Uniceub progress; OT defeat costly for DefensorBAURU (Liga Sudamericana) - Bauru defeated two-time champions Uniceub on Thursday night to finish top of Group D in the Liga Sudamericana but both teams advanced to the Semi-Final Round.The two clubs ended The two clubs ended up first and second, respectively, ahead of Defensor Sporting of Uruguay and Guerreros de Bogota Defensor would have clinched second place with a victory over Guerreros in Thursday's first game but lost 89-83 after overtime and a points-differential tie-breaker allowed Uniceub to finish second and advance to the next stage of the competition better than Defensor's +2 and Guerreros' -14 Defensor Sporting had their chances to stay alive in the competition. They were on top 68-66 when Emiro Romero dunked for Guerreros to knot the game with 59 seconds remaining Both sides missed opportunities to win in regulation and the game went to the extra period Romero buried a three-pointer for a 75-72 lead and his team never trailed again Luis Bethelmy led a balanced scoring attack for Guerreros with 19 points Polina Rahimova stood out in the first volleyball matches of the year in Brazil as the Azeri opposite led SESI Volei Bauru to a remarkable comeback on the road against SESC Flamengo on Monday in the country’s 2020-2021 Superliga. The 1.98m-tall Rahimova, the best scorer of the 2019-2020 edition of the tournament, delivered an outstanding performance registering 38 points, the second-highest mark ever in the league, to help SESI Bauru recover from a first-set loss to win 3-2 (17-25, 25-22, 33-31, 24-26, 15-13) in Rio de Janeiro. The 30-year-old Azeri scored more than half of Sesi Bauru’s attacking points, registering 34 of the team’s 62 points at the net, while also adding two blocks and two aces. The veteran, who was voted the Most Valuable Player of the match, had 67 hits, converting 51 per cent of them into points. She’s also the top scorer of the league with 178 points and the best server with 17 aces. A post shared by Conf. Bras. de Voleibol 🏐 (@cbvolei) Brazil national team middle blocker Mara Leao provided her with the most help SESC Flamengo also got good production from their opposite who scored 22 points and was followed by 16-year-old outside hitter Ana Cristina Souza Team captain and outside hitter Amanda Francisco (13) and middle blockers Valquiria Dullius (13) and Juciely Barreto (11) also scored in double digits for the Rio de Janeiro-based side The match also presented an interesting duel on the sidelines with former Brazil men’s national team head coach Bernardo ‘Bernardinho’ Rezende facing his longtime assistant Roberley ‘Rubinho’ Leonaldo who recently moved to the women’s game to take over as SESI Bauru’s head coach “Our main goal right now is to play more consistently at a very high level because that’s what we’re going to need when the playoffs come,” Rubinho commented “We showed strength today and remained focused while recovering from some deficits Our serving and our defensive system were good and Polina had an outstanding performance The result pushed SESI Bauru ahead in the standings as the visitors now have 22 points and rank fourth Both teams will return to the court on Friday when SESI Bauru host Pinheiros and SESC Flamengo play the Rio de Janeiro Derby with Fluminense More volleyball from Brazil:Buijs and Martinez help Praia Clube rebound in Brazil The FIVB is the governing body responsible for all forms of Volleyball on a global level Working closely with national federations and private enterprises to develop Volleyball as a popular media and entertainment sport FIVB Fédération Internationale de Volleyball Château Les Tourelles Edouard-Sandoz 2-4 1006 Lausanne Switzerland Phone: +41 213 453 535 Fax: +41 213 453 545 Learn how to describe the purpose of the image (opens in a new tab) Leave empty if the image is purely decorative Parece que a página que você está procurando não está disponível