Super League-Dmart 2023/24 (women)

3rd round. The third game. November 24

VC "Bukovynka" — VC "Dobrodiy-Meduniversitet-ShVSM" 3-1 (26:24, 25:22, 18:25, 25:13)

"Bukovynka" and "Dobrodiy" presented spectators with a spectacular and at the same time intense volleyball. The match lasted four sets and ended with the triumph of the representatives of Chernivtsi.

The teams had an even start to the meeting. Later, after several mistakes of the Chernivtsi team, their rivals took the lead (4:6). In those minutes, the first thing that caught the eye was the unsuccessful reception and serving of the "bukovynka" into the net (11:15). The long-term leadership of the Vinnytsia players (14:18) was a result of it, which still eventually faltered.

Thanks to two consecutive aces by Mariia Kaplanska, Artem Dyhtiarenko's wards equalized parity. And Kateryna Silchenkova's effective attacks led to a set ball and even a few. The outside hitter herself realized one of them - 26:24.

It was Bukovynka who started the second set more confidently (8:1). Representatives of "Dobrodiy" looked dejected after that failure. In addition, the team from Chernivtsi worked powerfully on the first pace, which was not observed in the previous segment.

Apparently, the players believed in their own success too early and lost their concentration somewhere. The vice-champions of Ukraine partially took advantage of this (19:18). Valeriia Yakusheva and the company had a comeback in mind, but the last word still remained after Bukovynka - 25:22.

The break benefited the team from Vinnytsia, who noticeably added on the block (3:7). They steadily scored points in the third set. At the same time, on the other side of the net, Artem Dyhtiarenko's wards literally lost everything (7:13). They could not fully recover - 18:25.

The players of "Bukovynka" did not want to lose points and bring the matter to a tie-break, so they became more active in the fourth set (11:6). They set their sights on serving — aces flew, in particular, performed by Kateryna Cherkashyna (14:7). "Dobrodiy" completely failed this set, because they scored only 13 points.

Starting line-up of VC "Bukovynka": Dziuba (9), Starostenko (16), Silchenkova (c) (10), M. Kaplanska (12), Cherkashyna (7), Huseinova, Rotar (l), Drapak (l). Substitutes: D. Kaplanska (8), Zharkova (2), Herasimchuk (1).

Starting line-up of VC "Dobrodiy-Meduniversitet-ShVSM": Yakusheva (c) (23), Kucher (11), Muzychenko (6), Vorotnychenko (5), Kostianets (1), Kryva (3), Bukatseli (l), Boiko (l). Substitutes: Vabishchevych (1), Zavala, Kalanchuk, Turkula.