Volleyball
Pegasus secured his place in the men’s volleyball league, OFI won and hopes
Pegasos Polichnis won 3-1 against Athlos Orestiada on Matchday 3 of the Men’s Volley League playouts and secured their place. OFI defeated Aristotle Skydras and survived.
Pegasos Polichnis defeated Athlos Orestiadas 3-1 sets. Completing the first round of playouts, he earned 26 points and secured his place in the Volley League. Athlos stayed at 20 points and has a ‘cushion’ of five points ahead of OFI who follows at 15.
Pegasos Polichnis played a more controlled volleyball with a solid shot and far fewer errors than Athlos. They were the team that knew what they wanted on the pitch and it showed in the 1-1 set-up.
On the contrary, the Orestiada team, although more efficient in service (scored 13 aces compared to 9 from Pegasus), caused a lot of stress, easily made the mistake in reception and on offense Albo and Genov barely won the points.
Pegasus Polichni – Athlos Orestiada 3-1
Sets: 3-1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19)
*Pigasos Polichnis points come from: 9 aces, 37 attacks, 12 blocks, 38 enemy errors and Athlos Orestiada points come from: 13 aces, 39 attacks, 7 blocks, 24 enemy errors.
PEGASOS POLYCHNIS (Yiannis Orphanos): mid 7p. (6/13f., 1 block, 47%f., 26%f.), Mavrovouniotis 17 (12/23f., 3 blocks, 2 aces, 45%f., 18%f.), Milis 18 (13/ 24f., 2 blocks, 3 aces), Armenakis 6 (1/6f., 3 blocks, 2 aces), Prusalis, Kanellos 10 (5/10f., 3 blocks, 2 aces) / Bourakis (l. – 52%f ., 33% no.), Kesesidis, Sakoglou.
ATHLOS ORESTIADAS (Yiannis Laios): Glandshawn 9p. (6/11f., 1 block, 2 aces, 50%ap., 50%nr.), Kasambalis 5 (1/2f., 2 blocks, 3 aces), Algul 9 (5/13f., 4 blocks), Albo 17 (11/34f., 6 aces), Rizopoulos 4 (2/9f., 2 aces, 20%f., 7%f.), Genoff 14 (14/28f., 45%f., 18%f . .) / Veloudis (l. – 70% of the population, 33% of the population), Tsolakidis, Ioannidis.
OFI won and hope
OFI received valuable three points from the condemned Aristotelis Skydras and together with the defeat of Athlos Orestiadas by Pegasos Polichnis reduced the difference between them to five points. The Cretans have 15 points and Athlos have 20 left with three games remaining, all of which will be decided.
OFI was excellent in the first two sets, avoiding the many mistakes made by Aristotle and being superior in both block and counterattacks. Crete team had a big difference in score in the first two sets. Aristotelis fell in the third set but OFI managed to end the game 25-22 in the fourth set.
OFI – Aristotle Skydras 3-1
Sets: 3-1 (25-17, 25-17, 22-25, 25-22)
OFH (Nikos Antoniadis): Shikoku 11p. (10/21f., 1 ace, 50%f., 18%nr.), Vaiopoulos 3 (3/11f.), Adami 5 (4 blocks, 1 ace), Ambrao 6 (4/16f., 2 blocks, 42% ap., 17% ap.), Tziumakas 24 (20/46ap., 2 blocks, 2 aces), Blumbergs 9 (5/9ap., 3 blocks, 1 ace) / Chadimas (l. – 53% ap.), Arabopoulos, Bardakjian.
FES ARISTOTELIS SKYDRAS (Panagiotis Sdraukakis): Vlachopoulos 1 (1 ace), Mendez 3p. (3/12f.), Papageorgiou 3 (1/4f., 2 blocks), Torres 27 (26/44f., 1 ace), Tselios 2 (5/1f., 1 ace) Sarikeisoglou 6 (5/16f., 50% op., 30% no.) / Antoniou (l. – 50% op., 29% op.), Sdraukakis 3 (2/6 sequence, 1 ace, 57% op., 29% op.), Doudoudis , Flores 8 (7/21 ff., 1 ace, 43% ref., 29% ref.).
Playout Score:
- Pegasus Polichni – 26 points
- Athlos Orestiada – 20 points
- OFI – 15 points
- Aristotle Skydras – 4 points
*Last two descend
The 4th matchday
- 12/4 Aristotelis Skydras – Pegasos Polichnis
- 13/4 OFI – Athlos Orestiada
The 5th match day
- 22/4 Pegasos Polichni – OFI
- 22/4 Athlos Orestiada – Aristotelis Skydras
The 6th matchday
- 29/4 Aristotelis Skydras – OFI
- 29/4 Athlos Orestiada – Pegasos Polichni
Source: sport 24
Alberta Robinson is a sports journalist and author, who is currently associated with the publication Sportish, where she writes about sports related news and events. With a passion for sports and a keen eye for detail, Robinson brings in-depth analysis and insightful commentary to her writing.
