Dentil Praia Clube survived a scare at the start of the 2022–23 Brazilian Women’s Volleyball Championship.
The debut of Dentil Praia Clube in the 2022-23 Superliga 1XBET Feminina was much more difficult than their fans had predicted. In an away match in the country’s capital, the vice-champions trailed 0-2 in sets and sweated hard to beat the brave Brasília Vôlei in the tie-break, with partial scores of 17-25, 26-28, 25-22, 25-19, and 15-10. In the state championship, Campeonato Mineiro, last week, Praia beat the same Brasília by 3-0, and maybe that’s why they believed in a new positive result in a more peaceful way. But the team commanded by Durval Nunes ’Duda’ has shown a lot of evolution since then.
Paulo Coco, the Praia head coach, doesn’t yet have the Dominicans, Brayelin and Jineiry Martínez, at his disposal. In this match, his team was highlighted by the Dutch outside hitter, Anne Buijs, who scored 17 points. Brasília had the top scorer of the night; the opposite Arianne Tolentino reached 21 points. The middle blocker, Lanna Machado, has collected as many as 9 of her team’s 19 blocking points.
Last year’s playoff semi-finalist, Sesi Vôlei Bauru, got stunned at the Superliga start by Unilife-Maringá. It’s definitely a surprising defeat for Sesi Bauru given they entered the match as fresh champions of the São Paulo state. The team from Paraná got a 2-0 in sets. Then, Sesi Bauru outlined a reaction by tying the game at 2-2, but Maringá were better in the tie-break.
The Venezuelan outside hitter, Nelmaira Váldez, from the match winners was the highest scorer of the game, with 20 points. She had 73% reception (22 digs, 2 errors, 50% excellent). Francynne Jacintho ’Fran Jacintho’ made 5 blocks. Thais Souza ’Thaisinha’ from Sesi Bauru was the highlight of her team, with 20 points. Mayany Souza collected 5 stuffs, while Léia Nicolosi had 75% reception (32 digs, 2 errors, 50% excellent).
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