Defeated the hosts

The first game day of the final round of the preliminary stage – and the first victory in a tough and nervous game with the team of the owners of the site - "Kuzbass-2".

First batch, game of trial and error and in the opening - equal score – 6:6. Kuzbass takes the lead after exchanging errors on serve. The block of the owners of the site Potorochin-Gendler is working reliably, score - 7:10. "Star of Yugra" equalizes the score with the attack of Danil Voronchikhin, farther – on his filing – ace, Kemerovo players are attacking out of bounds and the first time-out is taken by the coach of our opponents. But the coaching break didn't help., Voronchikhin draws up an ace again, the first pace of "Zvezda" works – 17:15, Surgutians are already ahead. At the end of the set – the score is equal again – 20:20 and on a long swing the owners squeeze. First game score 31:33 in favor of Kuzbass-2.

Second set. At the beginning of the game, Zvezda has a two-point advantage, our block Tebenikhin-Stradomsky is working , ace serves Maxim Kirillov score - 13:11, but by the middle of the set again an equal score – 16:16 and we also come to the end with an equal score – 22:22, so what is next – supply to the network at Kuzbass, our block is working and the timeout of the Kemerovo team on our set-ball. On the serve of the Siberians, Pavel Stradomsky conducts a productive attack - 25:23. The party is behind us.

In the third set, already at the beginning of the game, Kuzbass-2 had a five-point advantage - 5:10. Time out for Andrey Chirkov, which the, apparently, said the right words to his players – Surgutians compare the score - 12:12. But by the end of the set, it is not possible to close the attacks of the Kemerovo team, Siberians player Andrey Tkachenko gives out two aces and a score – 19:22, "Kuzbass" – ahead. And again the Kuzbass-2 block is in place, closed our discount and first rate attack, score – 21:25. 2-1 in favor of the owners.

Fourth batch. Star must win, but again equal score, despite the big marriage on the pitch at Kuzbass – 9:9. After the Siberians' timeout, Zvezda Yugra scores points. On the pitch – ace Tebenikhin, Slobodyanyuk's attack and Pavel Vakhmyanin's attack in the replay. We are ahead – 18:13 and at the end of the game – the Tebenikhin-Vakhmyanin block is reliable, twice closed the attacks of "Kuzbass". Ace on the serve is given by Pavel Stradomsky, and "Kuzbass" on our set ball attacks out of bounds -25:17, tied score – (2-2).

Tie-break, on the serve, our opponents take risks and make mistakes, submission flies out of bounds and we have – powerful attack of Vakhmyanin, teams change sides of the court when the score is 8:5 in favor of Surgutyans.

Maxim Kirillov delivers a much-needed ace – 12:8, but when counting 13:10 time out for our coaches. Alexander Slobodyanyuk attacks Kuzbass-2 on the pitch, and on the match-ball a winning point, first attack, choreographed by Konstantin Bessogonov. The first victory of the star of Yugra in 7 tour – (3-2).