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RUS M: Zenit Kazan cruise to routine win vs. Nova, Fakel defend No.3 by sweeping Surgut

by WoV
source: volleyservice.ru; Photo: fakelvolley.ru

Zenit Kazan cruised to routine victory against Nova Novokuybishevsk in Round 23 of the 2017/18 Russian men’s volleyball championship Superliga.

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Superliga four-time defending champions Zenit Kazan swept ninth-ranked Nova Novokuybishevsk, partially 25-17, 25-19, 28-26, despite showing a lot of weaknesses in the reception (28%) and now need one more win to secure the pole position before the playoffs.

The Cuban Wilfredo León topped Kazan side with 18 points (3 aces, 2 kill blocks) while American Matthew Anderson made 83% attack (10/12, 10 points). Romanas Shkulyavichus poured in 19 points for Nova, who will fight with Ural Ufa and Kuzbass Kemerovo for No.8 in the remained three rounds of the regular stage.

Fakel Novy Urengoy do not have chances to claim second place in the standings but defended No.3 by beating Gazprom-Yugra Surgut in straight sets with 18 points (3 kill blocks) from Dmitriy Volkov.

By scoring three-points worth wins, the fourth-ranked Dinamo Moscow and fifth-ranked Zenit Sankt-Peterburg continued to pursue of Fakel.

RUS National Championship 2017/2018 / Male / Seniors

REGULAR SEASON / 23RD ROUND

DATE/TIME

TEAMS

SCORE

1

2

3

4

5

6

STATS

10.02.18:00

DINAMO LENINGRADSKAYA OBLAST

YAROSLAVICH YAROSLAVL

3

1

 23

 25

 25

 21

 25

 14

 25

 21

     

10.02.18:00

FAKEL NOVY URENGOY

GAZPROM-YUGRA SURGUT

3

0

25

22

25

19

25

16

       

08.02.18:00

KUZBASS KEMEROVO

BELOGORIE BELGOROD LOKOMOTIV BELOGOROD

3

1

25

16

16

25

25

18

25

22

     

10.02.18:00

ZENIT KAZAN

NOVA NOVOKUYBISHEVSK

3

0

 25

 17

 25

 19

 28

 26

       

10.02.18:00

YUGRA SAMOTLOR NIZHNEVARTOVSK

ZENIT SANKT PETERBURG

0

3

15

25

28

30

19

25

       

09.02.18:00

URAL UFA

LOKOMOTIV NOVOSIBIRSK

2

3

31

29

23

25

25

23

15

25

7

15

   

10.02.18:00

ENISEY / YENISEI KRASNOYARSK

DINAMO MOSCOW

0

3

25

27

25

27

19

25

   

 

Standings

#

Team

MP

W

L

S

P

1.

Zenit Kazan

23

21

2

66:15

63

2.

Belgorod

23

19

4

59:25

53

3.

Novyi Urengoy

23

16

7

55:30

49

4.

Din. Moscow

23

16

7

53:33

45

5.

Zenit St. Petersburg

23

15

8

52:34

44

6.

Novosibirsk

23

14

9

51:38

43

7.

Kemerovo

23

12

11

46:44

37

8.

Ufa

23

12

11

47:42

36

9.

Novokuybyshevsk

23

12

11

42:50

29

10.

Surgut region

23

8

15

38:56

25

11.

Dinamo-Lo

23

6

17

33:58

22

12.

Krasnoyarsk

23

5

18

29:58

17

13.

Yaroslavl

23

4

19

27:61

16

14.

Nizhievartovsk

23

1

22

14:68

4

 

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