In the final match of the game day in the Russian championship HC Lada Togliatti managed to win a difficult victory over the newcomer of the season HC Chernomorochka with the score of 27:26.
In the full-time dispute for the title of the top-scorer Olga Fomina from HC Lada was two balls ahead of Natalia Nikitina. On the results of the match HC Lada completed the preliminary stage on the third line.
HC Dinamo-Sinara defeated HC Stavropolye with the score of 38:23 and finished the first stage on the seventh place. In the hosts the player of the national team Ekaterina Dolmatova became the most resultative player. Anastasiya Zotina was absent in the guest team.
HC CSKA was stronger than HC Astrakhanochka with an eight-goal advantage. The performance of the goalkeeper from the capital team Polina Kaplina is worth mentioning. She reflected 61% of throws (13 out of 21).
20 January
Lada — Chernomorochka — 27:26 (11:14) (Fomina — 11, V.Nikitina, Malashenko — 4 each; N.Nikitina — 9, Nefedova — 4)
Dinamo-Sinara — Stavropolye — 38:23 (18:12) (Dolmatova — 7, Belolipetskaya — 5; Kashirina — 6, Korovina — 5, Tishina — 4)
Astrakhanochka — CSKA — 25:33 (8:20) (Sharkova - 5; Kulak — 6, E.Ilyina — 5)
Tournament standings. 1. Rostov-Don — 40 points (21 matches). 2. CSKA — 37 (22). 3. Lada — 33 (22). 4. Astrakhanochka — 31 (22). 5. Chernomorochka — 30 (22). 6. Kuban — 25 (21). 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 21 (22). 8. Zvezda — 16 (21). 9. Stavropolye — 10 (22). 10. AGU-Adyif — 8 (21). 11. Luch — 6 (21). 12. Universitet — 1 (21).
Photo: HC Lada press / Vladimir Miro
