In the early morning of April 28, Beijing time, the final of the 2023-2024 Serie A Women's Volleyball League entered the fourth leg of the competition.
In the first three legs, defending champion Conegliano lost first and then won two games in a row, and the big score was 2-1. In the fourth leg, Scandic who returned to his home stadium had to win in order to have the possibility of continuing the game. But the result was not satisfactory, Scandic did not give strength to the side attack, Koné dominated the game, won the fourth leg 3-1, and finally won the championship with a big score of 3-1. Sweden's Hack was named the MVP of Serie A this season. This is also Koné's "sixth consecutive league title" since the 2017-2018 season. In addition to the league title this season, Koné has already won the Coppa Italia and Super Cup, and the Champions League will continue in May. Scandic unfortunately relegated to second place in Serie A.
Contest Details:
In the first game, Scandic started well and maintained the starting advantage. Although the opponent kept tying the score until it was 23-all, Scandic withstood the pressure and finally won the first game 25-23
In the second game, the contest between the two sides entered a white-hot one, and it was entangled until 13 draws. In the middle of the game, Scandic was beaten to a wave of 10-1 on the serve of Voloz and Lubian, and Herbots was replaced with an unstable pass, and finally lost the game 17-25.
In the third game, after 8-7, Scandic was stuck in the reverse wheel, Antropova did not get the ball in the fourth position, and Herbots smashed the ball out of bounds in the second position, losing 5 points in a row. In the middle of the game, Scandic's attack was blocked, and he chose "two points for three points", and Rudings replaced Zhu Ting, which had some effect at first, and Herbots made consecutive strong attacks to chase the score to 14-16. But then Koné blocked the net, and Scandic was never able to reverse the decline, and finally lost another game 17-25.
In the fourth game, Rudings replaced Zhu Ting and got the chance to start. But Scandicci's attack still did not improve, and the score was pulled away at the beginning, falling behind 4-8. At 10-15 in the game, seeing that the situation was even worse, Scandic chose to replace Zhu Ting. Koné was stuck in the reverse round, and Zhu Ting and Hullbots improved their offense at the No. 4 position, chasing the score to 16-17. With Antropova's block score, Scandic finally tied the score, 20-20.
With a pass in place, Odjenovic wanted to use the fast attack of the secondary attack to score points, but unfortunately Nwakalo was useless, either a mistake or blocked, Koné seized the opportunity to score four points in a row and won the match point at 24-20. With Antropova jumping into the net, Koné sealed the win 25-21.
After losing the game, Antropova couldn't help but sit on the ground and cry. Herbots was also in tears when he was interviewed. Although the Serie A runners-up were already the team's best result in the league, they could have done better, especially in the second leg after leading twice at home but were overturned, which was a bit of a bit of a struggle.
Whole game stats
Scandic attacked 49-70, blocked 6-7, served 3-4, and sent 22-17 with an opponent's error.
In terms of individual scores
Scandicci
Antropova scored 22 points, 41 shots, 19 shots, 2 blocks and 1 shot.
Hullbots had 10 points and was 10-of-31.
Zhu Ting scored 8 points, 28 deductions and 8 hits.
Linda Nwakalo 7 points, Carroll 7 points, Diop 1 point, Rudins 1 point, Odjenovic 1 point, Washington 1 point.
Conegliano
Harker had 29 points, 53 deductions, 27 shots and 2 blocks.
Plummer had 18 points, 17 of 34 deductions and 1 block.
Rubian had 12 points, 8-of-15, 2 blocks and 2 shots.
Robinson had 10 points and was 10-of-26.
Farr had 9 points, 9 deductions, 8 shots and 1 block.
Voloz 2 points, Squarcini 1 point.
Starting line-up for the game
Scandic mainly attacked Zhu Ting and Herbots, secondary attack Carol and Linda Nwakallo, response Antropova, second setter Odjenovic, libero Parocchial.
Conegliano is the main attack on Robinson and Plummer, the secondary attack is Lubian and Farr, the receiver is Harker, the second setter Voloz, and the libero De Gennaro.
Zhu Ting ended this season's Serie A game and also ended her cooperation with Scandicci, and she can focus on the Chinese women's volleyball national team until the Paris Olympics. Head coach Cai Bin hopes that Zhu Ting can return to the team in the second week of the World Women's Volleyball League in Macau (May 29), and she can rest and adjust during this time. However, judging from the current situation, Zhu Ting's return to the team is likely to be advanced.