Bam Mondovì vs Akademia Sant’Anna Messina 1-3 (20-25, 25-23, 11-25,20-25)
Bam Mondovì: Fini (L) 0, Lancini ne, Giubilato (L) 0, Bosso 13, Viscioni 10, Marengo 2, Catania 10, Deambrogio 0, Tresoldi 7, Berger 13, Schmit 0, Manig 0. All. Basso, Ass. Brignone
Akademia Sant’Anna: Norgini 0, Olivotto 14, Carraro 3, Modestino 13, Rossetto 15, Mason 7, Trevisiol ne, Caforio (L) 0, Babatunde 2, Guzin 1, Diop 21. All. F.Bonafede, Ass. F.Ferrara
Referees: Luca Cecconato and Antonio Giovanni Marigliano
Video check: Marco Viale
Duration set: 22′, 31′, 20′, 28′
MVP: Bintu Diop (Akademia Sant’Anna)
Akademia Sant’Anna of Messina wins away against Bam Mondovì, maintaining their unbeaten record with six consecutive successes and taking the lead in group A. Coach Bonafede’s girls showed great solidity at the PalaManera of Mondovì, overcoming the young Piedmontese team by 3-1 despite the opposition’s resistance.
The match was intense: after a first set dominated by Akademia, Mondovì reacted in the second set, taking the lead and winning the set. However, the Sicilians regained control in the subsequent sets, prevailing in the third with a clear margin and closing the fourth set with a reassuring advantage.
Akademia thus rises to 17 points in the standings, overtaking San Giovanni, defeated in Lecco. Now he awaits two home matches against Picco Lecco and Casalmaggiorecrucial to consolidate the lead and get closer to qualifying for the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup, an objective that could be achieved with a victory in the next match.
Among the best on the pitch, Bintu Diop, MVP with 21 points, and Dalila Modestino, effective on the block with four winning blocks. Mondovì committed 31 errors against Messina’s 17, a detail that influenced the final result
Post-match, coach Fabio Bonafede’s statements: “It was a tougher match than expected because, it’s true that at times the game was lacking, but when Mondovì played, he did it very well, defending the impossible and proving that he doesn’t deserve the current ranking. Congratulations to the girls because it was the longest away match of the championship and we were in very particular conditions. It went well. We know that we are in a group where the matches are all difficult and we must never give up. We have put another piece in place and now we look to the next home game. A lot of satisfaction because the team knows how to manage even difficult moments and, when our opponents attack us sportingly, we start to bring out the right antibodies to defend ourselves.”