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After the heroics of their ladies’s aspect earlier within the day, Queensland Pirates’ males’s group made it an ideal day for the membership with a four-set win within the Mahindra Australian Volleyball Tremendous League Males’s Ultimate.
The Pirates wanted to struggle onerous to beat a Perth aspect which was aiming for back-to-back titles, finally rising victorious in an exciting encounter.
Earlier within the day Melbourne Vipers outlasted Adelaide within the longest set of the Tremendous League period to take out the bronze medal.
2024 MEN’S FINAL
Queensland Pirates d Perth Metal 3:1 (24-22, 22-20, 14-18, 18-15)
Impressed by their ladies’s group which simply claimed their very own title, the Queensland Pirates males’s group repeated the consequence with a 3:1 victory over Perth to make sure each Mahindra Australian Volleyball Tremendous League trophies head to the sunshine state in 2024.
The opening set was a gruelling affair, with the Pirates finally gaining the early benefit by rising in entrance 24-22.
Within the second set each groups known as their first powerplays at 11-all, with Queensland popping out with a 15-13 lead.
Perth nonetheless not solely reeled that in however earned three set factors of their very own, every of which was shut down by the Pirates. Queensland had two set factors denied by the Metal, nonetheless they have been triumphant on their third try and take a 2:0 lead.
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The third was going a lot the identical method because the second with Queensland taking their second powerplay at 10-all, adopted by Perth doing the identical one rally later. When each powerplays have been down, the Metal held a four-point benefit which they maintained to take the third set 18-14.
The fourth set was once more an arm wrestle, and just like the second, a double powerplay was known as at 11-all. In a case of historical past repeating, Queensland emerged from the powerplays with a 15-13 lead.
Nevertheless this time round Perth weren’t in a position to struggle again and Queensland edged their method in direction of victory.
Whereas the Metal have been in a position to save one Championship Level, an errant serve introduced an finish to the match and despatched the title to Queensland for the primary time since 2019.
“Completely spectacular to look at, completely spectacular to be on the market and see a number of the huge guys get it finished,” mentioned Pirates captain Kieran Ivers. “We needed to come out with a brand new power after the semi-final and the boys completely did it.
“I can’t applaud the teaching group sufficient, they’ve finished all of the scouting. We knew the Perth Metal inside and outside and we’ve identified that since earlier within the season and it was no totally different at present.
“We have been completely going to focus on their weaknesses and the boys went out and produced far more service stress, assault stress, block stress than we ever might have imagined.”
MEN’S BRONZE MEDAL MATCH
Melbourne Vipers d Adelaide Storm 3:2 (18-15, 13-18, 18-8, 18-20, 27-25)
The Melbourne Vipers have emerged victorious from the longest match within the Tremendous League period, closing out an epic fifth set to assert the bronze medal over Adelaide Storm.
With the 2 sides locked at two units apiece, shrewd use of the powerplays seemed like it could break open the match.
Melbourne have been first to make use of the cardboard at 10-all, then the Storm used it a rally later at 10-12. By the point the powerplays have been full, the 2 sides have been locked at 14-14 and persevering with to go level for level.
At 16-all, Adelaide gained the essential subsequent level to create the primary match level of the match, nonetheless Melbourne have been in a position to defuse it.
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The Vipers continued to disclaim the Storm alternatives to shut it out, crushing 4 consectutive match factors to lock the match at 20-all.
It was then Melbourne’s flip to try to get their arms on the bronze medal, nonetheless this time Adelaide shut down 5 consecutive match factors.
The Vipers lastly managed to get the job finished on their sixth try, profitable the 52nd level of the set to take the bronze medal.
Vipers veteran Paul Sanderson counseled the younger gamers within the aspect who obtained robust when the robust obtained going.
“It was good to see some actual males’s volleyball there on the finish – that’s what it’s, prime quality males’s volleyball: sideout, sideout, sideout – attempt to get a break level by making good choices, serve onerous and block onerous,” he mentioned.
“It was nice to see the younger guys amongst it below the lights taking part in some actual males’s volleyball. They’ve actually stepped up because the 12 months’s passed by.
“Yesterday we struggled within the final three [sets] however good to select it up at present after a brief break, get out and do the job. The medal’s the fallacious color, but it surely’s all the time good to win the final recreation of the season.”
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