Lube remains undefeated at home after defeating champions Perugia 3-1 (23:25, 29:25, 25:22, 25:16) in a match played in the packed Eurosuole Forum in Civitanova (4,171 spectators). Mattia Bottolo was the top scorer in the match, finishing with 20 points (3 blocks, 2 aces) and deservedly becoming the MVP of the match.

His teammates Lagumdžija, Loeppky, and Chinenyeze added 18, 14, and 10 points respectively for the valuable victory. For the visitors, who lost their second consecutive match after a 2:3 against Trento, Jesus Herrera finished with the most points - 19, while Ishikawa and Semeniuk added 12 and 10 points respectively. Perugia was without the injured Plotnytskyi.

With this eleventh victory, the Lube team climbed to third position in the temporary standings with 36 points, after the loss of direct competitor for the top three, Piacenza, to Allianz Milano with a score of 2:3 (Matey Kaziyski played briefly and finished with 2 points).

Aleksandar Nikolov did not play, likely being rested for the final tournament of the Italian Cup, which begins at the end of next week in Bologna.