Super League-Dmart 2023/24 (women)
2nd round. Seventh game. November 5
"Halychanka-ZUNU" — VC "Bukovynka" 0-3 (20:25, 18:25, 17:25)
"Halychanka" and "Bukovynka" closed the second round of the domestic women's championship with their confrontation. Despite the fact that the teams were at different poles of the tournament table, the game turned out to be interesting and contained elements of intrigue.
The Chernivtsi team secured a comfortable handicap (3:6) thanks to the efforts of Polina Dziuba and Danute Stravinskaite. However, the players on the other side of the net were valiant in defense and blocking. One of these, performed by Maryna Mircheva and Maria Rybolovlieva, helped restore parity. Moreover, "Halychanka" did not stop there and bravely continued to score points (14:11).
Mistakes in serving somewhat slowed down the spurt of the Ternopil team (19:18). And then Dariia Kaplanska assumed the role of leader. The outside hitter of the Chernivtsi club took courage, and each of her attacks in those minutes ended successfully - 20:25.
In the next set, the rivals were also not distinguished by stability. The initiative alternately passed from hand to hand. Then Liudmila Chornenka's wards lost their concentration for a moment and stopped protecting each other. The "bukovynka" took full advantage of this (9:15). Nothing extraordinary happened until the end of the set - 18:25.
"Halychanka" tried to impose a struggle on the opponents in the third period as well (5:4). However, it lasted until Maria Kaplanska went to the serve. Her tight serving became a problem for the representatives of Ternopil (5:11). Perhaps the Chernivtsi team relaxed somewhere after that, but casual mistakes began to occur, in particular during passes. But this did not prevent them from winning the set, and with it the whole match as well - 17:25.
Starting line-up of "Halychanka-ZUNU": Mircheva (14), Holod (c) (2), Popovych (3), Rybolovlieva (4), Stepura (1), Kimak (5), Ovcharenko (l). Substitutes: Tarnavskyi-Lys, Samusenko, Dzyma (1).
Starting line-up of VC "Bukovinka": Dziuba (11), Stravinskaite (2), Kaplanska D. (14), Kaplanska M. (9), Herasymchuk (2), Huseinova, Rotar (l), Drapak (l). Substitutes: Starostenko (10), Tverda, Zharkova (4).
