The first stage of the championship of Russia is completed. HC Rostov confidently won the preliminary stage, having won all the matches. Irina Dibirova’s team proved to be stronger than HC CSKA again on Saturday. The capital club ceded the first half with an eight0goal difference, but manage to reduce the gap to two balls.
28 February
CSKA — Rostov-Don — 26:28 (9:17) (Murzalieva — 9, Chigirinova — 6; K.Kozhokar — 7, Babenko — 6)
Dinamo-Sinara — Astrakhanochka — 20:25 (5:12) (Dvortsevaya — 6; Yuryeva, Bespalaya — 4 each)
Universitet — Lada — 23:36 (14:16) (Shulyatyeva — 5, Shklyaeva, Shakiryanova — 4 each; Filina, Terletskaya, Bespalova — 5 each, Matyukhina — 4)
Kuban — Luch — 34:21 (15:8) (Savinova, Ignatenko, D.Kazikhanova — 5 each; A.Smirnova, Lunina, Kobzh — 4 each)
Zvezda — AGU-Adyif — 36:28 (19:13) (Penzeva, Belchikova — 6 each, Vertushkova — 5; Vakulich — 7, Salakhova, Krasnokrutskaya — 5 each)
Chernomorochka — Ufa-Alisa — 37:25 (21:10) (Zotina — 9, Fedosova — 7, Sivovalova — 6; Akentyeva — 5)
Tournament standings (after 22 matches). 1. Rostov-Don — 44 points. 2, CSKA — 40. 3. Lada — 31. 4. Astrakhanochka — 29. 5. Chernomorochka — 29. 6. Zvezda — 24. 7. Dinamo-Sinara — 20. 8. Kuban — 19. 9.AGU-Adyif — 12. 10. Luch — 10. 11. UFA-Alisa — 3. 12. Universitet - 3.

Photo: vk.com/whccska