Chieri '76 vs Conegliano | Italian Volleyball LVF SerieA1 2025/2026

Far, so very good this season for the home side in blue. Real Madrid of Fenerbahce, 76, get the game underway and that is a punishing middle. Great pass, Van Halen goes wide. Big lefty swing out on that far side. Former club, Navarra, just the other week. Good blocking from Far, nice organisation from Sheehan Gabby and again. That's marvellous attention to detail, I think Sarah Far is emerging as one of the best middles we've seen in the game. These are your moments, these are your moments when you have to get your decisions right. Navini serves, Hawke the favourite to get the ball, the blockers were well organised. And Chieri with a chance, chance taken. Good work there from the home team. I'll keep you in touch with the points scoring as the game goes on, see which player emerges at the top of the charts. But I think we know that Hawke and Nemet are going to be in amongst it. And Bella Hawke with her fourth point of the game. So Ellis Dumbrink out on court as well now, doesn't get anywhere near Gabby though. Worth a throw this one from Nicola Negro, two excellent players. That'll do, out of system again. Isolated but a great swing from Künzler. Getting selected to be part of that fan group. And they are the fans that provide the soundtrack to all things Italian volleyball. Oh, just off the fingertips, that was a little too close from Navini. And the power volley is defended nicely. Nemet looks for the line, finds the line. And Chieri. Nicola Negro trying to make sure his blockers are focused on the right areas here. Good serve. Oh, real mix up again. And here's the chance. Nemet pounds it. Chieri takes set one, 25-22. And we could be in for a bit of a thriller tonight. Nemet to serve again. Juting. Pass, putting Volos under pressure. She couldn't quite get enough pump on that set out to Gabby. Huge, absolutely huge from Gabby. With real force. And she's done it here. That's a really good hit. Gray once again hits Juting. Pass is good enough. Great defence down the line from the middle player. And a ripper. Absolute ripper. It's the German middle blocker that serves. Nice pass from Di Gennaro. Nice work from Juting. Well, at the moment, the pressure that they are inviting is being absorbed pretty nicely. Stella Novini with another belting shot down the line. Oh, nice. Good travel. Kiri Keller not over-complicating that. Just trying to get out and hip to hip. Hitting some good ones. Another belting serve. Spirito keeps it the right side of the net. Not put away. By Künzler. And slapped home pretty easily. No setter required. Kieri won't mind a jot. Good service on to the game's top scorer. Juting is on 11. Gabby is blocked. And this is an excellent recovery from Kieri. Gray forcing the issue against Juting. Hawke comes back with a strong swing cross-court. Nemmet with that point moves to 10. Good blocking. Really nice. Only kidding refs. The quality of refereeing officiating here in Italy is just brilliant. Some of the most respected officials in the game. This is not going well at the moment for Panthers. Platform for your hitter. Either side. That works. That catches the blockers out. Good swing from Kieri Keller. Brave defence from Spirito. The captain doing a good job for Kieri. Still in play. Out of the back line. Good watch from Kunzler. She hits it hard. Doesn't score. Silla blocked. Massive again from Anna Gray. That's her second really huge block of the game. This time makes it. It's another out of system play. 17.24 down. And dealt with really easily. This is good stuff from Kieri. Just a tiny loss of rhythm towards the back end. This next point is a must for Kieri. Otherwise things get really tricky. Early. Good defence off the block from Volos. Hawke back on court ahead of Adigwe. Thumps it away from her body. Out of this world. Same for Agonit. That's nice. Well, it was really important that Stella Novini didn't tip another ball. She's... Huge hit. Blockers went with the tempo of the attack. And Gabi... And her arm swing just delays the eventual... Chikuli off on 11. She serves. Good number of players into double figures now. In this massively entertaining encounter. Juting is still the top scorer. Well, they're knocking at the door, Kieri. But Canaliano determined not to let them in again. It's good effort. That is such a good effort. Finish. Ah, stunning attention. To what was needed. Dambrink. Front court. Tentative set. Dambrink goes hard off the top of the fingertips. Canaliano working hard in defence here. And then the transition. Finish. Can she find a special serve? Hit hard, hit well. Spirito passes brilliantly. And Dambrink gets the job done. Good defence. Come on, Emilio. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant from Volos. And it was all created. Lead already. Kieri got to fight hard here. Good dig. Great coverage from Gabi. Hawke gets a brilliant play to work with. Gets the reuse. Juting from the one step. Can't beat Spirito. And the block is good against Novini. Nemet has a go. She tips on to far. And Hawke powers it down the line. Again. Cracking rally. Who's going to take the big shot? Novini. And she's hit the sideline. Not for the first time in the match. Kieri showing real heart. Nemet. She aces. And Kieri coming back into this. I do like that celebration. It's still on. Novini serves deep. Gabi passes well. Block works hard to get hands on the juting ball. Hawke. She too is slowed down. But she's hit that really hard. Was that a rotation error? Kunzler's gone across to the other side now. Nemet swings hard. It comes back again. And they needed that point. That was a really quick reaction from Gray. Five set victory. They're third this season in the league. I mean that is just a glorious play. Van Aalen with the tempo ball to Novini. But the timing between setter and hitter here is just exquisite. Got one more piece of drama in store. It's a good serve. It's a great pass. And it's a tip for the win. Caneliano tested to the max by this Kieri team who played quite brilliantly this evening.