Mackenzie x Curitiba has a duel between Olympic champions for a place in Superliga A < No Attack

Make history again and ensure that Minas Gerais has, for the first time, three teams in the elite Women’s Volleyball Super League. It is with this in mind that Mackenzie will take the court this Thursday (28/3), at 6:30 pm, in their gym in Bairro Santo Antônio, to face Curitiba-PR, in the second match of the best of three of the Superliga B semi-finals .

Vitória will guarantee a place for the BH team in the final and also in the next edition of Superliga A.

In the first game, in the capital of Paraná, Mackenzie won spectacularly, 3-2, turning the corner. If there is a need for a third game, it will be next Wednesday, again in Belo Horizonte.

This Thursday, a duel between Olympic champions in Beijing’2008. At Mackenzie, Sassá, from Minas Gerais, 41 years old, born in Barbacena, who had been playing as a libero and returned to her original position, as a winger, this season. In Curitiba, also veteran midfielder Valeskinha, 47.

The two are considered the mainsprings of their teams. Mackenzie’s coach, Gabriel Leite, bets on Sassá and says that the player’s desire, when she enters the court, infects the entire team.

If access is confirmed, Mackenzie will return to the elite division of Brazilian volleyball after 12 years.

Campaigns in Superliga B

Mackenzie was placed first in the classification phase with a spectacular campaign in the competition. In 12 games, there are 11 wins and just one defeat. Curitiba, with the same number of games, has nine wins and three defeats.

In the confrontation between the two teams, three victories for the Minas Gerais team.

In the other semifinal series, Recife-PE and Brusque-SC play, at 4pm, in the capital of Pernambuco. As they won 3-0 in Santa Catarina, Brusque will also go to the final if they win. If the home team wins, the two teams will face each other again, in a decisive game, next Tuesday, again led by the Pernambuco team.

Superliga B semi-final

• Game 1 (25/3)
  Brusque 3 x 0 Recife
  Curitiba 2 x 3 Mackenzie
• Game 2 (28/3)
  4pm – Recife x Brusque – Geraldão
  6:30 pm – Mackenzie x Curitiba – Mackenzie
• Game 3 (if necessary)
  2/4 – 4pm – Recife x Brusque – Geraldão
  3/4 – 5pm – Mackenzie x Curitiba – Mackenzie