Santa Cruz de Tenerife (EFE) In the third set, the yellow team did not forgive and secured the second win of the tie, staying one last step away from the title.
The superiority of the serve by the local team established a devastating 10-1 partial that was irremediable for the blue and white team (25-12), which although it was somewhat more solid during the second set, was always in tow and heavily punished by the points from Matienzo, Saray and Dias (25-21).
When it seemed that the duel was going to be decided on the fast track, a better version of Tenerife Libby’s appeared, proposing a tighter third set reaching the final stretch of the game with maximum equality (22-22).
Although the team from Gran Canaria had a hard time (24-23), two points from the German Laura Rodwald turned the score around to give the team from Tenerife another chance (24-26).
In the fourth chapter, the team led by Marcos Dreyer once again took the lead on the scoreboard with their usual danger on serve and the whiplashes from Matienzo and Saray (22-17), however, the visitors once again rushed their options and with a 4-0 run with points from Wolowicz and Nsunguimina, the score was readjusted (22-21).
An error against the net returned the two lead to Hidramar (23-21) which this time did tie the set at 25-22 to leave the tie 2-0 leading to the next duel on Sunday the 30th at Pablos Abril de Taco definitive character.
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3. Hidramar Gran Canaria: De Paula (-), Sánchez-líbero-, Castellano (-), Vilvert (9), Manzano (17), Arocha-líbero-, Días (16), Álvarez del Burgo (1), González (-), Maeda (1), Matienzo (21), Suárez (16).
1. Tenerife Libby’s La Laguna: Nsunguimina (17), Aran (-), Aranda (3), Delgado (-), Gustafsson (-), Llabrés-libero-, Lengweiler (12), Rodwald (10), Arredondo (2 ), Wolowicz (8), Kanas (7).
Partials: 25-12 (1-0), 25-21 (2-0), 24-26 (2-1), 25-22 (3-1)
Referees: Fernando Cerrato; Anthony Correa.
Incidents: Second match of the Iberdrola League final played at the Insular Sports Center in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. EFE