f.), Bareto Pena 15 (14/21, 1 block, 35% ref., 19% no.), Mavrovouniotis 13 (11/30f., 2 blocks, 87%f., 60%f.) , Milis 16 (12/32f., 4 blocks), Armenakis 11 (3/8f., 8 blocks), Kanellos 9 (9/14f.) / Bourakis l. (59% ref., 38% no.), Tsirakis (l), Grammenoudis, Sakoglou 1 (1/2f.), Kesesidis 1 (1/1f.).

program and results

Saturday 26.11

• Panathinaikos AO – Olympiacos SFP 3-2 (22-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-22, 15-10)
• AOP Kifisias – Athlos Orestiadas 2-3 (25-21, 19-25, 18-25, 25-22, 14-16)
• PAOK-Milos 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 25-15)

Sunday 27.11

• FES Aristotle Skydras – Pegasus Polichnis 2-3 (20-25, 17-25, 25-22, 25-17, 08-15)
• OFH – AO palm 0-3 (22-25, 17-25, 21-25)

grading

1. Olympiacos 15
2. POC 15
3. Panathinaikos 12
4. Kifisia 11
5. 11 Finikas Syros
6. milo 10
7. Athlus Orestiada 5
8. pegasus 5
9. OFI 3
10. Aristotle Skydras 3

Next match day

• Milos – FES Aristotelis Skydras
• AO Finikas – PAOK
• Athlos Orestiadaw – OFI
• Olympiacos SFP – AOP Kifissia
• Pegasos Polichnis – Panathinaikos AO