The first draw in the season between HC Fenix and HC Luch recorded on Friday.
The Chinese team was leading with a three-ball difference, but played final six minutes of the meeting without goals, HC Luch took advantage of that and caught up with the wards of Nataliya Derepasko.
To recall, the competitors met twice before. In the championship HC Fenix was stronger with a score 26:25 and in the Cup of Russia — 29:27.
20 January
Fenix — Luch — 26:26 (15:13) (Zhou Mengxue — 7; Krupennikova, Makhneva, Zakharova — 5 each)
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 — 13 (22). 11. Luch — 7 (22). 12. AGU-Adyif — 5 (22). 13. Baltiyskaya zarya — 2 (22).
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