A-1 women: Vero Volley beats Scandicci and gets closer to 2nd place. Perugia saves, Roma almost

Penultimate day of the women's A-1 championship.

Perugia remains in A1. After today's 3-point victory, Bartoccini can celebrate, with a day to spare, mathematical salvation. Excellent game by Ricci (MVP of the match) and the usual Nemeth (19 points). Talmassons' players fought until the last ball, giving life to a heated and exciting match. Despite the relegation, the Friulians did not disgrace themselves and played with pride, honoring the A1 championship.

Perugia: Nemeth 19 points, team blocks 11, team ace 1.

Talmassons: Strantzali 11 points, team 8 blocks (5 Kocic), team 2 aces.

Very important victory for Rome in the key to salvation. An extraordinary match for the Giallorosse at the E-Work Arena who, despite the less than optimal health of Orvosova, found in Salas (MVP and top scorer with 24 points), Adelusi and Melli the offensive terminals to knock down Uyba. The entire team led by Cuccarini found the right mix with effective plays, intelligent serves and solid blocks. Many errors by the farfalle (23) compared to the Capitoline (15). For Busto a defeat that does not compromise their ambitions, remaining firmly in sixth place in the standings with 39 points. Good performance by Piva, among others, with 18 points on the scoresheet. For the Wolves, eleventh place with a one-point margin over Florence.

Bust: Piva 18 points, team blocks 8 (4 Van Avermaet), team aces 2.

Rome: Salas 24 points, team blocks 8 (4 Ciarrocchi), team aces 3.

an exciting game that the spectators at the Palasport in Cuneo witnessed, where the home team won on advantage of the tie-break. Salvation achieved for the cats who celebrated in front of their home crowd. The two teams battled without for over 2 and a half hours. Bjelica was a thorn in the side with 28 points on the scoresheet, as were Kapralova (20) and Polder (Mvp,17). For Bergamo, excellent performances by Cese Montalvo (28) and Piani (25).

Cuneo: Bjelica 28 points, team blocks 12, team aces 3.

Bergamo: Cese Montalvo 28 points, team blocks 11 (5 Cese Montalvo), team aces 5 (3 Manfredini).

Novara wins but closes fourth in the regular season: they will find Chieri in the playoff quarterfinals. The tiebreak against Vallefoglia distances Bernardi's team from Milan and Scandicci by 4 and 5 points. The first 3 sets were painful in attack for Igor, but Bosio (MVP) found a crescendo ending by relying on Alsmeier and Mims. For Megabox, Lee and Candi were excellent at blocking, in addition to the usual Bici: they will have flown to the end with Bergamo for seventh place, useful for avoiding Conegliano in the quarterfinals. Novara: Alsmeier 19 points, Muri team 15 (Aleksic 4), Ace team 8 (Mims 3).

Vallefoglia: Bici 28 points, Muri team 17 (Candi 7, Weitzel 5, Bici 4), Ace team 7 (Bici 3).

Milan beats Scandicci again in the tiebreak, halving the disadvantage in the standings with the Tuscans, now reduced to 1 point. The race for second place will be resolved only on Saturday. A swinging match, in Monza, between two teams that want to play and win it, and to do so they look for extraordinary solutions. MVP Paola Egonu, who starts quietly but takes the stage with 31 points, but excellent things come from Kurtagic, from Fukudome from the bench, and from the block. Antropova instead fails, always courageous but blocked 11 times. Ognjenovic and Carol dispense high-level shots that, however, are not enough.

Milan: Egonu 31 points, Muri team 19 (Kurtagic 6, Danesi 5, Sylla 4), Ace team 6 (Egonu 3).

Scandicci: Antropova 20 points, Muri team 9 (Carol 5), Ace team 5.

Victory over Chieri for Pinerolo, who bids farewell to the home crowd with a victory. A match with little to say ends 3-1 (Pinerolo out of the playoffs, Chieri with a 4-point advantage over Busto and with Novara far behind), marred by the serious injury in the warm-up for Katerina Zakcaiou, who, landing after an attack, unnaturally bends her left ankle and is taken out on a stretcher. Collinari is in shock for a long time, and Pinerolo wins the match thanks to an excellent performance in service and the convincing performance of Sofia D'Odorico (MVP), while Chieri is betrayed by Skinner.

Pinerolo: Smarzek 22 points, Muri team 7, Ace team 12 (Akrari 3).

Chieri: Gicquel 14 points, Muri team 10 (Alberti 4), Ace team 0.