The last team to secure a victory in the 2025-2026 Lega Femminile Serie A1 Tigotà, Omag-Mt San Giovanni In Marignano will go for another one this weekend, when the eighth leg of the regular season will be held in Italy.

The team from Cervia will face Il Bisonte Firenze on the road on Sunday, at 18:00 local time (19:00 UTC), in the last of the seven matches scheduled to be played during the weekend in the country.

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Competing in the Italian elite for the first time in club history, Omag had a difficult start to their campaign, losing their first six matches without winning a single set. They took the first step to turn their season around last weekend, when they surprisingly dominated sixth-placed Honda Cuneo Granda Volley to a three-set victory at home and triumphed for the first time in the Lega Femminile.

The three points earned with the victory were a nice first step, but still weren't enough to take Omag out of the bottom of the standings. That goal can be accomplished this week, though, as a three or four-set victory over Firenze could potentially get them out of the relegation zone, passing Wash4green Monviso Volley and Bergamo, which have five points each.

"It will be a battle," outside hitter Anna Piovesan said of the match against Firenze. "They are a very experienced team, which has played some long matches and tie-breakers this season. I'm looking forward to playing against (libero) Sofia Valoppi, who was part of our team that won the second division last season."

With 50 points scored across Omag's first six matches, Piovesan is the team's top scorer in the Italian League, followed by middle blocker Sara Caruso (47) and outside hitter Martina Bracci (43).

The home team in Sunday's encounter, Firenze are fighting in the upper half of the standings. With three wins in their first seven matches and ten points accumulated, they are just inside the qualification zone for the playoffs, in eighth place.

"I expect a difficult match, against a team that found their game and secured a big win over Cuneo, who were playing very well," head coach Federico Chiavegatti reflected. "We're coming from a good result, and we know what we can do, but we need to be ready to deal with a highly motivated team. They have some good players and, like always, we'll need to serve well and be organized defensively."

Firenze are seeing two of their offseason additions make a big impact in the team's game at the start of the season, as Dutch outside hitter Jolien Knollema is their top scorer with 136 points, followed by Serbian opposite Vanja Bukilić, who has produced 89 so far.

First matches on Saturday

The first two matches of the eighth leg of the regular season will be held on Saturday, with fifth-placed Reale Mutua Fenera Chieri '76 facing seventh-placed CBF Balducci HR Macerata at 20:00 (19:00 UTC) and second-placed Savino Del Bene Scandicci meeting 13th-placed Bergamo 45 minutes later.

Lega Volley Femminile - Match Schedule & Results

The four remaining matches are scheduled for Sunday. League leaders Prosecco Doc Imoco Conegliano and ninth-placed Megabox Ondulati Del Savio Vallefoglia get the day started at 16:00 (15:00 UTC). One hour later, 12th-placed Monviso host tenth-placed Eurotek Laica UYBA Busto Arsizio, 11th-placed Bartoccini-MC Restauri Perugia play at home against fourth-placed Igor Gorgonzola Novara and sixth-placed Cuneo meet third-placed Numia Vero Volley Milano.

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