Professional Males
December 13, 2023
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The FIVB Membership World Championships completed in Bengaluru, India, as Sir Susa Perugia gained for the second consecutive 12 months and did it with out injured Wilfredo Leon.
Micah Ma’a and Halkbank Ankara certified for the event by reaching the semifinals of final season’s CEV Champions League. The finalists from the Champions League have been each from Poland and determined to say no their bids, since their home and continental schedules are so busy. That opened the door for Halkbank and Perugia, which each reached the semifinals of the Champions League final season.
Halkbank went 1-3 and completed fourth of six groups. After opening the week getting swept by Suntory Sunbirds, the champions from Asia, Ma’a set Halkbank to a sweep of Sada Cruzeiro. That eradicated Sada, the South American champion. Halkbank was swept by Perugia within the semifinals and misplaced in 5 once more to Suntory within the bronze-medal match.
Poland
Nicolas Szerscen had 23 kills and a block however Indykpol AZS Olsztyn misplaced in 5 to Barkom Kazany Lviv. Josh Tuaniga set Olsztyn to a .389 hitting share and added an ace.
Erik Shoji handed 46 p.c positively and 29 p.c excellent in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle’s five-set defeat to Bogdanka LUK Lublin.
Olsztyn completed the week with a sweep of Cuprum Lubin .Tuaniga had an ace and a kill whereas setting the crew to a .373 assault effectivity. Szerszen was MVP with 15 factors. Jake Hanes performed in two units for Cuprum Lubin and had 5 kills and a block.
ZAKSA, swept by Trefl Gdansk, went winless for the week. Shoji turned in a 67 and 27 p.c passing efficiency.
Russia
Zenit Kazan gained two five-setter. Micah Christenson was given a relaxation towards Yenisei Krasnoyarsk, however began the fifth set to safe the 15-11 victory and had two aces and two blocks.
Christenson then set Kazan to a .364 assault effectivity in a win over Kuzbass Kemerovo.
Italy
Gioiella Prisma Taranto misplaced in 4 to Fuel Gross sales Piacenza. Kyle Russell had 5 aces with 4 errors and added 9 kills and a block. Jeff Jendryk had seven kills in as many swings and a block.
Alex Nikolov matched Ivan Zaytsev’s 16 factors to steer Lube Civitanova to a four-set win over Cisterna Volley. Nikolov had a block, three aces, and a team-high 12 kills.
Francesco Sani got here off the bench and completed the match for Rana Verona in a five-set victory over Allianz Milano, ending with 14 kills and two blocks, hitting .423.
Türkiye
Matt Anderson had 11 kills, hit .500, and had two aces and a block as Ziraat Bankasi swept Model Group Alanya Belediyespor.
Japan
The VLeague is on hiatus till December 23, however the Emperor’s Cup is underway. Aaron Russell and the JT Thunders Hiroshima beat Fragolad Kagoshima and Nippon Metal Sakai Blazers. No stats have been out there.
Thomas Jaeschke’s Panasonic Panthers defeated Nihon College and the Tokyo Nice Bears. Panasonic and JT Thunders play within the semifinals Saturday. The ultimate is Sunday.
France
Regardless of Kyle Dagostino passing 83 p.c positively and 78 p.c excellent, Narbonne misplaced in 4 to Arago de Sete.
Chaumont moved into first place with a sweep of Paris. Joe Worsley set Chaumont to a .514 hitting share and scored on two kills. Pat Gasman had 4 kills on 4 makes an attempt and had two aces. Michael Marshman had 4 kills, two blocks and an ace. Colton Cowell led Paris with 9 kills and an ace. Daniel Wetter had 4 kills and a block.
Saint Nazaire fell to Poitiers in 5 as Jordan Ewert and Kyle Ensing each scored 25 factors within the loss. Ewert hit .526 on his option to 23 kills, a block and an ace. Ensing scored on 23 kills and two blocks. Quinn Isaacson earned a kill and set Saint Nazaire to a .420 assault effectivity.
Ensing and Ewert each earned 15 kills for Saint Nazaire in a four-set win towards Arago de Sete. Ensing had three aces and two blocks, whereas Ewert added a block. Isaacson scored one from the service line to go together with two kills.
Wetter had seven kills and an ace for Paris in a 21-25, 25-23, 25-18, 23-25, 20-18 win over Plessis-Robinson. Cowell got here off the bench within the first set and completed the match and had 5 kills, two aces and a block.
Narbonne earned its first win of the season with a four-set determination over Good. Dagostino handed 63 p.c positively and 26 p.c completely.
With Nantes Reze needing 5 units to beat Poitiers, Chaumont prolonged its lead on the prime of the standings with a victory over Montpellier in 4 units. All three American center blockers noticed motion within the match, and all of them scored seven factors. Dan McDonnell had six kills and a block. Gasman began the match, performed two units, put away 4 kills and had three blocks. Marshman changed Gasman within the second set, scoring on three kills, three blocks and an ace. Worsley set Chaumont to a .506 hitting share.
Germany
WWK Holleys Herrsching was the primary crew to e-book its spot within the German Cup with a semifinal sweep of Helios Grizzlys Giesen. Herrsching’s Joel Schneidmiller had an ace.
Herrsching beat SVG Lüneburg and can face the Berlin Recycling Volleys within the closing. Cody Kessel earned a block as an alternative to Berlin. Matt Knigge had 9 kills and two aces for Lüneburg. Blake Leeson had six kills and three blocks. Gage Worsley handed 31 p.c positively and s6 p.c excellent. It was the second consecutive season that Berlin eradicated Lüneburg from the German Cup in 5 units.
JT Hatch got here off the bench within the second set and had two kills for Giesen, which swept ASV Dachau.
Matt Slivinsky began at exterior hitter for Lüneburg and performed two units in a three-set win towards Baden Volleys SSC Karlsruhe, placing away 5 kills to to wit three kills and a block. Worsley handed 60 p.c positively and 10 p.c excellent.
Kessel began the match and had 11 kills and three blocks for Berlin in a four-set win over FT 1844 Freiburg. Frieburg’s Ian Parish had 9 kills and hit .583.
Schneidmiller had two kills and a block for Herrsching in a sweep of VC Bitterfeld-Wolfen.
Austin Matautia led Haching Munich to its first Bundesliga win with with 14 kills and two blocks in a victory over KW Netzhoppers KW Bestensee within the final German match of the weekend.
Argentina
Brandon Rattray averaged 6.67 factors per set for UPCN in a sweep of Membership Atlético As soon as Unidos with 18 kills and two blocks whereas hitting .322. He’s nonetheless the highest scorer in Argentina at 5.63 factors per set this season.
Austria
Tim McIntosh handed 42 p.c positively and 23 p.c excellent for Hypo Tirol Volley in a win over VBC TLC Weiz.
Finland
Chase Direito hit .545 and completed with seven kills for VaLePa in a five-set defeat to Kokkolan Tiikerit on December 6. That was adopted up with a five-kill, one-block efficiency in a sweep of the Vantaa Geese three days later.
Colin Lovejoy scored 9 factors within the center for Kyky-Betset in a four-set win towards Karelian Hurmos on December 6. Lovejoy scored on six kills, two blocks, and one ace. He scored 5 factors on 4 kills and a block in victory over TUTO Volley on December 10.
Felix Egharevba hit .667 on his option to seven kills for Raision Loimu in a straight-sets victory over TUTO Volley on December 8.
Greg Petty opened the weekend with 17 factors as Hurrikaani-Loimaa beat Save Volley in 4 units on December 9. Troy Gooch, at the moment rated as the highest libero in Finland, handed 50 p.c positively and 23 p.c excellent.
Petty scored 25 the following day in a win over Karelian Hurmos. His factors got here by means of 23 kills and two aces. Gooch handed 62 p.c positively and 38 p.c excellent.
Greece
Ryan Coenen scored on 10 kills and a block for A.O. Kalamata ‘80 however misplaced to AONS Milon. Matt West set Kalamata to a .308 assault effectivity and had two kills.
Czech Republic
Mark Olsen hit .600 with three kills and two blocks for VK Ostrava in a five-set loss to Benatky n.J.
Spencer Olivier got here off the bench within the second set and completed for Karlovarsko, which was swept by Odolena Voda. He had six kills, two blocks and hit .308. Tommy Carmody hit -.333 however had two aces and a kill.
Jordan Kerkvliet had 5 kills and a block in five-sets misplaced for Odolena Voda to Beskydy.
Carmody led Karlovarsko with three blocks and two kills, however his crew misplaced in 4 to Lvi Praha.
Serbia
Jaylen Jasper had 19 kills, three aces and two blocks in Spartak Subotica’s 25-12, 25-23, 31-33, 25-22 victory over NIŠ.
Netherlands
Lycurgus fell in 5 to Sliedrecht Sport. Cole Bogner set Lycurgus and scored on two blocks and an ace. Kyle McKauley completed with 15 kills, two aces and two blocks. Cal Fisher had 14 kills, a block and an ace. Cole Gillis had 9 kills and two blocks.
McCauley led Lycurgus 12 kills, a block and ace in a sweep of Scherp in Packaging ZVH.