Taubaté Snaps Minas’ Winning Streak – Superliga Round 17 Recap

2017-2018 BRAZILIAN MEN’S SUPERLIGA

• 10/14 – 03/17 – Regular Season
• Official League Site
• Teams
• Schedule
• Power Rankings
• Round 1; Round 2; Round 3; Round 4; Round 5; Round 6; Round 7; Round 8; Round 9; Round 10; Round 11
• Round 12; Round 13; Round 14; Round 15; Round 16

Our last two Superliga recaps chronicled Minas‘ ascension in the standings against its much tougher opponents. This climb was halted this weekend by Taubaté, who broke Minas‘ 4 game winning streak by handing it a 3-1 loss (23/25 31/29 15/25 16/25) behind Marko Ivovic‘s 18 points on 12/17 (71%) hitting, including 5 aces and 1 block. Davy Silva had 17 points in the losing effort. Taubaté hit 59% from the field as a team while holding Minas to a 49% performance. Had Minas won the game, it would overtake Taubaté in the standings and be one of the competition’s 4 seeds. With the loss, 5 points now separate Minas from home court advantage seeding territory.

Recaps

• Sada/Cruzeiro beat JF Vôlei 3-0 (25/20 25/21 25/19) behind Rodrigo Telles’ 14 points on 10/16 (63%) hitting. Emerson Rodrigues had 9 points in the losing effort. Cruzeiro had 10 aces in the match and held JF to 49% hitting.
• Corinthians/Guarulhos beat Renata Vôlei/Campinas 3-1 (21/25 25/22 21/25 22/25) behind Riad Ribeiro’s 14 points on 9/10 hitting, including 4 aces and 1 block. Leandro Vissotto had 15 points in the losing effort. Campinas gifted Corinthians with 39 points from errors.
• Sesi/SP beat Montes Claros Vôlei 3-1 (25/22 20/25 20/25 21/25) behind Luiz Fonteles’ 17 points on 12/20 (60%) hitting. Lisandro Zanotti had 18 points in the losing effort. Montes Claros gifted Sesi with 38 points from errors.
• Copel Telecom/Maringá got its first win of the season by beating Ponta Grossa/Caramuru 3-2 (25/20 15/25 9/25 25/17 11/15) behind Alisson Bastos‘ 24 points on 20/34 (59%) hitting. Leonardo Pinheiro had 18 points in the losing effort. Maringá out-blocked Ponta Grossa 14 to 3 in the match.
• Sesc/RJ beat Lebes/Canoas 3-1 (25/22 14/25 21/25 23/25) behind Renan Buiatti‘s 19 points. Aboubacar Neto had 15 points in the losing effort. Sesc out-blocked Canoas 14 to 5 in the match.

Team of the Week: Maringá

Maringá is used to leading Superliga in attendance year after year. That, however, has not translated into wins for the team. This season, it took 17 rounds for the squad to win its first game of the season, in which most certainly will be its relegation farewell from first division volleyball. However, whenever a team finds motivation out of nowhere to continue fighting, it must be celebrated. And this Maringá did,  fighting until the end against Ponta Grossa to come out with a much awaited 3-2 win.

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Emoção descreve esse momento de vitória do Copel Telecom Maringá Vôlei ❤️🙏 #copeltelecommaringavolei #copeltelecom #maringavolei #superliga #emoção #união #determinação #empenho #conquista Fotos: André Renato, para Resenha Comunicação @andrerenatophoto @resenhacomunicacao

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Player of the Week: Riad Ribeiro

The former national teamer was almost perfect this week, as he converted 9 out of his 10 spike attempts. He also added 4 aces and 1 block to his stat-sheet to cap up his 15 point effort, which paced Corinthians in its win against rivals Campinas. You won’t see a performance much better than this anywhere else.

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E vamos seguir lutando. Sempre! ⚪️👊🏼⚫️ 📷@portrait.aledacosta

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