In the early morning of May 4, Beijing time, the semifinals of the 2022-2023 Serie A Women's Volleyball League were all over. In the third leg tiebreaker, Zhu Ting and Yao Di's Scandicci defeated the previous runner-up Milan (Monza) 2-3 in five sets at home, and lost 1-2 on aggregate in a best-of-three series to the final, with five sets 21-25, 20-25, 26-24, 25-18 and 10-15. Zhu Ting started with 17 dunks and 1 block to score the team's second highest score of 18 points, and Yao Di appeared as a substitute in the first three games.
Risk-breaking Milan will face defending champions Conegliano for the second consecutive season, with a best-of-five final and the first leg set on May 6. Scandicci's season is all over. Although the team failed to reach the Serie A final, they have also completed their task of winning the Europa League and qualifying for next season's Champions League in the second place in the regular season of Serie A.
The Scandicci women's volleyball team focused on Zhu Ting's smash
In the tiebreaker with Milan, Zhu Ting once again scored the second highest score of 18 points, including 17 of 45 offensive deductions, 2 turnovers and 3 blocks, a success rate of 38%, and 1 point for blocking. In addition, she received 36 misses and 2 first-pass errors, with a first-pass arrival rate of 58% and a perfect arrival rate of 17%, respectively.
Semi-final decider Scandicci returned home and made changes to the starting line-up for the first time in the series, with ace libero Castillo (Dominica) returning to the main line-up, with Alberti teaming up with Washington (USA), as well as Zhu Ting (China) and Pietrini as well as Antropova (Russia) and setter I-Dieurio. Milan's line-up remains unchanged, starting with Larsson (USA) and Sheila, secondary attackers Free, Stevanović (Serbia), Thompson (USA), setter Oro and libero Parokiare.
Scandicci women's volleyball players encouraged each other
Facing the menacing Milan, the Scandicci women's volleyball team was repeatedly challenged, losing 21-25 and 20-25 in the first two games, and the big score was 0-2 behind. In the third game, Scandicci gritted his teeth in the adversity, and the key point at the end of the game competed for Zhu Ting's back-row achievement, and successfully prevented Tompuse's smash to create a counterattack opportunity for Pietrini, who helped Scandicci win 26-24 to win back.
The desperate Scandicci gained momentum in the fourth game, chasing the victory to win another game 25-18 and successfully chase the big score to 2 draws. Unfortunately, Scandicci was 3-2 in the tiebreaker and was overtaken by Milan 6-3. After that, Milan went from game to five points, and Scandicci boss Barborini called a timeout too late. With the opponent's secondary attack Stevanovic hitting the fastball, Scandicci lost 10-15 and lost 2-3 to Milan in the final.
Scandicci's receiver Antropova scored 27 points, Zhu Ting scored 18 points, and Pietrini and Washington scored 13 and 10 points. Milan's receiver Thompson won the scoring title and MVP with 28 points, with Sheila contributing 13 points, both attacking Fry and Stevanovic scoring 11 points, and Larsson scoring eight.
In the 2022-2023 season, Scandicci lost 2-3 to Milan in the third leg of the Serie A Women's Volleyball League semifinals