Winner of the Portuguese Women's Volleyball Cup in 2024/26, after beating Vilacondense in the semi-final (3-0) and V. Guimarães in the final (0-3), Sporting remained in the race to maintain possession of the trophy and guarantee passage to the quarter-finals, this Friday, against… Vilacondense by 1-3, with the partial scores of 16-25, 25-23, 23-25 and 25-27. Numbers that, despite the victory of Rui Pedro Silva's pupils after 1.55 hours of confrontation, clearly show the difficulties that the Lisbon team experienced in getting the better of the last two sets, the fourth having to be decided on advantages, with Jéssica Miranda sealing the result with a block. This is after the green and white teams were at a disadvantage from 13-9, then 18-12, to then build a partial of 1-6 (20-19) and achieve equality at 22-22. Then the northerners returned to lead 24-23, the visitors took command at 24-25, and after 25-25, Sporting scored the last two points.
