Super League-Dmart 2023/24 (women)
VII round. The fifth game. January 20
VC "Bukovynka" — "Alanta" 1-3 (20:25, 25:18, 30:32, 23:25)
Neutral volleyball fans expected a great game and as much intrigue as possible from the meeting between "Bukovynka" and "Alanta". Looking ahead, we note that the match fully justified these expectations.
At the beginning of the game, Artem Dyрtшarenko's wards allowed themselves a lot of mistakes on serves. However, at that time, they compensated for this deficiency with productive attacks and blocks (6:4). After some time, two consecutive aces by Veronika Tverda increased the gap to four points (11:7).
On the other side of the net, Lidiia Luchko and Maria Protsenko took over the role of leaders, who turned everything upside down with their successful actions (12:14). As soon as the Chernivtsi team tried to catch up with the opponent, but all in vain - 20:25.
The next set began with the spurt of Bukovynka (5:0), to which Gariy Yegiazarov instantly responded with a timeout. During the break, the coach instructed his athletes to attack the depth more. However, the opponents skilfully read all these attempts and also eliminated their own mistakes. All this together led to the triumph of the Chernivtsi club - 25:18.
The Dnipro team went into the third set with a great attitude, which they managed to transform into a confident leadership (4:9). The representatives of "Bukovynka" sometimes did not have time to hedge, sometimes hit an out. Because of these and other mistakes, they momentarily lost their confidence. However, a time-out and the appearance of Kateryna Silchenkova on the court quickly brought them back.
The distance between the sides narrowed to just one point, but not for long. The ending was incredibly intriguing. During this time, "Bukovynka" played six (!) set balls. And after the ace of Polina Herasymchuk, who came out as a substitute, they earned one for themselves as well (26:25). But the set did not end there: the teams continued to steadily exchange points. As a result, the nerves of "Alanta" volleyball players were stronger - 30:32.
Of course, after the previous failure of Artem Dyhtiarenko's team, it was difficult to act with such enthusiasm (6:11). However, once again in this confrontation, they managed to make a comeback due to strong willpower (20:18). After that, Stanislava Parfonova began to engage the first pace players more often, where Kseniia Puhach prevailed her opponents. Soon the team from Dnipro regained the initiative and led the set, and with it the match to victory — 23:25 and overall 1-3.
Starting line-up of VC "Bukovynka": Lohmanchuk (20), Starostenko (16), Kaplanska D. (6), Kaplanska M. (15), Cherkashyna (9), Tverda (4), Rotar (l), Drapak (l) . Substitutes: Silchenkova (7), Huseinova (1), Herasymchuk (1).
Starting line-up of "Alanta": Protsenko (10), Luchko (12), Kaminska (14), Fedyk (9), Puhach (20), Parfonova (5), Lutsenko (l), Boiko (l). Substitutes: Dzendzelovska, Hrytsyk (1).
