Volleyball, in Malta San Marino ok with Northern Ireland
Small Countries Association women’s tournament: the titans win at the tie-break
Sport
San Marino Republic
| 15:26 – May 28, 2022
The European Sca (Small Countries Association) tournament for women’s national teams began at 7 pm in Malta, involving the Titan team, Northern Ireland and the host team. There are no titles up for grabs. The Irish and San Marino have opened the dispute by giving life to a match closed only at the tie-break after a fluctuating game: (25/19 17/25 17/25 25/21 12/15).
Chronicle. The girls led by coach Cristiano Lucchi play a rather tight first set while opponents are a bit more precise in defense and reception. We do not see a big difference in the quality of the game so much so that after this first partial lost 19/25, Tura and her teammates play two good sets that dominate even more clearly than the two 25/17 collected, so much so that be ahead 18/8 in the second and 21/11 in the third. In the fourth round of play San Marino shoots itself in the foot by itself starting very badly (1/4).
In the end, the gap is four points (21/25) after playing well on par, even if with a few mistakes too many. The tiebreak soon took the road of the Republic. We go to the change of field on 8/5 for the titans thanks to two attacks by Linda Ricciotti that dig a small groove. On 10/8 comes the decisive break again with two attacks by Ricciotti, one by Federica Tura and an error in the opponent’s attack (8/14). Some thrills in the final when you have to wait for an error in the serve by the Irish to finish 15/12.
SAN MARINO Lazzari 1, Menicucci 2, Esposito 2, Bernardi 1, Pasolini (L1), Renzi, Tani 10, Stefanelli, Ricciotti 15, Tura 14. NE: Valentini, Grossi (L2).
Results
Friday 27 May at 7 pm Northern Ireland – San Marino 2 to 3
Saturday 28 May at 7 pm Malta – Northern Ireland
Sunday 29 May at 7pm San Marino – Malta
Classification
San Marino PG 1 PV 1 PP 0 SV 3 SP 2 Points 2.
Northern Ireland PG 1 PV 0 PP 1 SV 2 SP 3 Points 1.
Malta PG 0 PV 0 PP 0 SV 0 SP 0 Points 0.