Women's Volleyball Super League-Dmart 2022/23
First match for third place
Chernivtsi Arena "PVLU". March 30, 2023
"Alanta" — National team of Ukraine U-17 3-0 (25:12, 25:13, 25:19)
Gariy Yegiazarov's players started the series for bronze medals of the Super League-Dmart season 2022/23 with a victory. On this day, the National team of Ukraine U-17 could not impose a decent fight on their opponents, but they will still have an opportunity to correct this situation.
The teams exchanged unsuccessful serves at the start, and then the volleyball players of "Alanta" took full control of the game - 7:1. The events on the court developed quite quickly, because the teams kept a high tempo of the game. Another thing is that the Dnipro players made less mistakes in this case. And, having found courage in attack and defense, they confidently finished the set in their favor - 25:12.
It seemed that in the second set, the blue-yellow team were ready to give their face a fight - 6:4. It was noticeable that they improved their serve and their aim in attack. However, for some reason, the scenario of the previous set was repeated. After all, the representatives of the Dnipropetrovsk region found a moment to lead, forcing the national team to make mistakes. As a result, the starting balance quickly turned into a total advantage for "Alanta" - 25:13.
The third set became the most interesting in this match, because Volodymyr Podkopaiev's players finally started playing their combinational volleyball, which was effective - 12:12. However, due to class and experience, the Dnipro club still took the game under their control and eventually triumphed not only in this set, but also in the entire match - 25:19.
"Alanta": Luchko (6), Kaminska (9), Protsenko (6), Lozinska (3), Parfonova (2), Silchenkova (7), Lutsenko (l) — starting line-up; Dzendzelovska — was a substitute.
National team of Ukraine U-17: Kravchenko (5), Herasymchuk (1), Hrytsyk (6), Heiko (3), Starostenko (2), Tverda, Drapak (l) — starting line-up; Molchanova, Zharkova (1), Nedilko, Prokopova (l) — were substitutes.