Men’s Superliga Has Surprising Leader After 2 Weeks. Full Recap

2017-2018 BRAZILIAN MEN’S SUPERLIGA

• 10/14 – 03/17 – Regular Season
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• Teams
• Schedule
• Power Rankings
• Round 1

The Brazilian Men’s Superliga has a surprising team atop of the standings after two games of play, and it’s not common powerhouses such as three times FIVB World Club Championships winners Cruzeiro, or millionaires Taubaté or Sesi. Instead, Lebes/Canoas, who suffered a 60% budget cut prior to the start of the season, sits alone at the top.

Below, you’ll find recaps from all of the week’s games:

• EMS Funvic/Taubaté beat Copel Telecom/Maringá 3-0 (25/20, 25/18, and 25/17) behind Ricardo Lucarelli‘s 13 points. Alisson Bastos had 12 points in the losing effort. Taubaté hit 59% as a team, and received 20 points from service errors from its opponent.
• Montes Claros Vôlei beat JF Vôlei 3-1 (25/22, 25/22, 23/25, and 25/19) behind Fabricio Dias’ (Lorena) 17 points. Filipi Ramme had 14 points in the losing effort. Montes Claros hit 59% for the game as a team.
• Sada Cruzeiro beat Sesc/RJ 3-2 (25/13, 29/31, 32/34, 25/18, and 15/10) behind Yoandy Leal’s 24 points. João Ferreira had 26 points in the losing effort. Sada had 13 blocks, 12 aces, and a 56% hitting efficiency as a team.
• Sesi/SP beat Ponta Grossa/Caramuru 3-1 (21/25, 19/25, 25/22, 22/25) behind Alan Souza’s 16 points. Leonardo Silva had 12 points in the losing effort. Caramuru gifted Sesi with 24 points from service mistakes in the match.
• Lebes/Canoas beat Vôlei Renata/Campinas 3-0 (20/25, 21/25, and 20/25) behind Leandro Silva’s 13 points. Diogo Silva had 9 points in the losing effort. Canoas out-blocked Campinas 15 to 8 in the game.
• Corinthians/Guarulhos beat Minas Tênis Clube 3-2 (18/25, 25/21, 18/25, 25/19, 17/15) behind Rogério Nogueira’s 20 points. Robson Devoraren had 18 points in the losing effort. Minas blocked, attacked, and received better than Corinthians for the match, but at the end of the day came out with the loss mostly due to its high number of service errors.

Team of the week

Canoas had a 60% budget cut to start off the 2017-2018 season. It lost eight players from last year’s roster, including experienced coach Marcelo Fronckoviak. However, this has not stopped the team from racking two victories in its first two Superliga matches of the season. This week’s victim was Campinas, in an one sided 3-0 match, a team that is financially much better off than Canoas, who is gritting and grinding through its early season adversities. Canoas leads Superliga standings after two games.

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Eu ouvi 100% 🗣😎?!? Bom domingo, seus líderes da Superliga!! #AvanteCanoas #LebesCanoas #Superliga 🏐🦅🔝

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Player of the week

Yoandy Leal had 24 points in Cruzeiro’s tie-break win against Sesc/RJ, including 3 blocks. He did it with efficiency too, attacking at a 57% excellence rate, while also helping his team out with his receiving. He shined in clutch time, scoring 6 points in the tie break at 5 for 7 hitting, including an ace.

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Tem jeito do bloqueio achar? Leal voando! Ele foi o maior pontuador da equipe celeste na partida e anotou 24 vezes!

A post shared by Sada Cruzeiro (@sadacruzeiro) on Oct 21, 2017 at 5:22pm PDT

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