Women's Super League-Dmart. VII round
Chernivtsi. "PVLU" Arena. January 11
SC "Prometey" — SC "Balta" - 3:0 (25:11, 25:19, 25:18)
SC "Prometey": Polina Dziuba (14), Dariia Kaplanska (4), Mariia Kaplanska (6), Olena Rudyk (6), Kateryna Cherkashyna (13), Uliana Kotar (7), Kateryna Vasylieva (l) — starting line-up; Marta Fedyk (8) — came on as a substitute.
SC "Balta": Anastasiia Berezovska (4), Kateryna Volchenko (5), Iryna Nohina (12), Daria Peretiatko (6), Anastasiia Sviatenko (2), Polina Beketova (1), Sofiia Kalashnyk (l) — starter line-up; Alla Okhrimchuk (0), Svitlana Fartushniak (1), Mariia Kasianenko (0), Olena Dumik (0) — came on as substitutes.
In the second match of the starting game day of the 7th round of the women's Super League-Dmart season 2022/23, the volleyball players of "Prometey" and "Balta" took to the court of "PVLU" Arena. Andrii Romanovych's team was considered the clear favorite of the confrontation, who in the previous face-to-face meetings did not give a single set to their opponents. It happened this time as well.
The Red and Whites seized the initiative right from the start, but their own mistakes prevented them from breaking away in the score, in particular, on the serve — 6:5. When "Prometey" managed to improve this element of the game, it became more difficult for the Balta club to score points - 9:5. After two consecutive double blocks by Polina Dziuba and Kateryna Cherkashyna, the leadership of their team became more tangible - 14:8. The coach of "Balta" Serhiy Koltsov tried to correct the situation with 30-second breaks. But at that moment, Romanovych's team took courage, and soon Dziuba put an end to this set with an ace - 25:11.
In the second set, "Balta" began to defend, due to which there was already an even fight on the floor - 7:7. However, the team from Kamianske was gaining momentum, and their defensive actions over the net were especially noticeable - 15:11. Then we witnessed interesting and protracted rallies. Instead, the four-point distance between the clubs continued to hold until the representatives of Odeschyna ended the set with their own mistakes - 25:19.
A series of outs by the players of "Prometey" in the attack at the beginning of the third segment led to a confident leadership of Koltsov's team — 1:4, 5:8. Therefore, Andrii Romanovych was forced to take his first time-out in the match. Thanks to the efforts of Polina Dziuba, his players still equalized parity. And then her teammates Uliana Kotar and Daria Kaplanska spoke their word at 17:15. After that, the Balta team could not get back into the game - 25:18.
