In the women’s Russian championship meeting in Krasnodar HC Kuban proved to be stronger than HC Stavropolye — 38:23. Denis Saifulin’s team was the last one to save a spot in A group of the Super League second stage.
In another match of the day HC Zvezda didn’t leave a chance to HC Baltiyskaya zarya, closing the tournament standings — 47:23.
18 January
Baltiyskaya zarya — Zvezda — 23:47 (14:20) (Logvineko — 6, A.D.Seliverstova — 5; Gerasimova — 8, N.Nikitina, Vertushkova — 7 each)
Kuban — Stavropolye — 38:23 (18:9) (V.Zhilinskayte, Shavman — 6 each, A.Lebedeva — 5; Belchikova — 7, Seradskaya, Lunina — 3 each)
Dinamo-Sinara — Lada — 26:29 (15:13) (Semina — 8, Goryacheva, Starshova, Dolmatova — 5 each; V.Nikitina, Malashenko — 6 each, Fomina — 5)
AGU-Adyif — Rostov-Don — 21:37 (10:17) (Kolodyazhnaya, Vigurzhinskaya, Kozhubekova — 4 each; Zelenkova, Statsenko — 7 each, Gutova, Levsha, A.Reshetnikova — 5 each)
Astrakhanochka — Universitet — 33:28 (16:15) (Divak, Romanenko — 6 each, Shalnova — 5; Kandakova — 6, Avdoshko — 5)
Tournament standings. 1. CSKA — 44 points (22 matches). 2. Rostov-Don — 38 (23). 3. Astrakhanochka — 37 (22). 4. Lada — 33 (23). 5. Zvezda — 30 (22). 6. Kuban — 24 (22). 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 22 (22). 8. Stavropolye — 18 (23). 9. Universitet — 17 (23). 10. Fenix — 12 (21). 11. Luch — 6 (21). 12. AGU-Adyif — 5 (22). 13. Baltiyskaya zarya — 2 (22).
Photo: HC Kuban press
