Next-to-last match match of the 10th tour in the women’s championship of Russia finished.
HC Lada beat HC Chernomorochka in away match and reduced the gap from the leading duo to 2 points. Natalia Nikitina threw 11 balls in the gate of Togliatti club and became the best goal-scorer of the match.
In the central match of the tour the national champions HC CSKA beat HC Astrakhanochka on the home court with a 2-goal advantage, though the capital club got to the break with a minimal lag. CSKA playmaker Ekaterina Ilyina was the best goal-scorer of the match with 7 scored balls. Thus, CSKA caught up with HC Rostov-Don in the standings.
29 October
Chernomorochka — Lada — 23:28 (13:13) (N.Nikitina — 11, Vaykum — 4; N.Reshetnikova, V.Nikitina — 6 each, I.Nikitina — 5, Mokat — 4)
CSKA — Astrakhanochka — 29:27 (14:15) (E.Ilyina — 7, Mikhaylichenko — 6, Gorshkova — 4; K.Ilyina, Sharkova — 8 each)
Universitet — Kuban — 25:30 (12:18) (Beresneva — 5, Zhukova, Shklyaeva — 4 each; Sobkalo — 7, Shavman — 5, Trukhina — 4)
Tournament standings. 1. Rostov-Don — 18 points (10 matches). 2. CSKA — 18 (10). 3. Lada — 16 (10). 4. Astrakhanochka — 14 (10). 5. Chernomorochka — 14 (10). 6. Kuban — 12 (10). 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 7 (9). 8. AGU-Adyif — 7 (10). 9. Zvezda — 6 (10). 10. Stavropolye — 4 (9). 11. Luch — 2 (10). 12. Universitet — 0 (10).
Photo: HC Chernomorochka press
