The final matches of the first preliminary stage of the women’s Russian championship were held on Wednesday.
HC Kuban in away match defeated HC Luch — 39:27. Diana Golub showed 100 per cent realization among the winners — 10 goals, 6 of them were from the penalty spot. The playmaker of the Krasnodar team Violetta Golets repeated her personal goal record in the current season — 5/6.
25 January
Luch — Kuban — 27:39 (11:20) (Makhneva — 7, Fedorova, Shanova — 4 each; Golub — 10, Shavman — 8, Golets — 5)
Rostov-Don — Baltiyskaya zarya — 33:19 (15:14) (Zelenkova — 8, Tazhenova — 7, Statsenko — 6; A.D.Seliverstova — 5, Pavlova, Potrokhova, E.Kuznetsova — 3 each)
Zvezda — AGU-Adyif — 40:26 (22:16) (Klimantseva — 6, Osipova, Dyachenko, Vertushkova — 5 each; Krasnokrutskaya, Dvortsevaya — 5 each)
CSKA — Dinamo-Sinara — 32:25 (16:11) (Ristovska — 7, Mikhaylichenko, Skorobogatchenko, Illarionova — 4 each; Semina — 9, Dolmatova — 5)
Tournament standings (after 24 tours). 1. CSKA — 48 points. 2. Rostov-Don — 40. 3. Astrakhanochka — 39. 4. Lada — 35. 5. Zvezda — 32. 6. Kuban — 28. 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 24. 8. Stavropolye — 20. 9. Universitet — 17. 10. Fenix — 13. 11. AGU-Adyif — 7. 12. Luch — 7. 13. Baltiyskaya zarya — 2.
Photo: HC Luch press
