In a weekend of many tie-breakers in the 2024-2025 Lega Volley Femminile Serie A1 Tigotà, Igor Gorgonzola Novara triumphed in one of them to protect their spot in the league’s Top Four at the end of the first round of the regular season in the country.

The team from Northern Italy emerged victorious in the weekend’s Derby against Savino Del Bene Scandicci and was able to remain ahead of Eurotek Uyba Busto Arsizio in the standings.

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The weekend results intensified the fight for better spots ahead of the playoffs as while defending champions Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano are clear at the top of the standings with 39 points, the next four sides – Scandicci (30), Numia Vero Volley Milano (28), Novara (27) and Busto (26) – are all within no more than four points from each other.

The Derby between Novara and Scandicci was one of five matches held in Italy over the weekend and saw the home team win 3-2 (24-26, 25-13, 25-19, 22-25, 15-10) after five exciting sets.

Novara counted on their Big Three of Tatiana Tolok, Lina Alsmeier and Mayu Ishikawa to take the victory as while the Russian opposite led the team with 21 points (19 kills, two aces), the German and the Japanese outside hitters were also extremely productive, adding 20 and 18 points, respectively.

"I'm so happy for my team," libero Eleonora Fersino reacted. "Congratulations to Scandicci for an excellent match, but even more to us, because we played with great determination and were very strong technically and tactically. We also need to thank the fans, who created an incredible atmosphere."

Olympic champion opposite Ekaterina Antropova was Scandicci’s leading scorer with 20 points (18 kills, one ace, one block), followed by Belgian outside hitter and team captain Britt Herbots, who registered 13, with ten kills, two aces and one block.

With the two points earned with the victory, Novara managed to remain ahead of Busto, who, on Saturday, earned two points of their own with a 3-2 (24-26, 25-20, 25-21, 12-25, 15-12) road win over Cda Volley Talmassons Fvg.

Vallefoglia win in another five-setter

Held on Sunday, in Cuneo, the duel between Honda Olivero Cuneo and Megabox Ondulati Savio Vallefoglia also needed five sets to be decided. In the end, Vallefoglia took the 3-2 (25-23, 18-25, 25-27, 25-13, 15-12) victory.

Also on Sunday, Bergamo dominated Il Bisonte Firenze to a 3-1 (24-26, 25-20, 25-23, 25-17) win, while Wash4Green Pinerolo topped SMI Roma Volley 3-0 (25-15, 25-23, 25-18) in the only sweep of the weekend.

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Next weekend, still without Conegliano and Milano, who will be involved with the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship in China, the Italian League will begin its second round with one match on Saturday and four on Sunday.

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