The game day in women’s Super League finished with a match in Krasnodar.
HC Kuban snatched a minimal victory over the guests from Rostov-on-Don. The left back of the hosts Victoria Zhilinskayte scored 8 goals. HC Rostov-Don left an opportunity to break away from HC Astrakhanochka in the fight for the second place of the preliminary round.
18 March
A group
Kuban — Rostov-Don — 28:27 (14:15) (Zhilinskayte — 8; P.Kuznetsova — 8, Managarova, Sen — 5 each)
Zvezda — Astrakhanochka — 33:32 (14:17) (Penzeva, N.Nikitina — 6 each, Klimantseva, Egorova — 5 each; Sharkova — 11)
Dinamo-Sinara — CSKA — 28:31 (15:17) (Dolmatova — 9; Sabirova — 8, Ristovska — 5)
Tournament standings. 1. CSKA — 62 points (31 match). 2. Rostov-Don — 49 (32). 3. Astrakhanochka — 48 (32). 4. Lada — 43 (31). 5. Zvezda — 38 (32). Kuban — 35 (32). 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 25 (32).
Photo: HC Rostov-Don press