After winning the match Ekaterina Pankova said: “The match was hard as the opposing team is very strong. During the game, we had ups and downs. Our effort in defense, teamwork and unity has helped us win today.”
Dinamo Moscow also did not have an easy task and needed a tie-break to beat Omichka Omsk.
“Teams from Omsk and Moscow have shown excellent volleyball today. There were a lot of strong defence actions and beautiful attacking kicks from two teams. Although mistakes that should not even be have taken place too”, Dinamo coach summed up the meeting.
In other matches, Uralochka Yekaterinburg playing without injured Irina Zaryazhko and Maria Beloborodova defeated Severstal in three sets, Ufa also won 3-0 against Fakel, and the match in Saratov where Proton was better than the Tyumen ended up with a 3-1 result.
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