In the “Optibet” Baltic Volleyball League for women, three Latvian teams returned to their field with victories after the break.
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“Jelgava” won four points in two games, spending the weekend the best. First on Friday “Barrus” / “Voru VK” was beaten 3-0 (25:20, 25:14, 25:14), but on Saturday Jelgava was beaten 2: 3 (23:25, 25:21, 25:19), 19:25, 9:15) acknowledged the superiority of Tartu TU / Bigbank.
In the first game in the team trained by Aldas Bērziņš, Līva Sola was the most productive with 14 points. Līga Petuhova (previously – Plāte) scored 12 points, Liene Šimkuse and Kristīne Gabranova scored 11 points, who “found” four of the points in the block. Visitors Haide Haringa was the most productive with 8 points.
On Saturday, Petuhova scored 18 points, but Inese Jursone and Sola scored 15 points each. Ingrida Kīska was the most productive for the guests with 17 points, and the housewives could not handle the servants at all – seven “aisles”.
“We sat at home for a whole month and practically did not train. The girls ran cross-country and trained individually. After the big break we have only had two trainings in which we could not do much,” the head coach of the Jelgava unit Aldis Bērziņš described the situation after the downtime.
“In the first game, there were no opponents in their best line-up, and we didn’t have much problems. Maybe it was a little harder in the first set, then much easier. We refreshed the old ties in the game, mutual understanding on the field,”
“In the second game, there were already completely different opponents of the forging – one of the strongest in the league. They had trained and played during this month. This was also reflected in the decisive moments,” Bērziņš says about Saturday’s match. “In the first set, the Tartu volleyball players were very successful. In one position we gave a big handicap that we couldn’t play. We won the second and third sets quite convincingly, we lost the fourth set. However, I am generally satisfied. We also won a valuable point for the tournament table. “
Both Riga clubs won one game each. “Riga Stradins University” / “Minus Volleyball School” (RSU / MVS) trained by Inguna Minus on Friday with 0-3 (15:25, 19:25, 11:25) gave way to TU / “Bigbank”, but today with 3-1 (25:21, 24:26, 25:17, 25:20) was beaten by “Barrus” / “Voru VK”.
Anna Rīta was the most productive in the first fight after returning to the RSU / MVS with 10 points, while Kīska and Renate Pika collected 13 points each.
On Sunday, Anija Jurdža scored 29 points, Megija Dambrehte added 24 points, and Agija Ankevica scored 13 points five times.
“Riga Volleyball School” / “University of Latvia” (RVS / LU) unit on Saturday 3-0 (25:18, 25:17, 27:25) beat “Barrus” / “Voru VK”, but a day later with 0- 3 (15:25, 19:25, 15:25) gave way to Tartu volleyball players.
On Saturday, the team captain Kristīne Kramēna scored 16 points in favor of RVS / LU, Vlada Pridatko scored 15 points, Adelīna Gerliņa 14 and Lāsma Ozola 11 points, who had three result blocks. Adele Salme Hollasa scored 12 points for the opponents.
On Sunday, Pridatko once again scored 15 points and was recognized as the most valuable player in the RVS / LU team, but in the ranks of TU / Bigbank, Kiska scored 16 points, with Elīse Hollasa collecting 13 points, four of which – in the block. Kristi Nilvaka, a “libero” player, was recognized as the best in the Tartu team.
“It seemed that we were playing better with each match – better as a team, it seemed that we understood better on the field,” said Kristi Nilvaka on the RVS / LU team’s Facebook website after the game, adding that the teams had done well in the three-day marathon in Latvia. physiotherapist. “Yesterday was a very difficult game against Jelgava, but that is probably the way to go – the harder it is, the greater the chance to progress.”
“Today we had a very good reception against RVS / LU. We understood the attack of the opponents, we knew how they would attack. Our tasks were already clear in the middle of the first set, and we have smart players who can perform the tasks on the field,” says Nilvaka about the game.
TU / “Bigbank” left Latvia in honor of the league vice-leader with 18 points won in eight games. “Jelgava” is fifth with 13 points in six games, RVS / LU is nine points and seventh, RSU / MVS with eight points in eight matches is in the eighth place in the tournament table, but DU / MiLATss is 11th in four fights. 12 teams in the competition.
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