HC Zvezda finished the preliminary stage with a home victory over HC Stavropolye. Due to this success the team avoided a trip to Rostov-on-Don and reached the playoffs with HC CSKA. In the winners, six scored goals are on the account of Yulia Babenko.
In A group HC Astrakhanochka failed to keep the advantage in five balls on the home court and ceded to HC Chernomorochka. The most resultative player of the guests is Anastasia Sivukha with seven accurate throws, in the winners Natalia Nikitina became the top-scorer of the match with ten scored goals.
1 April
B group
Zvezda — Stavropolye — 36:28 (17:14) (Babenko — 6, Egorova, Belchikova — 5 each; Lunina — 8, Lyzhina — 7)
AGU-Adyif — Luch — 27:25 (15:14) (Terletskaya — 10; Fedosova — 7)
Universitet — Dinamo-Sinara — 25:33 (13:15) (Beresneva — 6, Minabutdinova — 5; Vasilyeva, Turusina, Chesheva, Shkitina — 4 each)
Tournament standings. 1. Zvezda — 37 points (32 matches). 2. Dinamo-Sinara — 36 (32). 3. Stavropolye — 19 (31). 4. AGU-Adyif — 18 (32). 5. Luch — 8 (31). 6. Universitet — 4 (31).
A group
Astrakhanochka — Chernomorochka — 31:33 (21:16) (Sivukha — 7, Shichkina — 5; Nikitina — 10, Sobina — 8)
Tournament standings. 1. Rostov-Don — 58 points (31 match). 2. CSKA — 49 (31). 3. Astrakhanochka — 44 (32). 4. Chernomorochka — 42 (32). 5 Lada — 38 (32). 6. Kuban — 27 (32).
Photo: HC Zvezda press
