Friday's game day ended with a confrontation between VSC "Law Academy" from the city of Kharkiv and "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" from Chernihiv.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024
VI round. January 26, 2024
VSC "Law Academy" - "Burevisnyk-ShVSM" – 3:2 (20:25, 25:21, 17:25, 25:14, 15:9)
Starting line-up of VSC "Law Academy": Tatarenko (scored 19 points), Sukhinin (19), Stebletskyi (6), Arbuzov (15), Fedosieiev (6), Antonenko (4), Perekhodniuk (l), Borysov (l). Substitutes: Dehtiar (0), Kovalov (1), Plotnik (3), Stepovyi (0).
Head coach: Serhii Kovalenko.
Starting line-up of Burevisnyk-ShVSM: Bohush (scored 4 points), Nikolaichuk (10), Savkiv (15), Karpenko (4), Kopych (2), Aleksieienko (33), Kantur (l), Piven (l). Substitutes: Kryvyi (1), Tsyrulik (1), Kushniriuk (0), Berezivskyi (0).
Head coach: Roman Nosko.
At the start of the meeting, the teams took turns to get ahead, and closer to the end, the score was equal (20:20). Thanks to the "dinks", the northerners were able to get ahead (24:20), and then they completed the set with a block - 25:20.
And then the players of Kharkiv seized the initiative. Captain Vitalii Sukhinin served an ace, earning a break point (6:4), and a little later Andrii Stebletskyi took an example from him (9:6). These +3 the "lawyers" were able to save until the end of the set - 25:21.
10 minutes passed and the teams appeared again on the court of the PVLU arena. The score was even (3:3) until Artem Aleksieienko, an opposite player from "Burevisnyk", served. 4 aces and a great game of his teammates in the middle of the net and the northerners took the lead (9:3). Kharkiv volleyball players started to make a lot of mistakes in the attack (11:20). And in the end, Chernihiv won this set - 25:17.
In the next set, Serhii Kovalenko's wards completely controlled the situation (13:8). They really didn't want to give the victory to their opponents so easily, and that's why they worked effectively in the attack and on the block - 25:14.
Everything was decided on a tie-break. And there, the "Law Academy" as a more experienced team, was the first to take the lead. Vitalii Sukhinin made two aces in a row and his team was in the lead at the change of sides (8:4). The double advantage remained in the future (10:5). In the end, 15:9 and 3-2 for Kharkiv.
The most productive player of the match was Artem Aleeksieienko (33 points) the opposite player of "Burevisnyk".
The MVP award was awarded to "Law Academy's" libero Oleksandr Borysov.
Watch online match broadcasts on the DIVISPORT YouTube channel or Megogo and Sweet.TV platforms.