Lada and CSKA couldn’t identify the winner. The guests recouped at the end of the meeting after an accurate throw of the centre back Ekaterina Ilyina.
In the second match of the game day HC Astrakhanochka achieved a confident away victory over HC Chernomorochka Novorossiysk and headed the tournament standings. Mikhail Izmailov’s teams was stronger with a six-goal advantage.
17 September
Lada — CSKA — 28:28 (18:15) (Gorshenina — 6, Da Costa — 5; Semina — 8, Kozachenko — 6)
Chernomorochka — Astrakhanochka — 26:32 (13:16) (N.Nikitina — 6, Nikulina — 4; Shinkaruk, Sotnikova — 5 each)
Tournament standings. 1. Astrakhanochka — 6 points (3 matches). 2 CSKA — 5 (3). 4. Rostov-Don — 4 (2). 4. Chernomorochka — 4 (3). 5. Lada — 2 (2). 6. Dinamo-Sinara — 2 (2). 7. Kuban — 1 (2). 8. Luch — 0 (1). 9. Zvezda — 0 2). 10. AGU- Adyif — 0 (2). 11. Universitet — 0 (2).
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