Middle European League (MEVZA)
Kaštela, Croatia. January 20
"Marina Kaštela" — SC "Prometey" 0-3 (20:25, 18:25, 13:25)
Ivan Petkov's players have a very tight game schedule, especially in the current month: on January 18, they faced Le Cannet in the Champions League, and already today in Croatia they played their second match in the MEVZA championship against the local team "Marina Kaštela".
From the first minutes of the meeting, both teams did not want to give the initiative to each other - 6:6. In this rhythm, they continued to exchange points until the middle of the set - 13:13. Then our rivals were sly in the attack, elegantly dropping the ball into the free zone. Unfortunately, in the next rally, the Ukrainians themselves made a mistake in the attack, which provoked Ivan Petkov to take a timeout, and not alone. Because the margin of the hosts continued to grow - 18:14.
It is nice to state that the second 30-second break benefited the "red and whites": they tied the score, and after a productive block, they took the lead — 20:21. Two consecutive successful shots by Yevhenia Khober strengthened her team's leadership. And soon Viktoriia Danchak's ace put an end to this segment - 20:25.
The next set was marked by "swings". "Prometey" started it with a powerful rush - 2:8. However, they lost the advantage quite quickly, allowing the opponents to reduce the gap to two points - 10:12. Similar instability haunted Petkov's team throughout the second set. However, it did not prevent them from celebrating the victory in the end - 18:25.
At the start of the third set, the guests organized a spurt — 0:6 — on the serve of Oleksandra Milenko. With a comfortable handicap behind them, our athletes acted quite easily and loosely, which bore some fruit - 5:13. At the same time, the team of Bosnian specialist Goran Zahur did not believe in a comeback themselves, so in the end they were able to score only 13 points.
So, congratulations to our team on its debut victory in this competition. We would like to remind you that the first game against the Hungarian "Békéscsaba" ended with a 0-3 defeat for the Ukrainians.
The composition of SC "Prometey": Daria Velykokon (4), Kateryna Huseinova, Kima Zharkova, Oleksandra Milenko (12), Yevheniia Khober (9), Anna Artyshuk, Mirta Hrbach (3), Svitlana Dorsman (c) (9), Viktoriia Danchak (13), Anastasiia Maievska (10), Krystyna Niemtseva (l), Anastasiia Karasova (l).
