The last game of the semifinals of the 2023-2024 Italian Women's Volleyball League season is over, and the defending champion Conegliano refused to be upset, and they swept the strong rival Novara women's volleyball team 3-0 in three straight games at home, defeating the opponent with a total score of 2-1 and advancing to the championship and runner-up finals of the Italian Women's Volleyball League this season. It is worth mentioning that, according to Italian media reports, Zhu Ting will join the Conegliano women's volleyball team next season, which can be regarded as Zhu Ting's meeting with her old club in advance, but this time the two sides are fighting across the net on the court instead of cooperating. I don't know if Zhu Ting can lead the Scandic women's volleyball team to defeat the defending champion in the face of the defending champion Conegliano women's volleyball team?
The third leg of the semifinals between the Conegliano women's volleyball team and the Novara women's volleyball team is particularly eye-catching, the last game Conegliano women's volleyball team unexpectedly lost 2-3 to the Novara women's volleyball team, a big upset, the Conegliano women's volleyball team not only ended the 45-game winning streak, but also forced themselves into a desperate situation, and the two sides must decide the finals through the decisive match. The Scandicci women's volleyball team led by Zhu Ting, the core of the Chinese women's volleyball team, eliminated the Milan women's volleyball team led by Egnu in two straight games to advance to the finals. However, as the most consistent team in Serie A this season, Conegliano obviously will not lose two games in a row on the same opponent, although the Novara women's volleyball team played tenaciously in the knockout stage, but there is a gap in the strength of the two teams in the end, Conegliano refused to be reversed, they swept the opponent 3-0 in straight games at home, and advanced to the final of the Serie A championship and runner-up.
In view of the importance of the third game, both sides played with their main forces, and the Conegliano women's volleyball team sent famous players such as Haque, Plummer, Robinson, and Farr, while the Novara women's volleyball team was led by Markova and Danesi. In the first game, the two sides started with fierce competition, the defending champions gradually took the initiative in the middle game, and at the end of the game they held the lead to take the lead 25-19, and in the second game, the two sides competed fiercely, the scores of the two teams were not pulled apart, and at the end of the game, Conegliano relied on Hack's excellent performance to take the next game 25-22, leading 2-0.
In the third game, Conegliano became more and more courageous, they basically did not give the Novara women's volleyball team too many opportunities, and the active Plummer helped the team win the third game 25-20, and Conegliano defeated the Novara women's volleyball team 3-0 to win the decisive game, defeating the Novara women's volleyball team with a total score of 2-1 and advancing to the final of the Serie A championship and runner-up this season. Conegliano was in full bloom in this game, with top scorer Haque scoring 18 points on 18-of-27 shooting, Plummer scoring 15 points, Robinson scoring 12 points, Farr scoring 7 points, and Novara's Markova, who led the team to victory in the last game, scoring 15 points.
After reaching the final, Conegliano will attack the league for six consecutive championships, and they will compete with the Scandicci women's volleyball team for the Serie A championship this season, and it is worth mentioning that Zhu Ting, the core of the Chinese women's volleyball team, will meet with Conegliano, the owner of the next season. Recently, Gabi, the main attacker of the Brazilian women's volleyball team, confirmed that she will join Zhu Ting to join Conegliano next season, it seems that it is no secret that Zhu Ting joined Conegliano, and I don't know how Zhu Ting will perform in the final against her new club. Judging from the comparison of the strength of the Conegliano and Scandic women's volleyball teams, the defending champion Conegliano is still slightly better, after all, the opponent is the undisputed king of Serie A in recent seasons, they have won the Serie A championship for five consecutive seasons, and they are determined to win six consecutive championships this season, but since Conegliano can be ended by the Novara women's volleyball team in the semifinals, it shows that they are not invulnerable, as long as Scandic can play their due level in the final, then it is not impossible for them to upset and win the Serie A championship this season。