A. Sartoretti started this season as a head coach of Italian A1 team Perugia. For the rest of season he will participate in games as a player in Citta di Castello.
39 years old Sartoretti was on the bench of Perugia untill Christmas 2009. Bad performance of his teams was the key factor why the club released him. Italian opposite is coming back to play in Citta di Castello, the A2 team near Perugia. It will not be easy for Sartoretti to get back in shape, he did not practise for 10 months. Citta di Castello lost in the last game spiker S. Rosalba, great talent of Italian volleyball in past.
WWE has announced two matches, both with championship implications, for their next two PPVs, one for Super ShowDown next Thursday 27 February in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and one for Elimination Chamber on 8 March at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
We’re on The Road to WrestleMania, but there are still two shows on the way to Tampa Bay, the first being Elimination Chamber in Philadelphia. The announced match has implications for the big show, as it will be an Raw Women’s Champion #1 Contender Elimination Chamber Match, featuring Liv Morgan, Natalya, Shayna Baszler, Asuka, Ruby Riott, and Sarah Logan. Admittedly, this is not particularly the greatest ensemble of talent to enter the Chamber, and there is little reason to believe that anyone other than Baszler will win this match, considering she has literally already tasted Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch’s blood. That being said, there are three strong workers in Natalya, Asuka, and Baszler, while Riott and Morgan could impress with some surprising intensity in their own feud.
But before we get to Philadelphia, the WWE roster makes its way over to yet another Saudi Arabia show. The “Monday Night Messiah” Seth Rollins will be defending the Raw Tag Team Championship along with this Apostle (Don’t-call-me-Buddy) Murphy against Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford, The Street Profits, after they hit the ring to help out The Viking Raiders and Kevin Owens from the beat down at the hands of Rollins, Murphy, and The A.O.P. It would actually make for some compelling story-telling were The Street Profits to win the championship, putting Rollins on the defensive and perhaps targeting Akam and Rezar towards the champions as a way of booking them into a feud.
A title change took place at WWE’s annual post-Christmas house show at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night.
Andrade defeated Rey Mysterio at Madison Square Garden to become the new United States Champion. This is the first title Andrade has held since he was called up from NXT.
Mysterio hit the 619 and was going for a frog splash at the end of tonight’s match, but Andrade got his boots up and then pinned Mysterio after hitting the hammerlock DDT.
Mysterio had held the title since winning it from AJ Styles on the November 25 episode of Raw.
A gauntlet match to decide the next challenger for Mysterio on last week’s Raw ended without a finish when Andrade attacked Humberto Carrillo and laid him out with a hammerlock DDT on the exposed floor. Mysterio defended his title against Seth Rollins on this week’s Raw, and their match ended in a disqualification when AOP attacked Mysterio as he was about to win.
Skra Belchatow – Dinamo Moscow 1:3 (25:23, 19:25, 20:25,17:25) Before start, there was minute of silence as a tribute to plane crash victims who lost their lifes three weeks ago. Skra started very well, leading 8:2 on the first technical time. Polish team got some points by block (for example on Dante and Poltavsky). Later Moscow started to play harder, but the distance was still evident. After Wlazly s attack, the result was 16:12 for Belchatow. Antiga was blocek by Volkov and than Dinamo got closer (17:16). Russian capitain, Sergiej Grankin protested against one decision of referee, but it did not change anything. Mariusz Wlazly gave to Skra first set ball and his team won this part 25:23.
Second part began better for Moscow (2:5). On polish side, main role was played by Wlazly. Succesfull attack of Dinamo let them lead 8:5 on the fist technical time. Skra’s recieve was not very good, so Jacek Nawrocki took a break for his team. Poltavsky had high effectivness in attack. After russian service and block it was 14:7 for guests and Nawrocki started to change some players (Dobrowolski came in for Falasca). It didn’t stop Semen Poltavsky who got more and more points. After second technical time Stephane Antiga was blocked and Skra lost 10:17. Moscow kept fullcontrol and they won 25:19.
In set three, Dinamo leading again, but this time it was 8:4. Skra won long action. Then, Wlazly made a miskate on the service (6:9). Dante made a great brazilian spike from pipe two times in a row. When it was 7:11, Jacek Nawrocki asked for time out. Poltavsky helped to keep safe distance from Skra. Antiga didnt receive well. Wlazly was the only one who was playing pretty good and he gave hope to fight sucessfully. Mozdzonek blocked Berezhko. Wlazly spiked again. Dinamo was still leading (20:17). Skra did not find solution for good game of russian team and PlusLiga champion lost also this part 21:25.
Next part started from lead of Moscow 3:0. Nawrocki quickly took a 30 seconds break. Skra made some points, but they still had less of them that Dinamo. Russian players increase their result. Berezhko made a good block and result was 16:12 for Moscow. Skra made some mistakes and it was the last moment to fight a little more for get to a big final tomorrow (12:18). Other polish players did not help Mariusz Wlazly very well. Grankins setting was really effective. Russian fans started their countdown. Dinamo Moscow won whole game 3:1 and they will play for gold medal of Champions League 2010.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – South Dakota State took control of its wrestling dual Friday night against Northern Iowa by winning five of the first six matches and went on to defeat the 16th-ranked Panthers, 25-13, at West Gym.
In running their dual winning streak to four, the Jackrabbits improved to 5-3 overall and 2-0 in the Big 12 Conference. UNI dropped to 1-3 overall and 1-1 against league opponents.
Danny Vega set the tone for SDSU in the opening bout of the night, scoring a 10-6 decision over 18th-ranked Jacob Schwarm at 125 pounds. After Schwarm opened the scoring with a takedown, Vega countered with a reversal and four-point near-fall for a 6-2 lead. Vega put the match away in the third period with a pair of takedowns.
Redshirt freshman 133-pounder Zach Price gave SDSU a 6-0 lead with an 11-4 decision over Kyle Biscoglia before UNI got on the board as 16th-ranked Michael Blockhus rallied in the third period for a 7-5 decision over Clay Carlson at 141 pounds. Carlson led 4-2 through two periods before Blockhus scored on an escape and two takedowns in the third and final stanza.
Two-time NCAA qualifier Henry Pohlmeyer swung the momentum back in the Jackrabbits’ favor with a win over seventh-ranked Max Thomsen in a battle between nationally ranked 149-pound wrestlers. The 17th-ranked Pohlmeyer began the scoring with a first-period takedown and led 4-0 early in the second period following a reversal. In the third period, Pohlmeyer recorded his second takedown of the match, picked up two points on a near-fall and added a point for riding time to post a 9-1 major decision.
It was Pohlmeyer’s third win in a row over Thomsen, following a pair of one-point victories last season.
The Jackrabbits pushed their winning streak to three matches in a row as Colten Carlson tallied a 4-0 decision over Derek Holschlag at 157 pounds and newcomer Tanner Cook continued to impress at 165 pounds with a third-period pin of Austin Yant. Since being inserted into the lineup at the South Beach Duals two weeks ago, Cook is 4-0 with all four victories by fall. He leads the squad with nine pins on the season.
UNI stemmed the tide with wins by fifth-ranked Bryce Steiert and fourth-ranked Taylor Lujan at 174 and 184 pounds, respectively, to close the gap to 19-10. Lujan’s victory was a 10-3 decision over Zach Carlson, who entered the matchup ranked 16th by FloWrestling.
Tanner Sloan, ranked 20th at 197 pounds, slammed the door shut on a late UNI comeback by notching the Jackrabbits’ second fall of the dual, pinning Noah Glaser in 1 minute and 42 seconds.
In the final bout of the night, 14th-ranked heavyweight Carter Isley of UNI needed overtime to defeat the Jackrabbits’ Blake Wolters, 3-1.
UP NEXT The Jackrabbits close out the weekend by hosting Wyoming in dual action Sunday afternoon at Frost Arena. Action is slated for a 1 p.m. start.
NOTES Northern Iowa leads the all-time dual series, 39-6-1, although SDSU has won two of the last three matchups The Jackrabbits improved to 26-9 in duals against Big 12 opponents since joining the conference as an affiliate member at the start of the 2015-16 season SDSU’s last dual win over a ranked opponent was a 22-16 victory over an 11th-ranked Northern Iowa squad on Jan. 21, 2018, at Frost Arena Pohlmeyer wrestled for the first time since a Dec. 20 dual against Minnesota Vega has won five dual matches in a row, improving to 5-1 in duals and 13-5 overall Cook improved to 10-1 overall, with all of his wins either by fall (9) or technical fall (1) Sloan moved into a tie with Zach Carlson for the team lead in dual wins this season with six
South Dakota State 25, #16 Northern Iowa 13 125: Danny Vega (SDSU) dec. #18 Jacob Schwarm (UNI), 10-6 133: Zach Price (SDSU) dec. Kyle Biscoglia (UNI), 11-4 141: #16 Michael Blockhus (UNI) dec. Clay Carlson (SDSU), 7-5 149: #17 Henry Pohlmeyer (SDSU) major dec. #7 Max Thomsen (UNI), 9-1 157: Colten Carlson (SDSU) dec. Derek Holschlag (UNI), 4-0 165: Tanner Cook (SDSU) def. Austin Yant (UNI), by fall 6:11 174: #5 Bryce Steiert (UNI) major dec. Cade King (SDSU), 12-1 184: #4 Taylor Lujan (UNI) dec. #16 Zach Carlson (SDSU), 10-3 197: #20 Tanner Sloan (SDSU) def. Noah Glaser (UNI), by fall 1:42 285: #14 Carter Isley (UNI) dec. Blake Wolters (SDSU), 3-1 [SV-1]
A rematch for the United States title will take place, as new champion Andrade will defend the title against former champion Rey Mysterio. Andrade beat Mysterio back on December 26 at a WWE house show at Madison Square Garden.
The title switch was brought up tonight during Raw. Commentary tied it into the assault Rey Mysterio took from the AOP and Seth Rollins last week on Raw.
A triple threat match was also announced for next week’s Raw. The Viking Raiders will take on The OC (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) and The Street Profits in a triple threat match for the Raw Tag Team titles. The OC have scored wins over The Viking Raiders in the last few weeks, but were pinned on tonight’s show by the Street Profits.
Raw next week will take place at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.
Russia, Serbia and Brazil are almost sure their participation in the World League final tournament. Cuba and Poland will clash for the pole position of the pool D.
Bulgaria and Italy are chasing leaders of their pools. China, France, Finland and Egypt will do their best to repeat their surprising results and beat the favorites.
Brazil is leading the pool A with 19 points but Bulgaria got the same amount of points and is ranked as a second only due to worse sets ratio. "Canarinhos" got a clear aim of getting 6 points in Korea and should reach their objective. Their competitor is still waiting for their first success in this year’s World League and it is really doubtful if they manage to win any points in the rivalry with current world champions. Bulgaria will have a much more difficult task to overcome Netherlands which still are playing at their best although their last results might be slightly disappointing.
In the pool B Serbia and Italy are still fighting for participation in the Final Six. In order not to lose chances for the final success Italy can’t lose points against always dangerous China. Asian team already managed to win over France and was close to cause a major surprise in the competition with Serbia. Team coached by Igor Kolakovic will host France and in this rivalry we might expect some surprise. "Les bleus" are playing now with opposite Antonin Rouzier and got back their power in attack. But for sure amazing Sasa Starovic and his team-mates will do their best to satisfy their home fans.
Russia can be sure their participation in the Final Six. After winning 8 games in a row "sborna" remains the only one unbeaten team in this year’s World League competition. It would be a big surprise if Finland managed to win with team of coach Daniele Bagnoli but after the shocking victory over reigning Olympic champions, USA Finns proved that impossible is nothing. Egypt will host USA and although in this competition the favorite can be only one, hosts will play with belief in their skills and might try to cause another surprise.
The most interesting looks the situation in the pool D. After winning twice over Argentina Poland got promoted to the second rank and now is losing only three points to the leader Cuba. Both teams will clash this weekend to fight for the pole position and the result of this competition will be crucial. Germany still keep the faith in their chances and want to beat Argentina twice. Young team of Argentina is still looking for the good shape.
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“We did well to stay focused on every ball. They played really well, but we managed to do more with fewer mistakes, and forcing when necessary,” said Valerio Vermiglio after the game in Monza for volleyball.it
Modena was dominating in the first two sets against Treviso. In the third set team of Roberto Piazza improve the game and even the game by winning third and fourt set. The end of tiebreak belonged to Modena. Favorites of Italian Serie A1 did well also in second round. Cuneo and Trento received three points after victories in Forli and Perugia.