Women's Serie C: Pescia and Aglianese fighting for promotion and safety

Everything to the last dive. Not even the most imaginative of screenwriters could have written the script for the film about the B group of the Women's Serie C Championship. Because after the results of the penultimate day of the regular season everything (or almost everything) is still up for grabs, at the top and at the bottom. And next Saturday the Pistoia teams will be protagonists both in the promotion race, the Dolphin Volleyball Pescia, both in that for salvation, the Volley Aglianese and Bottegone Volleyball Project. Just think that the current ranking reads Livorno 68, Porcari 67 and Pescia 66 at the top (the first two will go to the playoffs for promotion to the national B2 series tournament) and in the marshy areas Aglianese 25, Bottegone 24, Migliarino 23 (Donoratico, last at 13, is relegated to Serie D; if Grosseto comes fifth to last and is saved and Agliana wins, Agliana is saved directly; if Grosseto comes fourth to last and is relegated, even if Agliana wins, or in any case the fourth to last in C, will play the playouts).

In the twenty-ninth and penultimate round, Pescia thrashed Bottegone at home: 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-16 the partial scores). Montebianco Pieve a Nievole surrendered, 3-1 (25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 25-14), at the home of Oasilido Infinity Volley, remaining in fourth place in the standings with 46 points. Blu Volley Quarrata violated the Cascina court with a score of 3-2 (25-19, 25-19, 23-25, 18-25, 15-12) and is ninth with 40 points. Finally, Aglianese lost 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-15) in Porcari.

"It went as it should have gone in the first leg (3-0 defeat, ed.): clear values ​​on the field and the score reflects it - the words of the sports director of Pescia, Valentina Maltagliati -. Ours played sufficiently to take home the 3 points, the opponent did the rest. The playoffs? I see a 'strange' result from Livorno and Porcari as unlikely. Of course, we made an effort to ensure that everything was still in play, clearly succumbing to Porcari".

"Maintaining Pescia's pace was impossible – observe from Bottegone –. Next Saturday we will try to win with Donoratico waiting for favorable news from Aglianese – Oasilido".

"A well-deserved victory – exults from the Quarrata home team – perhaps one of the best games of the season". Agliana is struggling with yet another injury: already without Forasassi, Varani, Berti and Bora, libero Randazzo also suffered a muscle problem.

Gianluca Barni