The first game day of the seventh round of the Ukrainian volleyball championship "Super League-Dmart" of the 2023-2024 season was opened by the team of the Poltava Region - VC "Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" and VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" from Zhytomyr.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024
VII round. February 9, 2024
"The team of Poltava region - VC "Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany" - VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" – 1:3 (25:22, 25:27, 14:25, 19:25)
Starting line-up of VC "Reshetylivka-Barkom-Kazhany": Shavrak (scored 13 points), Sotnyk (16), Polishchuk (3), Boiko E. (9), Osypenko (10), Kurlapov (6), Boiko M. (l ), Yakovliev (l). Substitutes: Tyshchenko (0), Zalizko (1), Mahonin (1).
Head coach: Serhii Sosnin.
Starting line-up of VC "Zhytychi-Polissia": Shapoval (scored 14 points), Babic (5), Vilimanovic (10), Rudnytskyi (6), Luban (16), Didovic (19), Khvasta (l), Yablonskyi (l). Substitutes: Hapeniuk (0).
Head coach: Serhii Tereykovskyi.
At the start of the match, there was an equal struggle (12:12 - 21:21), which was interrupted by a series of accurate attacks by the attackers of "Reshetylivka" Nik Sotnyk and Dmytro Shavrak (23:21). Poltava players also played well on the block and it was Ruslan Osypenko's single block that ended the first set - 25:22.
In the second set, the Poltava team continued to try to dictate the pace of the game (6:4). They did a particularly good job of defending (10:7). However, the players of Zhytomyr are well known for their fighting qualities, and thanks to Andrii Vilimanovic's ace, they evened the score on the scoreboard (13:13). The balance lasted quite a long time (19:19 – 25:25). At a crucial moment, the players of Zhytomyr withstood their concentration, while the representatives of Poltava region, on the contrary, made mistakes. 27:25 - in favor of "Zhytychi".
After a long break and success in the previous set, the wards of Serhii Tereykovskyi did not allow the opponent to play up (14:10 - 16:11). Mykyta Luban, Viktor Shapoval, and Alen Didovic completed their attacks skillfully, and most importantly effectively - 25:14.
In the fourth set, the picture of the game did not change: the Poltava residents already lacked strength and emotions, while the Zhytomyr volleyball players, on the contrary, sought to end this meeting as soon as possible without losing precious points - 25:19 and 3-1.
The most productive player of the meeting was Alen Didovic, a legionnaire of the Zhytomyr club (19 points).
Andrija Vilimanović, a setter from VC "Zhytychi-Polissia", received the MVP award.
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