Zenit Kazan overcame Lokomotiv Novosibirsk in the most prestigious game of the 11th Superleague’s leg. The champions of Russia reduced a point loss to Novosibirsk and is losing only 3 points. In another match, Gazprom Yurga Surgut made a consecutive victory beating Belogorie Belgorod.
Zenit Kazan achieved away-victory over the leader of the pool of blue in the Russian Superleague, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. The tie-break win, Zenit Kazan mainly owes Matthew Anderson, who scored 19 points noting 64% of efficiency in attack. Anderson along with Maxim Mikhaylov raised Zenit up after the first set lost 15-25 and led their team to win two next sets, but it was not enough. Lokomotive did not give up and equalized the result of the meeting, however, Zenit withstood better the match hardships and won the tie-break 15-12. Marcus Nilsson was the best scorer of the battle scoring 24 points.
Group of Blue
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Zenit Kazan 2:3 (25:15, 20:25, 22:25, 25:19, 12:15)
Top Scorers: Nilsson 24, Divis 17, Volvich 11, Biryukov 10, Gutsalyuk 9; Anderson 19, Mikhaylov 19, Sivozhelez 17, Abrosimov 10, Apalikov 7
Kuzbass Kemerovo – Ural Ufa 1:3 (19:25, 25:23, 16:25, 21:25)
Top Scorers: Moroz 21, Poroshin 13, Andrae 11, Parkhomchuk 7; Spiridonov 25, Vissotto 21, Kazakov 10, Ashchev 10, Abramov 8
Gazprom Yugra Surgut – Belogorie Belgorod 3:1 (26:28, 25:18, 25:13, 31:29)
Top Scorers: Todorov 19, Mysin 19, Rodichev 17, Aleksiev 14; Muserskiy 22, Ilinykh 8, Grozer 7, Fomenko 7, Zhigalov 7
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl – Grozny 1:3 (25:18, 21:25, 19:25, 26:28)
Top Scorers: Kolesnik 17, Mezhonnov 12, Filippov 10, Logunov 10; Shipotko 23, Bestuzhev 19, Tohtash 11, Antipkin 7
Group of Red
Shakhtar Soligorsk – Dinamo Moscow 2:3 (25:21, 21:25, 20:25, 25:16, 8:15)
Top Scorers: Nemer 16, Avdochenko 15, Udris 15, Levchenko 10; Kruglov 19, Markin 14, Shcherbinin 13, Nikitin 9
Dinamo Krasnodar – Prikam Perm 3:0 (26:24, 27:25, 25:14)
Top Scorers: Conte 16, Mochalov 14, Nosenko 13, Khoroshev 7; Karpenko 12, Kozitsin 9, A. Kovalev 8, Zakharov 6, Kovalev 6
Iskra Odintsovo – Fakel Novy Urengoy 3:1 (25:19, 25:20, 23:25, 26:24)
Top Scorers: Schmitt 17, Kalinin 16, Burtsev 14, Koulechov 13, Bogomolov 6; Bakun 24, Kritskiy 10, Titich 9, Roca 9, Melnik 5
Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod – Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 3:1 (25:23, 25:19, 23:25, 30:28)
Top Scorers: Pavlov 26, Ostapenko 12, Nikic 9, Esko 8, Lyamin 7; Tyutlin 28, V. Ivanov 17, Kapaiev 10, Rudnytskyi 9, Iereshchenko 5
Standings:
Group of Blue:
- Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 28
- Zenit Kazan 25
- Gazprom Yugra Surgut 23
- Ural Ufa 21
- Belogorie Belgorod 19
- Grozny 12
- Kuzbass Kemerovo 11
- Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 7
Group of Red:
- Fakel Novy Urengoy 22
- Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 20
- Dinamo Krasnodar 19
- Dinamo Moscow 16
- Iskra Odintsovo 16
- Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 14
- Prikam Perm 6
- Shakhtar Soligorsk 5
