There was no sensation: HC CSKA hosted HC Lada and won another 34th victory.
Elena Mikhaylichenko, born in Togliatti, became the most resultative player in line-up of the Moscow team (8 goals). Valeria Kirdyasheva scored most of all in two teams — 10 goals.
HC Lada was defeated, but concerning the fight for the third place, which is prospectively expected to be competed for in the playoff semi-finals with CSKA, it’s important for the team from Togliatti that HC Astrakhanochka in its turn lost in Rostov-on-Don. Both HC Lada and HC Astrakhanochka still have at least one match with HC Dinamo-Sinara to play in the regular championship. In addition, the club from Togliatti will meet with HC Kuban, and its rivals — with HC CSKA.
2 April
A group
CSKA — Lada — 30:26 (16:13) (Mikhaylichenko — 8, Shamanovskaya, Illarionova, Sabirova — 4 each; Kirdyasheva — 10, Malashenko — 7, Fomina — 4)
Rostov-Don — Astrakhanochka — 38:31 (17:19) (Managarova — 8, Zelenkova, Kozhokar — 6 each, Statsenko — 5; Sharkova — 12, Divak — 6, Shaposhnikova — 5)
Dinamo-Sinara — Zvezda — 29:28 (11:13) (Semina — 10, Dolmatova — 7, Vasilyeva — 4; N.Nikitina — 11, Osipova — 4)
Tournament standings. 1. CSKA — 68 points (34 matches). 2. Rostov-Don — 53 (35). 3. Astrakhanochka — 48 (34). 4. Lada — 47 (34). 5. Zvezda — 38 (35). 6. Kuban — 37 (34). 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 27 (34).
B Group
AGU-Adyif — Stavropolye — 23:26 (12:11) (Dvortsevaya — 5, Kirillova — 4; Nefedova — 7, Lyzhina — 5, Sivovalova, Zotina — 4 each)
Fenix — Luch — 32:24 (20:13) (Jin Mengqing — 8, Gong Lei — 6; Fedosova — 7, Fedorova — 5, Makhneva — 4)
Universitet — Baltiyskaya zara — 35:25 (19:11) (Kandakova — 10, Zhukova — 6; Seliverstova — 9, Dolina — 5)
Tournament standings. 1. Stavropolye — 30 points (32 matches). 2. Universitet — 27 (32). 3. Fenix — 21 (32). 4. AGU-Adyif — 19 (32). 5. Luch — 13 (32). 6. Baltiyskaya zarya — 4 (32).
Photo: HC CSKA press
