The first swallow
The third game day of the final battles brought our team "Star of Yugra" a long-awaited victory. Our rival - "University" from Nizhnevartovsk is a rather unpredictable team, as we are, may not lose to the strongest, but they can break the leaders of the tournament table on the site.
The game begins and in the opening the excitement affects the players of both teams and, as a result, – serving errors. Good in attack Pavel Vakhmyanin, the Kirillov-Tebenikhin block is in operation, but the Nizhnevartovsk team is also effective in attacking and the score on the scoreboard is equal - 10:10. Pavel Tebenikhin attacks with the first pace – on the scoreboard already 15:13, "Star of Yugra" goes ahead and continues to earn break points. "University" attacks out-of-bounds – 22:15 on the board, good advantage for Surgutyans in the score at the end of the game. Pavel Stradomsky attacks and the Zvezda set-ball comes out with the score 24:16, and Tebenikhin completes the set with an attack with the first tempo - 25:17. The first batch for the Surgutyans (1-0).
Already at the beginning of the second set "Zvezda" – ahead. Vakhmyanin is effective again, our first pace works, ace on Bessogonov's serve, block-out at the "University" on the attack of Stradomsky, score 9:3. Nazar Litvinenko, Samotlor player, serves ace, our Max Kirillov responds twice with the same, score – 15:8. And at the end of the game – again our attacks at the first pace, score 24:14. At Nizhnevartovsk, on our set-bole, serve flies out – 25:15 and the second batch - to the "Zvezdy Ugra" collection. (2-0).
The third set and our counterparts are trying to turn the tide of the meeting, at the beginning of the game the score is equal - 5:5. Alexander Slobodyanyuk launches an attack, and Kirillov gives a branded ace, score - 9:6. But Danil Goncharenko's opponent also attacks effectively, Litvinenko gives an ace and again an equal score - 11:11. The teams come to the end of the set with a score 21:18. Tebenikhin's first pace increases the advantage of Surgut. Maxim Kirillov attacks on a challenge ball from Stradomsky's serve, and our captain ace puts a victory point in the game. 25-18. Total score 3-0. Well done.