Men's Super League-Budinvest 2022-2023
VIII round. 5 match
Chernivtsi. Arena "PVLU". February 2
VC "Zhytichi-Polyssya" - "The team of the Poltava region. VC Reshetylivka" - 3:0 (25:14, 25:21, 25:18)
Zhytomyr vs. Poltavshyna. These teams met in the first match of the third game day of the VIII round of Super League-Budinvest 2022-2023.
"Zhytichi-Polissya" immediately organized a comfortable advantage of 6 points (10:4). It was very difficult for "Reshetylivka" to bridge such a gap. Although the Poltava players had several good stretches, in particular on the serve: again it was successful for middle blocker Danylo Fedosieiev and setter Mykola Bovsunovskyi. 25:14 and the start of the meeting was for the team of Serhii Tereikovskyi.
The second set was equal in all elements: the teams both made mistakes and earned points (17:17). Only at the end, Mykola Kuranov and Mykyta Luban issued a number of aces, which became key in this segment of the game - 25:21.
The traditional 10-minute break turned everything upside down. Poltava volleyball players took the lead (8:4), but it was difficult for them to maintain a stable level (9:8). The residents of Zhytomyr "stepped on their toes" (14:14). And as a result, the counterattack was successful (20:16). At some point, "Reshetylivka" simply gave up, and Zhytomyr was already waiting for this - 25:18.
Vitalii Bondar (17 points) was the most effective player of the match.
Mykola Kuranov, the setter of "Zhytichi-Polissia", received the MVP prize.
Starting line-up of VC "Zhytichi-Polissya": Rudnytskyi (scored 7 points), Bondar (17 points), Luban (13 points), Hubenko (11 points), Kuranov (1 point), Orobko (4 points), Khvasta (l).
The starting line-up of "The team of the Poltava region. VC Reshetylivka": Sotnyk (scored 16 points), Drofa (7 points), Hurshal (2 points), Fedosieiev (4 points), Loitarenko (4 points), Bovsunovskyi (2 points), Ostroumov (l). Substituting: Fudar (2 points), Skorbatiuk (0 points).
On February 4, the team from Zhytomyr will play in the central match of the VIII round of the Super League-Budinvest against the Kharkiv team "Law Academy" (15:00). And "Reshetylivka" will meet with "Prometey" (12:00).
