The emphatic win for the Reds confirmed they are on their way up with coach Yiannis Kalmazidis faring better than the coach he was assistant to (Flavio Gulinelli) until a few weeks ago.
Olympiakos won 25-19, 25-21, 25-20 to move up to joint third, six points behind leaders Iraklis.
The Thessaloniki club
dropped the first set on Saturday at Lamia but then went on to stroll to a 3-1 victory (23-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-20).
Four points behind them lie Panathinaikos, who had no problems at home with Apollon Kalamarias. The Greens won 3-0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-17).
EA Patras are two points further adrift after overcoming the weak resistance of relegation-threatened Panellinios with a 3-0 score (25-14, 25-19, 25-19).
Aris defeated Epikouros 3-1 at Polichni (25-20, 20-25, 26-24, 26-24), but the most entertaining match was between Ethnikos Alexandroupolis and Kifissia. Ethnikos won 3-2 (25-22, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 21-19) to move away from the drop zone.
Ethnikos Al 3 Kifissia 2 (25-22, 22-25, 25-20, 23-25, 21-19)
Epikouros 1 Aris 3 (20-25, 25-20, 24-26, 24-26)
Lamia 1 Iraklis 3 (25-23, 13-25, 17-25, 20-25)
PAOK 0 Olympiakos 3 (19-25, 21-25, 20-25)
Panathinaikos 3 Apollon K. 0 (25-20, 27-25, 25-17)
Panelinios 0 EA Patras 3 (14-25, 19-25, 19-25)
Standings (after 12 games): Iraklis 31, Panathinaikos 27, EA Patras 25, Olympiakos 25, PAOK 22, Lamia 21, Aris 18, Kifissia 12. Ethnikos Al. 12, Apollon K. 11, Epikouros 6, Panellinios 6.
source: sportingreece
