Women’s Volleyball Cup: AO Thira escapes from Mikra 3-2 on Mars, comfortably Thetis

AO Thiras celebrated a big qualifying win in Thessaloniki, overcoming Aris’ resistance in the tie-break, beating him 3-2 sets and qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Women’s Volleyball Cup. In a game of upheaval, Santorini became the first team to be eliminated from the Mikra Hall with a win this season.

In the first set, Aris initially had the lead (7-5) with AOT, but was close and at 11-11 the visitors pulled away with Konstantinidou in service and Abbott at 11-16 and a little later at 14-20. Aris reduced to 18-21 with some errors, but the set went to AOTH.

The visitors dominated early in the second set, where they quickly created a difference (3-5, 7-12) that they held relatively easily until 12-18, before Evans burst out with consistently successful counterattacks Score brought the score to 15-18, while Aris after the time-out brought the match on point (17-18) to equalize 19-19! The level stayed at 20-20 when Aris ran a new series at 3-0 without AOTH able to respond to 1-1.

The third set was reminiscent of the first as Santorini led 11-14 with the services of Konstantinidou, but Aris reacted immediately and led his own series 5-0 16-14 and interest lasted until 17-17 when Aris was involved Series 7-1 reached 24-18. AOT reduced to 24-21, had another counterattack, but another error put Aris ahead.

However, Santorini got back into the game and didn’t let Aris have an advantage in the fourth set and equalized very easily. The guests found their rhythm again and controlled the tie break (0:2, 5:7, 7:10), Abbott brought the first match bowl (11:14) and Konstantinidou’s block against Evans made the final 2:3.

THE SENTENCES: 20-25, 25-21, 25-21, 17-25, 11-15

Thetis – Porphyras 3-0

Thetida Voulas became the first team to finish among the top eight teams in the Women’s Cup. Giorgos Rousis’ side prevailed 3-0 despite tough porphyras to secure tickets to the institution’s quarter-finals.

Essentially, play was judged in the first set, with Thetida struggling to receive and Porphyras taking first place in a set of bowls and even having three chances. Voula’s team with server Martha Anthouli took a 25-24 lead, Porphyras equalized but the hosts made it 1-0 by 27-25.

In the second and third set, Thetida Voulas had the lead from the start and won 25:15 and 25:20 to make it 3:0. Before the start of the match, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of Manolis Kelekos, the founder of the Porphyras volleyball department.

THE SENTENCES: 3-0 (27-25, 25-15, 25-20) in 79′

ΑΣΠ ΘΕΤΙΣ (George Rousis): Sirinina 5 (3/6 run, 1 ace, 1 block), Dragoumanou 15 (11/22 run, 2 aces, 2 blocks, 67% sub-67% excellent), Anthouli 19 (14/36 ff ., 4 aces, 1 block), Rusnatshenko 3 (3 blocks), Aktas 9 (6/18 ff., 1 ace, 2 blocks, 38% min. – 12% excellent), Papageorgiou 6 (2/ 5 episode, 1 Ace, 3 blocks) / Maniatogianni (l, 70% min – 30% excellent), Chatzigrigoriou 1 (1/1 episode), Apostolaki.

ΑΟΦ ΠΟΡΦΥΡΑΣ (Vassilis Pandis): Junta 13 (6/24ff, 5 aces, 2 blocks, 39% min – 22% excellent), Sante 5 (2/4ff, 1 ace, 2 blocks), Rodrεςguez 15 (15 / 38 ff.), Alisanova 2 (1/3 ff., 1 ace), Pavlenko 3 (3/9 ff., 38% min. – 25% excellent), Albani 1 (1/3 ff.) / Boutselakou ( λ, 67% votes – 33% excellent), Thalassinou 3 (3/10 ff., 45% votes – 18% excellent), Pontikaki.

Apollonios-Lamia 1-3

Although Apollonios had a tough time in Keratsini, Lamia qualified for the Quarterfinals of the Women’s Cup and won 3-1 sets.

The team of Catalin Keys, champions in the A’ group, A’ zone, women’s A2, put in a great performance, especially in service and attack, and pushed the limits of the Lamia team. Lamia made it difficult to make it 2-0, Apollonios didn’t put it down, reacted and shortened sets to 2-1 and almost sent the game into a tie-break, but the guests in the final of the fourth set became calmer and got the win – qualification.

THE SENTENCES: 1-3 (24-26, 16-25, 25-20, 25-27) at 101′

OFA APOLLONIUS (Cataline kiss): Efthymiadou 11 (11/28ff, 42% min – 32% excellent), Diki 6 (5/8ff, 1 ace), Sideratou 15 (12/41ff, 2 aces, 1 block), Ripnagia 24 (20/41ff, 4 aces, 36% min – 14% excellent), Lavda 7 (2/7ff, 3 aces, 2 blocks), Pata 6 (4/10ff, 1 ace, 1 block ). ) / Toulgaridou (λ, 39% yes. – 32% excellent), Vlachou (λ).

AO LAMIAS 2013 (Elias Angelis): Kountoura 6 (2/5ff, 2 aces, 2 blocks), Koumboura 14 (13/28ff, 1 ace, 25% min – 12% excellent), Pereira 25 (23/48ff, 1 ace, 1 block), Castillo 18 (14/31ff, 4 aces, 33% min – 11% excellent), Araoucho 6 (4/12ff, 2 blocks), Giannelou 2 (1/2ff, 1 ace ) / Kakouratou (39% Excellent – 22% Excellent), Darda, Kontonassiou, Tsimorokou