“Prometey Open” 2023. Fifth game

October 8, 2023 (Sunday)

"Epicenter-Podolyany" - VSC "Law Academy" - 3:1 (18:25, 25:18, 28:26, 25:23)

The starting line-up of "Epicenter-Podolyany": Nalozhnyi (scored 8 points), Sydorenko (11), Didenko (2), Smoliar (2), Koval (6), Finger (11), Zhukov (l). Substituted: Uryvkin (0).

Head coach: Mauricio Paes.

Starting line-up of VSC "Law Academy": Stebletskyi (scored 5 points), Tatarenko (4), Stepovyi (2), Fedosieiev (5), Arbuzov (6), Tereshchuk (5), Perekhodniuk (l). Substitutes: Dehtiar (0), Kovalov (0), Plotnyk (0).

Head coach: Serhii Kovalenko.

The final game day of "Prometey Open 2023" began with a match between the silver medalists of the previous season, "Epicenter-Podolyany" and "Law Academy".

The volleyball players of the Kharkiv team looked better in the opening set (13:8). They were more emotionally charged for the game and were better on the block (23:17). In the end, Serhii Kovalenko's team won the first set - 25:18.

In the second set, with the change of sides of the court, the leaders also changed: the opposite Danylo Uryvkin came out as a substitute as part of the "Bisons". He added some energy, and it woke up Oleksandr Nalozhnyi (he made 5 out of 8 attacks). And in the block this time, the Podolyany were better (9:6 – 16:12). "Epicenter" was able to equalize the score in sets - 25:18.

Then the Podolyany gained a minimal advantage (16:14). But at the end, quite a struggle began (21:21 - 25:25). Oleksandr Nalozhnyi made a successful attack, and in the next episode Andrii Stebletskyi made a mistake - 28:26 in favor of the "bisons".

The fourth set was the last one: the Podolyany controlled the course of the match, and the "lawyers" made a lot of mistakes, which prevented them from moving the match to a tie-break. In the end, 3:1 in favor of "Epicenter-Podolyany".