Istanbul BBSK-Halkbank ANKARA
Halkbank made a lot of mistakes in the middle phase of the meeting. During the fourth set Halkbank was back on his feet and dominated in the tie-braek.
In the 2nd game of the day winner was decided in the 5th set also. Galatasaray won the first set, but then fell in the second set thanks to the bad day of Vladimir Nikolov (37% att., 8 suffered walls, 2 err.). After missing some match-point Arkas Spor IZMIR won the tie-break with 21-19.
Results of the 2nd day (March 30)
Istanbul BBSK – Halkbank ANKARA 2-3 (22-25, 25-20, 25-19, 23-25, 7-15)
Istanbul BBSK: Keskin 4, Trommel 17, Ertugrul 5, Billings 23, Cin 4, Hayirli 2, Ozdemir (L); Yenipazar 2, Icmegiz 0, Mert (L), Cihan 13, Kirici 2. DNP: Antanovic. Coach: Ozbey.
Halkbank ANKARA: Koc 6, Ayvazoglu 8, Batur 12, Ahmed Abdelhay “Salah” 10, Priddy 9, Tekeli 10, Sahin (L); Aslan Eksi 0, Yucel 3, Coskun 8, Diaz 6. DNP: Karaagac. Coach: Vukovic.
Galatasaray ISTANBUL – Arkas Spor IZMIR 2-3 (25-20, 12-25, 19-25, 28-26, 19-21)
Galatasaray ISTANBUL: Kiyak 2, Janic 9, Dunge 14, Vladimir Nikolov 10, Coskovic 9, Kisal 6, Dengin (L); Bell 9, Elgaz 15, Akdeniz 0, Aslan 0. DNP: Peksen. Coach: Arig Resat.
Arkas Spor IZMIR: Ramazanoglu 5, Perrin 20, M.Koc 5, Agamez 30, Subasi 10, Gok 6, Yesilbudak (L); Capkinoglu 2, Gulmezoglu 1, Hansen 0. DNP: Kandemir, Minici. Coach: Hoag.
Classification:
Halkbank ANKARA 5 (2v-0p) (6sv-3sp)
Arkas Spor IZMIR 4 (2-0) (6-4)
Istanbul BBSK 2 (0-2) (4-6)
Galatasaray ISTANBUL 1 (0-2) (3-6)
Schedule
3rd day (March 31)
12.30: Galatasaray ISTANBUL – Istanbul BBSK
15.00: Arkas Spor IZMIR – Halkbank ANKARA
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