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December 6, 2023
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Not solely was there one other full set of fixtures in European cup competitions for a second consecutive week, however American followers have been handled to a Champions League matchup that includes a trio of Olympians who’ve 9 Champions League titles between them.
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle vs. Ziraat Bankasi featured the 2 most profitable American gamers within the historical past of the competitors.
Matt Anderson of Ziraat Bankasi has 4 Champions League titles. He and Zenit Kazan gained every version of the event from 2015 to 2018. David Smith and ZAKSA have gained the final three crowns. Erik Shoji was part of ZAKSA for the 2 most up-to-date titles.
ZAKSA traveled to Ankara, Türkiye, after dropping its third PlusLiga match of the 12 months, a four-set defeat to Barkom Kazanay Lviv within the Turkish Efeler League.
Anderson turned in a clutch efficiency down the stretch as Ziraat beat ZAKSA 26-24, 25-22, 18-25, 19-25, 15-12 ,main with 21 kills, a block and an ace. Within the fifth set, he scored 5 of his workforce’s final seven factors.
Smith had six kills and an ace for ZAKSA. His .400 hitting share was a bit decrease than has come to be anticipated from the three-time Olympian, however accidents have plagued the setting corps from ZAKSA. The membership needed to signal Radoslaw Gil after Marcin Janusz and Przemysław Stępień have been injured. Erik Shoji handed 45 % of his 20 receptions positively and 10 % completely.
Ziraat is atop Pool A at 2-0 with 5 factors. ZAKSA is 1-1 with 4 factors. The purpose ZAKSA earned on the street by taking the match to 5 units places the Polish membership forward of 1-1 Knack Roeselare. It is a acquainted state of affairs for ZAKSA, which completed second in its pool the final two years earlier than successful the title every time.
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów acquired into the win column with a three-set victory over ACH Volley Ljubljana of Slovenia. TJ DeFalco hit .526 on his approach to 12 kills and 5 blocks. The sweep places Resovia in second place of Pool B by advantage of units ratio with a 1-1 document and three factors.
Micah Ma’a and Halkbank Ankara needed to pull out a 29-27 win in set 4 to take its dwelling match towards the Berlin Recycling Volleys to a fifth set earlier than successful 15-10. Halkbank hit .280 and Ma’s had a kill, a block and an ace. Nimir Abdel-Aziz and Earvin N’Gapeth led Halkbank with 18 and 17 factors, respectively. Cody Kessel was used in its place in all 5 units for Berlin. Halkbank sits atop Pool C at 2-0 with 5 factors. Berlin is second at 1-1.
Matt Knigge hit .667 and had 4 kills, three blocks and an ace for SVG Lüneburg in a four-set victory over his former workforce, CV Guagas of Spain. The opposite center, Blake Leeson, had 4 kills and 4 blocks. Gage Worsley handed 63 % of his receptions positively and 38 % completely. Lüneburg is first place in Pool D with six factors on two wins.
Lube Civitanova swept VK Lvi Praha Alex Nikolov had a forgettable outing. He began the match however was changed within the first set after hitting -.600 on 5 makes an attempt with no kills. Lube (2-0) is atop Pool E.
CEV Cup
Chaumont was eradicated after dropping in 5 to the highest workforce in France, Nantes Reze. Chaumont changed most of its starters within the fifth set because the Nantes Reze had clinched development after successful the fourth set. Jose Worsleuy set Chaumont to a .382 hitting share within the 4 units he performed. Dan McDonnell had six kills and two blocks in 4 units. Pat Gasman got here on for McDonnell within the fifth and had two kills in as many assaults. Michael Marshman performed the entire match, ending with 5 kills, a block and an ace.
Karlovarsko earned its place within the subsequent spherical after taking the primary two units from VaLePa. Tommy Carmody completed with a block and a kill as each groups changed a lot of their lineups for the third set. Spencer Oliivier had 5 kills and hit .500 within the third set for Karlovarsko. Chase Direito had a kill and a block for VaLePa.
Cole Gillis led Lycurgus Gronigen with 9 kills, three blocks and an ace, however his workforce was eradicated after being swept by SC Prometry Dnipro. Cal Fisher had a 10-kill, one-block efficiency for Lycrugus. Kyle McKauley had eight kills. Settre Cole Bogner had two aces and a kill.
After pulling off an enormous upset towards Fenerbahce in Innsbruck per week in the past within the first leg, Hypo Tirol was eradicated by the membership from Istanbul. Tim McIntosh handed 50 % of his 40 receptions positively and 15 % good.
Chênois Genève beat Fino Kaposvar in 5 to advance.
CEV Problem Cup
Taylor Averill made his debut for Projeckt Warsaw in a sweep of Calcit Kamnik of Slovenia, coming off the bench within the second set to get two kills and two blocks. Warsaw performs Saint Nazaire within the subsequent spherical.
Saint Nazairehit .427 and is within the subsequent spherical after successful its first two units towards Deya Volley Burgas. Jordan Ewert led with eight kills in two units. Kyle Ensing contributed 4 kills. Quinn Isaacson set Saint Nazaire to a .433 hitting share within the two units he performed.
Ensings’s 19 factors and 16 from Jordan Ewert helped Saint Nazaire beat Deya Volley Burgas in 4 units. Setter Quinn Isacson had a block.
Jaylen Jasper put away 10 kills however struggled with 10 errors for Spartak Subotica. His Serbian membership was eradicated by Fonte Bastardo after dropping the return leg in 4 units. Jasper additionally had two blocks.
Poland
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn hit .500 and swept Enea Czarni Radom and setter Josh Tuaniga had an ace and a kill. Nicolas Szerszen, the 2016 NCAA participant of the 12 months, was again within the beginning lineup after an damage and has 12 kills, hitting .440.
Resovia swept PGE GiEK Skra Bełchatów as DeFalco hit.526 with 13 kills and an ace.
ZAKSA, persevering with to cope with accidents, swept Cuprum Lubin. Zapłacki, who has been taking part in with ZAKSA’s second workforce down within the Polish Third League since 2018, performed the entire match and had a kill in his solely try. Smith contributed 4 kills, hitting .500, and three blocks, and Shoji handed 50 % positively and 50 % good. Jake Hanes began at reverse for Lubin and hit .437 with 10 kills.
Russia
Micah Christenson had a kill as Zenit Kazan hit .491 and swept ASK Nizhny Novgorod.
Within the Russian Cup Zenit hit .411 and swept Lokomotiv Novosibirsk as Christenson additionally had and a block. Kazan performs Dynamo Moscow within the last on December 24.
Italy
Jeff Jendryk hit .800 and had 5 blocks and an ace for Taranto in a five-set loss to Valsa Group Modena. Kyle Russell had eight kills, two blocks and an ace.
Gabi Garcia led Pallavolo Padova with 19 factors in a 25-18, 18-25, 25-19, 25-18 victory towards Catania on December 3. He scored two factors from the service line, together with on match level. He additionally hit .451 in a 17-kill efficiency. Davide Gardini chipped in 14 kills, three aces, and a block.
Serbia
Jaylen Jasper had seven kills, a block and an ace however Spartak Subotica was swept by Mladni Radick.
Japan
Aaron Russell and the JT Thunders Hiroshima gained each its matches towards the Nagoya Wolfdogs. Russell’s 20 kills and two aces led Hiroshima to a four-set win and the following day he had 24 kills, a block and an ace in a five-set victory.
China
Max Holt made his first look for Beijing, which was swept by Jiangsu, this season and had three kills and a block, however left within the second set with an damage after touchdown on a teammate whereas closing a block.
Türkiye
After the win within the Champions League, Ma’a solely served as Halkbank Ankara swept Model Group Alanya Belediyespor.
Ziraat performed its second five-set match of the week, and Anderson had 26 kills and 6 aces in a 19-25, 25-16, 25-12, 23-25, 15-13 victory.
France
Saint Nazaire hit .413 and swept Toulouse as Ewert hit .500 on his approach to 9 kills, 4 blocks and an ace. Ensing had 10 kills, a block an ace.
Paris misplaced its sixth match of the season after being swept by Saint-Jean d’Illac. Colton Cowell performed a much bigger function than he had beforehand for Paris, coming off the bench within the first set and completed with eight kills, hitting .429, and an ace. Daniel Wetter scored from 4 kills and a blockt.
Chaumont misplaced its second match of the week and its second match of the Marmara SpikeLigue when it fell in 5 to Tourcoing. McDonnell scored on seven kills, hitting slightly below .500. Gasman began and had 4 kills with a block earlier than being changed by Marshman, who didn’t rating, within the fourth set. Worsley set Chaumont to a .328 hitting share. Each Chaumont and Tourcoing are 7-2, however Chaumont is in second place with 22 factors in comparison with Toucoing’s 20.
Narbonne fell to 0-9 with only one level after being swept by Excursions on December 2. Kyle Dagostino handed 81 % positively and 38 % completely with no errors in reception.
Germany
Berlin’s Kessel had six kills, hit .857 and had three blocks in a 25-19, 25-16, 25-22 win over ASV Dachau.
JT Hatch got here off the bench within the third set and had two kills and an ace in a sweep over TSV Haching Munich. Winless Munich’s Austin Matautia completed with three kills and a block however hit .000.
Joel Shneidmiller got here off the bench within the fourth set for WWK volleys Herrsching and had akill on two makes an attempt in a four-set loss to VfB Friedrichshafen.
Matt Slivinsky had eight kills and three aces as SVG Lüneburg swept FT 1844 Freiburg. Knigge earned three aces, two kills and a block, however hit .000. Worsley handed 82 % positively and 45 % completely. Freiburg’s Ian Parish had 4 kills and a block.
Argentina
Brandon Rattray led UPCN’s sweep of Membership Atletico River Plate with 16 kills, hitting .481, and three blocks. He leads the league at 5.44 factors per set.
Austria
Hypo Tirol Volley (8-0) swept VCA Amstetten NÖ as McIntosh handed 78 % positively and 56 % completely.
Finland
Savo Volley had a four-set win over Raision Loimu as Michael Michelau had seven kills and three blocks. Reison Loimu’ s Felix Egharevba had 5 kills and two blocks.
Greg Petty turned in a 24-point efficiency for Hurrikaani-Loimaa in a four-set victory towards Kokkolan Tiikerit. Petty had 5 aces, 18 kills and a block. Troy Gooch handed 50 % positively and 14 % good.
Colin Lovejoy had 10 kills, hitting .714, a block and an ace for Kyky-Betset in a five-set win over Raision Loimu on December 2. Egharevba had 9 kills, two aces, and two blocks.
Direito had 5 kills and 5 blocks in VaLePa’s loss to Akaa-Volley.
Savo Volley’s Michelau had 12 kills and an ace within the four-set victory over TUTO Volley.
Greece
Ryan Coenen had seven kills and setter Matt West had a kill and a block however A.O. Kalamata ‘80 was swept by Panathinaikos.
Czech Republic
Grant Marocchi of Brno hit .500 and had 9 kills and two blocks in a five-set loss to Dukla Liberec. Patrick Ross had 18 kills.
Jordan Kerkvliet began the third set within the center for Odolena Voda however didn’t rating in a sweep by České Budějovice.
Mark Olsen had two blocks and two kills for VK Ostrava in a four-set loss to Příbram.
Tommy Carmody completed a sweep of Zlín with two kills, two blocks and an ace. Spencer Olivier got here off the bench within the third set for Karlovarsko and had two kills on two swings.
Switzerland
James Norris put up 5 blocks and 4 kills for Chênois Genève in a 36-38, 26-24, 25-14, 25-21 win over Volley Amriswil. Dennis Del Valle handed 69 % completely and 56 % completely.
Netherlands
Lycurgus fell in 4 units to Lively Residing Orion as Cole Gillis led with 19 kills. Cal FIsher had 9 kills and a block. Kyle McCauley completed with three kills and an ace. Setter Cole Bogner had two aces.