The team had a 3-2 defeat over Galatasaray HDI Sigorta in the 26th match week, coming back from 2-0 down with Tijana Boskovic emerging for an incredible total 40 points.
The guest team Galatasaray took the lead in the first and second sets by 25-23 and 25-19, respectively.
The team started the third set by 8-2 winning streak. In addition to Tijana Boskovic who reached to 24 points at the end of the third set, Jordan Thompson and Hande Baladın’s attacks were crucial in coming back from 2-0 down.
Galatasaray led the fourth set 12-8 during technical timeout. However, the Orange and Whites came back from 18-13 to 18-18, continuing their streak until Galatasaray’s timeout. Chiaka Ogbogu’s kill attacks made the difference in the end of the fourth set as we fought well until 29-27 and extended derby to the tie-break.
Leading 8-5 before the side switch of the tie-break, the team fought well until the end and finished the match victoriously by 3-2.
The best scorer of the match, Tijana Boskovic reached to 40 points and marked her career-high with the Tigers.
The team scored 14 blocks today with 8 of them belonging to our middle blocker Chiaka Ogbogu.
Eczacıbaşı VitrA – Galatasaray HDI Sigorta: 3-2
Venue: Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall
Referees: Erdal Akıncı, Metin Korkut.
Eczacıbaşı VitrA: Hande, Beyza, Elif, Thompson, Ogbogu, Boskovic, Simge (L), Saliha, Mirkovic, Fatma, Merve, Melisa.
Galatasaray HDI Sigorta: Çağla, Kosheleva, Ergül, Ryhkliuk, Güldeniz, Selin, Gizem (L), İlkin, Nilay, Beren, Derya, Sezen.
Set Results: 3-2 (23-25, 19-25, 20-25, 29-27, 16-14)
Duration: 143 minutes (31,30,26,35,21)
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