Super League-Dmart 2023/24 (women)
1st round. The fifth game. October 28
VC "Dobrodiy-Meduniversitet-ShVSM" — "Regina-MEGU-OSHVSM" 3-0 (25:18, 25:20, 25:17)
"Dobrodiy" is the only team that started its journey in the Super League-Dmart only on the second game day. Once again evaluating the game of their nearest rivals, as they say, from the sidelines, the team from Vinnytsia already had a clear plan for the match with "Regina", and in the end they successfully implemented it.
It was felt that the Rivne team is in a good game tone. For their part, the vice-champions needed some time to start (4:5). It should be noted that today the "Dobrodiy" were assisted by the former setter of "Regina" Oksana Kostianets, who slowly was looking for the weak zones of the opponents.
The teams kept the same pace of the match and took turns scoring points (10:10). Then Valeriia Yakusheva said her words (12:10), to which Antonina Zhuk responded with a timeout. From her instructions, they should act more organized against the captain "Dobrody" on the block and attack more often at the first pace.
The girls listened to their coach. However, on the other side of the net, in addition to Yakusheva, there were other performers who could finish attacks with quality, in particular Anastasiia Kucher and Tetiana Muzychenko. In addition, in the end, the latter also knocked out the opponents from the reception, distinguishing herself with several aces - 25:18.
The start of the second set was entirely up to the Vinnytsia team (7:1). However, a further series of mistakes did not allow them to immediately increase the margin. On the contrary, the appearance of Maria Nakoskina on the court revived the game of "Regina" in attack (11:9). But all this tension disappeared in an instant when the already mentioned Kucher went to serve. And again we have to talk about the lack of reception of the Rivne team — 25:20.
Perhaps the vice-champions relaxed a bit in the third set, which Antonina Zhuk's team took advantage of (4:8). Then everything fell into place: the "Dobrodiy" team added power in all game elements and made an incredible rush, which eventually became decisive - 25:17.
Starting line-up of VC "Dobrodiy-Meduniversitet-ShVSM": Yakusheva (k) (19), Kucher (10), Muzychenko (11), Zavala (3), Kostianets (1), Kryva (3), Bukatseli (l). Substitutes: Boiko (l), Vorotnychenko (2), Vabishchevych, Borovska.
Starting line-up of "Regina-MEGU-OSHVSM": Pavlyk (15), Hriazina (2), Trofimchuk (1), Zghurska, Peknych (3), Berezniuk (1), Lustiuk (l). Substituted: Minko, Nakoskina (5), Prokopova (l), Sarkisian (1).
