The lower Volga derby was held in the women’s championship.
HC Astrakhanochka won a strong-willed victory over HC Dinamo-Sinara and caught up with HC CSKA on points scored. In the winners Polina Sharkova scored 12 goals.
14 December
Dinamo-Sinara — Astrakhanochka — 26:28 (17:13) (Semina — 6, Sudakova, Dolmatova — 4 each; Sharkova — 12, K.Ilyina, Bessalaya — 5 each)
Tournament standings. 1. Rostov-Don — 30 points (16 matches). 2. CSKA — 27 (16). 3. Astrakhanochka — 27 (18). 4. Chernomorochka — 24 (16). 5. Lada — 23 (16). 6. Kuban — 17 (16). 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 15 (17). 8. Stavropolye — 10 (16). 9. Zvezda — 8 (16). 10. AGU-Adyif — 8 (16). 11. Luch — 6 (16). 12. Universitet — 1 (17).
Photo: HC Dinamo-Sinara press
