After the success achieved on Wednesday evening in the tie-break against Igor Gorgonzola Novara , Savino Del Bene Volley is preparing to return to the court for the sixth day of the Serie A1 Regular Season .
On Sunday 1 November , at 6.00 pm , coach Gaspari's team will be playing away against ChorusLife Volley Bergamo , in a match that will mark an absolute debut: for the first time in its history, Savino Del Bene Volley will play at the ChorusLife Arena in Bergamo, a multifunctional structure inaugurated in 2024 and with a maximum capacity of 6,500 spectators.
The match will pit two teams separated by just one position in the standings, but tied on 10 points after the first five matchdays. ChorusLife Volley Bergamo currently sits in fifth place, while Savino Del Bene Volley is in sixth place.
Both teams enter the tournament after securing a fifth-set victory in the final round of the championship. Bergamo defeated Omag Consolini Volley 1907 in a tie-break, while Savino Del Bene Volley prevailed over Igor Gorgonzola Novara, winning 3-2 at the Pala BigMat.
FORMER AND PREVIOUS
In the ranks of ChorusLife Volley Bergamo there is only one player who previously played for Savino Del Bene Volley:
Elena Pietrini , a spiker born in 2000, played for Savino Del Bene Volley for four consecutive seasons, from 2019-2020 to 2022-2023. Pietrini is the fifth-most capped player in Savino Del Bene Volley's history and the club's third-best scorer, with 1,325 points scored in 136 games.
Among the ranks of Savino Del Bene Volley there are four players who have a past in ChorusLife Volley Bergamo:
Chidera Blessing Eze , setter born in 2003, she played in Bergamo last season.
Kiera Van Ryk , Canadian opposite hitter born in 1999, played for Zanetti Bergamo in the 2019-2020 season.
Imma Sirressi , libero born in 1990, he played for Zanetti Bergamo for two consecutive seasons, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020.
Martina Armini , libero born in 2002, he played in Bergamo for two seasons from 2024 to 2026.
Sara Alberti , A middle blocker born in 1993, he did not play for Volley Bergamo in 1991 (ChorusLife Volley Bergamo), but in 2009 he played for Volley Bergamo, with whom he played in the Serie B2 championship. In the 2010-2011 championship, he earned his first call-ups to the first team for some Champions League matches.
This Sunday's matchup will be the seventeenth between the two teams. The record in previous meetings favors Savino Del Bene Volley, with fifteen wins compared to just one for the Orobic team.
The last league match between the two teams dates back to March 5, 2026, Game 2 of last season's Scudetto Playoff quarterfinals. On that occasion, Savino Del Bene Volley won the match at the Pala Facchetti in Treviglio with a score of 3-0 , securing the victory needed to advance to the semifinal series.
THE OPPONENTS
ChorusLife Volley Bergamo finished the 2025-2026 regular season in seventh place in the Serie A1 standings, with 9 wins and 17 losses . With a total of 34 points, the Lombardy team earned a place in the Scudetto Play-Offs, where they were eliminated in two games by Savino Del Bene Volley. in the quarter-final series .
Eliminated from the Scudetto race, the team led by coach Cervellin participated in the Challenge Cup play-offs , being eliminated at the end of the group stage.
Last season Bergamo also participated in the Coppa Italia A1, exiting in the quarter-finals against Prosecco Doc A.Carraro Imoco Conegliano.
This season, ChorusLife Volley Bergamo restarts under the technical guidance of coach Marcello Cervellin , in his third year with the Bergamo club and for the first time at the helm of the team in the role of head coach since the beginning of the championship , after being promoted to the role during the course of last season, following the termination of the contract with coach Carlo Parisi .
For the 2026-2027 season, Bergamo has almost entirely changed its roster, keeping only two of last year's players.
Among the two confirmations is the American opposite Kipp , in her second season in Bergamo and the seventh best scorer of the 2025-2026 Regular Season.
Second season in the Bergamo jersey also for the Florentine centre Meli , fresh from the European silver medal obtained this summer with Julio Velasco's national team.
Among the new additions, the 2006-born Allaoui , who played at Honda Cuneo Granda Volley last year, and Battistoni , fresh from his experience at Wash4Green Monviso Volley, have arrived at the control room.
In the band, the roster has been enriched with Pietrini , in his first season with Bergamo after two years in Milan, and Carletti , in the last two seasons with Megabox Ond. Savio Vallefoglia.
Always in the role of spiker, Bergamo has then added to the roster Stigrot , who will wear the Bergamo jersey until November, before moving to the United States, Esposito , fresh from the experience in A2 with Nuvolì Altafratte Padova, and Bassi , coming from Narconon Volley Melendugno.
At the center have arrived the Belgian Van Avermaet , the 2003 class Agazzi , fresh from the experience in B1 with Alessandria, and Babatunde , last year at Narconon Volley Melendugno.
Completing the libero department are the French Gelin , in her third season in Italy after two years in Milan, and Rocca , coming from Clerici Auto Concorezzo.
Bergamo is currently in fifth place in the 2026-2027 championship . Coach Cervellin's team has ten points in the standings and has won four of its five matches so far, suffering its only defeat of the season in the match on October 21st against Numia Vero Volley Milano .
In the last round of the championship, ChorusLife Volley Bergamo returned to victory, beating Omag Consolini Volley 1907 in the tie break .
This Sunday, ChorusLife Volley Bergamo is expected to take to the court with the starting six consisting of Allaoui as setter, Kipp as opposite hitter, Carletti and Pietrini as spikers, Van Avermaet and Meli as centers, and Gelin as libero.
ON TV
The match between ChorusLife Volley Bergamo and Savino Del Bene Volley will be visible live on DAZN .