The last match in the sixth round of the men's Super League-Dmart was a confrontation between long-standing arch-rivals VC "Zhytichi-Polissia" and VSC "Law Academy". Last season, these teams competed for the bronze medals of the championship. Then the "lawyers" were stronger.
Super League-Dmart 2023-2024
VI round. January 28, 2024
VC "Zhytychi-Polissia" - VSC "Law Academy" – 3:0 (25:20, 25:23, 25:16)
Starting line-up of VC "Zhytychi-Polissia": Shapoval (scored 18 points), Babic (8), Vilimanovich (4), Rudnytskyi (3), Kniazev (6), Didovic (9), Khvasta (l), Yablonskyi (l).
Head coach: Serhiy Tereykovskyi.
Starting line-up of VSC "Law Academy": Tatarenko (scored 5 points), Sukhinin (2), Stebletskyi (4), Arbuzov (9), Fedosieiev (9), Plotnik (3), Perekhodniuk (l), Borysov (l). Substitutes: Antonenko (0), Dehtiar (1), Kovalov (4), Baran (0).
Head coach: Serhii Kovalenko.
The first set was spectacular and tense. The team had an absolutely equal fight (8:8 - 20:20). Until the moment Viktor Shapoval, ex-player of "Law Academy", and now the main opposite of "Zhytychi", did not reach the serving area and powerfully implemented it several times in a row. The last two serves, by the way, were aces - 25:20.
In the second set, the players of Zhytomyr immediately began to dictate the pace of the game (6:4) and rapidly increase their advantage (18:10 - 21:16). However, the players of Kharkiv managed to catch up with "Zhytychi" (23:23) and leave the intrigue in this set until the last rally. In the end, Serhii Tereykovsky's team played better - 25:23.
After a long break, the team from Zhytomyr began to put even more pressure on the opponent with attacks and serves (8:4 - 21:14). Instead, the "lawyers" made a number of mistakes in the same elements. As a result, 25:16.
Viktor Shapoval received the MVP award.
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