Super League-Dmart 2023/24 (women)

Play-offs (1/4 finals). The second game. March 3

"Bukovynka" — "Regina-MEGU-OSHVSM" 3-0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:18)

"Bukovynka" needed only two playoff matches to make it to the semi-finals of the championship of Ukraine, where they will play against "Alanta". However, it is worth giving credit to "Regina", which demonstrated quite competitive volleyball in this series.

At the beginning of the game, the players from Chernivtsi were quite stable in attack, which bore fruit (4:1). But, as in the previous match, the Rivne team did not give up. Soon, Daria Hriazina's quick dink into the corner of the court restored parity. "Bukovynka" responded to such audacity of the opponents with a spurt and forced Antonina Zhuk to take a time-out (8:4). In the end, such a handicap remained until the end of the set - 25:20.

We saw a wonderful and at the same time protracted rally at the start of the next set, which gave the point to the "Regina" volleyball players. Such episodes add courage, and this was confirmed by two consecutive aces by Anastasiia Zghurska (1:5). However, this advantage melted right before our eyes. It seemed that Zhuk's wards themselves did not believe in their own success, which the "Bukovynka" took full advantage of (9:5). By the end of the set, the representatives of Rivne were in the role of those who catch up - 25:23.

The third set was the final in this confrontation. After a 10-minute break, Artem Dyhtiarenko's team did not lose momentum and continued to dominate their opponents - 25:18.

Starting line-up of "Regina-MEGU-OSHVSM": Pavlyk (12), Hriazina (2), Trofimchuk (3), Zghurska (6), Nakoskina (9), Savchenko (3), Prokopova (l), Lustiuk (l). Substitutes: Berezniuk.

Starting line-up of VC "Bukovynka": Lohmanchuk (2), Cherkashyna (13), Kaplanska M. (14), Kaplanska D. (9), Herasymchuk (8), Tverda, Rotar (l, c), Drapak (l). Substitutes: Zharkova (5), Huseinova (1).