Women’s Volley League: With one foot in the semifinals Aris, Olympiakos and Panathinaikos

Panathinaikos scored the victory that makes him the all-time favorite to qualify for the semi-finals of the Women’s Volley League.

The Greens broke AO Thira’s home game 3-1 sets in the first game between them in Branko Gates’ debut on the bench against his former team. This is Panathinaikos’ fourth victory over the Santorini team this year.

The replay will take place on Saturday April 16th at 8.30pm at Agios Thomas’s hall and Panathinaikos will want two sets to qualify. If AOT wins by 3-0 or 3-1 sets, qualification will be judged on the gold set.

Change in the starting line-up at Panathinaikos, with Serbian coach Konstantinos using diagonals and Hadava’s ends, Grotes. The Greens were down 16-14 in the first set, but Hadava’s performances saw them take a 17-16 lead and never looked back. Grotesht attacking from sixth position made the 1-0 set 25-20.

Panathinaikos controlled the second set until 18:16. With an out attack from Grotesht and a nail from Holston, AOT took the lead (19-18) and despite pressure from Panathinaikos, Santorini made it 25-22 with a block from Argyriou to equalize on a 1-1 set.

In the third and fourth sets, Panathinaikos managed to establish his rhythm and with Krothe leading, Hatziefstratiadou made it 3-1, laying a solid foundation to qualify for the semi-finals of the Championship.

AO Thira – Panathinaikos 1-3

The sentences: 1-3 (20-25, 25-22, 20-25, 16-25) in 104′

* AO Thira’s points came from opponents’ 2 aces, 48 ​​attacks, 8 blocks and 23 errors, and Panathinaikos’s points came from opponents’ 4 aces, 51 attacks, 8 blocks and 34 errors.

AO THIRAS (Costas Papadopoulos): Holston 19 (16/44ff, 3 blocks), Abbott 14 (13/36ff, 1 ace, 50% min – 27% excellent), Dialla 6 (5/8ff, 1 block), Konstantinidou 3 (3/3 ff.), Mitrovic 13 (10/42 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 38% min – 24% excellent), Argyriou 3 (1/6 ff., 2 blocks) / Artakianou (l, 33% – 17% excellent), Drossopoulou, Adamopoulou, Vezyrgiannidou, Goltsiou.

PANATHINAIKOS AO (Branko Gates): Chatziefstratiadou 14 (12/18 ff., 2 blocks), Konstantinou 12 (7/33 ff., 2 aces, 3 blocks), Cross 8 (6/16 ff., 1 ace, 1 block), Grothes 16 (15 / 34ff, 1 block, 55% mins – 27% excellent), Papafotiou 2 (2/4ff), Hadava 11 (9/34ff, 1 ace, 1 block, 63% mins – 23% excellent ). ) / Roga (l, 45% under – 25% excellent), Stepanenko, Metaxa.

Olympiakos cleared at idle

Olympiacos took the first step towards qualifying for the semi-finals of the Women’s Volley League, beating AO Lamia 3-1 in the first match in “Chalkiopouleio”.

The “Red-Whites” in the repeat in “Melina Mercouri” next Saturday (April 16, 7 p.m.) need two sentences to get the ticket for the quartet.

Carlo Paris rested Vilma Salas and after some time Mariana Costa returned to the starting XI.

Olympiakos easily won the first two sets, but Lamia didn’t give up in the third. With the score 17:15 in Olympiakos’ favor, Lamia gets the substitution and Kontonassiou serves in, with the Greek making it difficult to receive Olympiakos, leading the hosts to run 4-0 in a row and 20- 17 lead. At 25:23 and at 2:1 the difference was not reduced.

In the fourth set, Olympiacos gained a safety advantage right from the start, which lasted until the 25:17 final and the final 3:1 set.

Lamia – Olympiacos 1-3

The sentences: 1-3 (13-25, 14-25, 25-23, 17-25) in 93′

* Lamia’s points come from opponents’ 4 aces, 43 attacks, 4 blocks and 18 errors and Olympiakos’s points come from opponents’ 4 aces, 44 attacks, 13 blocks and 37 errors.

AO LAMIAS 2013 (Elias Angelis): Kountoura 4 (4/4ff), Koumboura 10 (10/24ff, 37% yp – 19% excellent), Pereira 17 (14/48ff, 1 ace, 2 blocks), Castillo 11 (10/40 episode, 1 block, 29% yr – 19% excellent), Araoucho 3 (2/12 ff, 1 block), Giannelou 5 (3/7 ff, 2 aces) / Kakouratou (l, 64% yr . – 36% Excellent), Kontonassiou 1 (1 Ace), Kissa.

OLYMPIAKOS SFP (Carlo Paris): Giota 6 (3/8ff, 1 ace, 2 blocks), Emmanouilidou 9 (5/9ff, 4 blocks), 6 August (5/28ff, 1 ace, 65% min – 35% excellent ), Costa 10 (9/27 run, 1 block, 44% min – 34% excellent), Christodoulou 5 (2/3 run, 2 aces, 1 block), Hippe 18 (14/32 run, 4 blocks) / Konomi (l, 45% min. – 18% excellent), Genitsaridi 7 (6/12 ff., 1 block).

Double with excitement for Mars

Aris may have lost the first set, but he managed an upset against Thetida and is now two sets away from the championship semi-finals.

Leading the yellow-blacks but also the game is the amazing Caitlin Evans who finished the game with 31 points and excellent stats (23/43 attacks, 1 ace, 7 blocks and 67% receiving with 36% excellent in 33 attempts without a task). an ace!) .

Essentially the entire match was the second set in which Thetis, after winning the first, led 8-4, but Aris was able to quickly close the gap and overtake the score in the final straight by hitting a double set of bowls (22:24). . Thetis equalized 24-24 and a thriller that saw the visitors have back-to-back bowls, eventually making it 1-1 with Mylona’s ace at 29-31!

From that point on, Aris dominated, taking advantage of Anthouli’s fatigue (brought from youth national team games) and won more easily.

ASP Thetis – Aris 1-3

The sentences: 25-20, 29-31, 20-25, 15-25 at 112′

* Thetida’s points come from his opponent’s 3 aces, 52 attacks, 11 blocks and 23 mistakes and Aris’ points come from his opponent’s 7 aces, 57 attacks, 17 blocks and 20 mistakes

Α.Σ.Π. Thetis (George Rousis): Sirinina 12 (9/16 ff., 3 blocks), Peralta 7 (5/17 ff., 2 blocks, 63% yp-26% excellent), Anthouli 19 (18/45 ff., 1 block), Rusnatshenko 1 ( 1/run), Aktas 13 (10/34 run, 1 ace, 2 blocks, 44% yp-20% excellent), Papageorgiou 10 (6/10 run, 2 aces, 2 blocks) / Maniatogianni (λ, 72% υπ -28% excellent), Chatzigrigoriou, Dragoumanou 4 (3/7 ff., 1 block, 44% yp-11% excellent), Panagopoulou.

TO LET. ARIS (Yiannis Tsairelis): Kioutsiouki 6 (2/3 ff., 4 blocks), Mercado 22 (19/47 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks), Drakoulidou 5 (1/1 ff., 2 aces, 2 blocks), Mylona 3 (1 / 6 fps, 1 ace, 1 block), Swan 14 (11/27 fps, 2 aces, 1 block, 70% min – 30% excellent), Evans 31 (23/43 fps, 1 ace, 7 blocks), 67% min – 36% excellent) / Kourtidou (λ, 62% min – 38% excellent), Kampouri (λ), Tani, Lappa.