European Volleyball League fierce battle overseas players appeared Zhu Ting's first Serie A defeat to Ding Xia and Zhang Jingyin made their season debut
Beijing time on October 23, the 2023-2024 season of the European Volleyball Professional League kicked off, the weekend of national league fierce battles, Chinese players who went to play in Europe appeared. In the third round of the Serie A Women's Volleyball League, Scandicci, who renewed Zhu Ting's contract, lost 2-3 to Milan and suffered the first defeat of the new season; Busto Asizio, joined by Wang Simin, lost 2-3 to Roma in 3 games. In the third round of the Polish Super League Women's Volleyball League, Police Chemical beat Bydgoszcz 3-0 to win three consecutive victories, and Ding Xia, who stayed in the ocean for the first time, came off the bench twice and contributed one point to her debut in the Polish Super League. In the second round of the Russian Premier League Men's Volleyball League, Belgorod Lion Head defeated Samotello 3-0, and Zhang Jingyin, who played in Europe again, made his Russian Premier League debut, and scored the second highest score of the team with 10 points.
Serie A women's volleyball team: Zhu Ting 14 points, Scandicci lost for the first time, Wang Simin replaced Busto in 3 games
In the third round of the regular season of the Serie A women's volleyball team, Milan and Scandicci, who finished second and third respectively in the previous edition, competed. Although Scandicci fought back when the score was 0-2 down, he could not withstand the tiebreaker when the ace of the opponent received Egnu injured and the side once prevailed, losing 2-3 after five games, and temporarily ranked fourth after suffering the first loss of the new season, with the scores of five sets 25-27, 18-25, 27-25, 25-22 and 14-16.
In this game, Zhu Ting started the game with 12 deductions, 1 block and 1 shot, contributing 14 points, including 28 deductions, 12 of 12 turnovers and 1 block, with a success rate of 43%. In addition, Zhu Ting received 22 first passes and made 2 mistakes, with a first-pass rate and a perfect arrival rate of 68% and 55% respectively.
Scandicci's receiver Antropova scored a team-high 19 points, L. Nvacaro contributed 18 points, Zhu Ting (China) and Carroll (Brazil) combined with 14 points, and Herbots (Belgium) scored 9 points. Milan's receiver Egnuhau won the scoring title with 33 points, while the secondary attack Retek (USA) scored 13 points and won the MVP of a single game.
Chinese libero Wang Simin's Busto Asizio lost 3-2 away to Roma, and are temporarily second from bottom in the three games since the start of the match, with scores of 20-25, 21-25, 25-20, 25-23 and 13-15 in five sets. Wang Simin played as a back-row substitute of the team, and made a brief appearance in the third, fourth and fifth innings to receive one pass, and the first pass rate and perfect arrival rate were both 100%.
Bo Super Women's Volleyball: Police Chemical won 3 consecutive victories Ding Xia Liuyang made her debut twice and contributed 1 point off the bench
Chinese women's volleyball second setter Ding Xia tried to play in Europe for the first time in the new season, she left for Police Chemical Club on the 19th to report, participated in the team's first training on the 20th, and entered the team in the third round of the Polish Super League on the 22nd.
Chemical-Police beat Bydgoszcz 3-0 away to win three straight games, 25-23, 25-17 and 25-22. In this game, Ding Xia came off the bench in the first and third games, scoring 2 deductions and 1 turnover, contributing 1 point, completing her debut in the Polish Super League. Her teammate, deputy Kakovleska scored 13 points to win the MVP of a single game.
Russian Super League men's volleyball: Belgorod lion's head won both battles Zhang Jingyin scored 10 points in his debut
Zhang Jingyin, the only member of the Chinese men's volleyball team to play in Europe this season, moved from the Polish Premier League to the Russian Premier League, another top volleyball professional league, and joined the Lion Head Club in Belgorod, becoming the first Chinese player to play in the Russian Premier League. Zhang Jingyin made his season debut in the second round of the Russian Premier League men's volleyball regular season against Samotello, helping the team win two consecutive games 3-0, with the scores of the three sets 25-17, 25-19 and 25-20.
Zhang Jingyin started the first two games and scored the second highest score of 10 points, of which 16 attacks were 9 of 1 blocked, success rate and efficiency were 56% and 50% respectively. In addition, Zhang Jingyin also received the team's most 14 first-pass zero-error, one-pass placement rate and perfect placement rate of 50% and 29% respectively.