Overview
- Cucine Lube Civitanova beat Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-1 (25-21, 28-26, 18-25, 25-21), extending an unbeaten home run and moving ahead of Piacenza in the Superlega table.
- Service proved decisive with Civitanova striking 14 aces to Piacenza’s 5, while Alex Nikolov led Lube with 21 points and Loeppky earned match MVP again.
- Piacenza’s Alessandro Bovolenta topped all scorers with 26 points at 77% attack, but the visitors squandered three set points in the second set.
- In Euroleague basketball, Olympiacos defeated Virtus Bologna 97-94 despite a late rally from a 20-point deficit, with Shemar Dorsey and Evan Fournier combining for 44 points.
- In Serie A2 women’s volleyball, C.B.L. Costa Volpino won 3-1 at Itas Trentino to confirm first place, powered by MVP Aurora Pistolesi’s 30 points.