Rio Fights From 2-0 To Beat Hinode. Round 2 Of Women’s Superliga Recap

2017-2018 BRAZILIAN WOMEN’S SUPERLIGA

• 10/15 – 03/02 – Regular Season
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• Round 1

Sesc/RJ came back from behind 2-0 to beat Hinode/Barueri (3-2, 24/26, 23/25, 25/22, 25/23, and 15/12) behind Drussyla Costa‘s 27 points, while Edinara Brancher had 21 points in the losing effort.  This was the first time coaches Bernadinho and José Roberto Guimarães, owners of five Olympic gold medals (10 total if silvers and bronze medals are considered) went head to head in a Superliga match in the last three years. Edinara lost the whole fourth set due to injury, while Rio lost Gabriella Souza in the tie break to a gruesome injury.

Below you’ll find results from all of the round’s games:

• Vôlei Bauru beat Fluminense F. C. 3-1 (23/25, 29/27, 25/20, and 25/16) behind Valquiria Dullius’ 13 points, while 36 year old Renata Colombo had 22 points in the losing effort. Bauru out blocked Fluminense 16 to 6, while the latter also gave its opponent 21 points from service mistakes.
• Dentil Praia/Uberlândia beat São Cristovão Saúde/São Caetano 3-0 (25/12, 25/13, and 25/21) behind Fabiana Claudino‘s and Amanda Campos’ 12 points, while Sonaly Cidrão also had 12 points, but in the losing effort. São Caetano only hit 24% as a team.
• Vôlei Nestlé/Osasco beat Renata Country/Valinhos (30/32, 25/11, 25/11, 28/30, and 15/8) behind Tandara Caixeita‘s 27 points, while Vivian Rodrigues’ had 20 points in the losing effort. Osasco out blocked Valinhos 16 to 6. Valinhos’ Nayara Felix only scored 4 kills, even though she attacked the ball 36 times.
• Esporte Clube Pinheiros beat Camponesa/Minas 3-2 (25/19, 21/25, 25/9, 23/25, and 12/15) behind Milka Marcilia’s 17 points. Rosamaria Montibeller had 23 points in the losing effort.
• BRB/Brasília Vôlei beat Sesi/SP 3-2 (25/17, 25/20, 21/25, 22/25, and 15/11). Match statistics have not yet been released for this game, and this post will be updated when we have new information.

Team of the week

Sesc/RJ is coached by what many consider to be the best coach in the world. In its game against Barueri, it showed. Rio‘s players mustered up strength to bravely come back from a huge 2-0 deficit, playing with a level of confidence and energy that made it look like they were the ones up 2-0, and not Barueri. At the start of the tie break, they had to show great mental toughness to overcome Gabriella Souza‘s injury and close out the game.

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Amanhã é dia de ver de pertinho essas atletas maravilhosas em quadra! Vamos para o segundo desafio da Superliga contra a equipe do Vôlei Hinode Barueri, às 21h30 no Ginásio do Tijuca Tênis Clube. Esperemos por você na arquibancada torcendo pelas nossas meninas! Para garantir seu ingresso, acesse: https://goo.gl/g1FZcQ 😉 A partida terá transmissão ao vivo pelo SporTV (Sportv 2) #JuntosSomosMaisQueUmTime #ProgramaSescEsporte 🏐💪

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Player of the week

Rio‘s Drussyla Costa has been thrown into the spotlight at only 21 years of age, both in her club and in Brazil’s national teams. In her game against Barueri, she did not disappoint, propelling her team to the win with 27 points (50% hitting efficiency), while having to shoulder the bulk of her team’s receptions (77 out 101 passes received).

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Além da vitória heróica de sexta feira, ainda tivemos a @drussylac como a vencedora do Troféu VivaVôlei CIMED de melhor jogadora da partida! 👏🏻🏆 #JuntosSomosMaisQueUmTime #ProgramaSescEsporte 🏐💪 📸: Carlos Erbs Jr.

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