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Richmond defend unbeaten run and move to 2nd place
17th November 2008
Richmond Volleyball battling display earned them two National League Division 3 Eastern Conference victories over the weekend against Dartford 3-0 and London Lynx 3-0 in front of a energetic crowd of 35 people and moved to 2nd place in the league.
G.Scatigna-Gianfagna held a great blocking line as Richmond claimed a convincing win against Dartford. In the 1st set the visitors struggled to gain any momentum however in the 2nd Richmond did ease up and made several unforced errors. Strong serving by T.Olivera and G.Scatigna-Gianfagna blocking secured the 2nd set. In the 3rd set Richmond put some early pressure and took complete control with their fluid attacking game.
Final Result: Richmond Volleyball [3] v Dartford VC [0]
Set Results: 25-13 ; 25-19 ; 25-12
Richmond's Player of the Match:: G.Scatigna-Gianfagna
Richmond’s 2nd match of the day was built-up as a local derby and with the crowd behind the home side, Richmond looked in the mood to add to their tally of five wins against a strong London Lynx side who brought two NVL Division 1 players and an ex England Junior setter.
Richmond’s 1st set performance saw them soak up some early pressure from Lynx’s attack before defending three balls to take the lead and secure the set. The 2nd set proved also difficult with Lynx taking an early advantage (15-11) on strong float serve and block. Richmond did not lose belief and confidence and restored the deficit to an 18-17 lead with intelligent hitting by E. Penglis and D.Cleather. The set remained very close at 22:22 and then two unforced errors by Lynx gave Richmond the advantage to take the 2nd set. Although the job was not done the momentum was with Richmond in the 3rd and they maintained the pressure with strong blocking and defence finishing.
Richmond coached praised his team's battling display after their 2 NVL match victories. We played well but need to concentrated very hard. The team is showing more consistency in their play and we had to roll our sleeves-up and defend our unbeaten league run.
Thank you to the supporters. The team is now looking forward to their next match against league leaders Tendring VC on Sunday 30th November at Kingston College Arena - come and support us!.
Final Result: Richmond Volleyball [3] v London Lynx [0]
Set Results: 25-20; 25-23; 25-19
Richmond's Player of the Match:: E.Penglis
Team List:
E.Penglis (cpt), T.Olivera, P.Ceglowski, G.Scatigna-Gianfagna, M.Ghelfi, D.Cleather, T.Lasocki, L.Tomášek, T.Stepien; M.Sokolowski, D.Rijvers (Coach)
Total spectators: 35
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