Imoco Volley Equalize World Record After Tiebreak Win
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The reigning CEV Champions League Volley champions, Imoco Volley Conegliano got used to winning their matches in five sets this season, at the same time Volero Le Cannet continued their invincibility without losing a set this weekend.
Imoco visited Bosca S.Bernardo Cuneo in the seventh round of the Italian Women’s Super League. Even though the encounter was not expected to be this intense, Cuneo put such a great effort on the court and took a 2-1 lead. However, led by Paola Egonu, Imoco showed their quality and won the tough battle in the tie-break (3-2: 22-25, 25-15, 20-25, 25-18, 15-8).
With this victory, Imoco extended their winning streak to 73 matches and tied the Guinness World Record for consecutive victories of a women’s volleyball team. The joint record holder is VakifBank Istanbul for now, as they won 73 times in a row between 2012-2014. This also means that Imoco can set a new all-time world record if they win their next match.
Italian superstar Paola Egonu didn’t let the streak end and became the top scorer of the fight with a total of 30 points. On the Cuneo side, 22-year-old Russian outside spiker Sofya Kuznetsova tallied 23 points, followed by French opposite Lucille Gicquel with 16.
The CEV Cup participant Volero Le Cannet have not been defeated yet in the French Ligue A Feminine: Even though things got complicated in the second set, they eventually beat Vandoeuvre Nancy without losing a set: (3-0: 25-17, 32-30, 25-15) and remained on top of the standings after the ninth round.
Maja Aleksic stood out with her huge performance, including five blocks - the Serbian middle blocker took 20 points. Emily Thater’s 15 points were not enough for Nancy to change the course of the game.
In the most anticipated clash of the Turkish Sultanlar League, the last domestic champion and SuperFinalist VakıfBank overpowered another CEV Champions League participant THY ISTANBUL by 3-1 (29-27, 18-25, 32-30, 25-22) in a battle that lasted 130 minutes, to keep first place in the charts.
Even though Kiera Van Ryk stood out with 33 points for THY ISTANBUL, VakifBank delivered more of a team effort with Swedish star Isabelle Haak recording 24 points on her own.