Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, which recently became the FIVB World Club Champion, hosted PTT in its home field in the 13th week of the Vodafone Sultans League and in the last match of the first period. The orange-white team won the match 3-0, with sets of 25-17, 25-16 and 25-12, in the match that witnessed competitive moments.
Before the match, PTT captain Merve Tanyel presented a plaque to Eczacıbaşı Dynavit team captain Tijana Boskovic in memory of the FIVB World Club Championship.
While the first set of the match started with consecutive points scored by both teams, Eczacıbaşı Dynavit came from behind with the points of Irına Voronkova and Alexa Gray and managed to increase the difference to 8 points. Leaving the set ahead 25-17, the orange-whites took the lead 1-0.
Maintaining its superiority in the second set, Eczacıbaşı Dynavit won the set 25-16 against the Ankara representative. Canadian spiker Alexa Gray came to the fore in the set with 3 attacks, 2 blocks and 1 serve for the orange-white team, which continued its effective play.
In the last set of the match, Eczacıbaşı Dynavit increased the difference to 13 points and won the set 2512. The orange and white team won the set 3-0, dominated by Eczacıbaşı Dynavit from start to finish, and ended the first half of the season with a victory. While Sinead Jack-Kısal and Alexa Gray had an important share in the victory for the orange-whites with 11 points, Irina Voronkova was another name that stood out with the 10 points she scored. Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players achieved 8 serves and 8 blocks.
Comments after the match:
Ferhat Akbaş:
“Despite illnesses and fatigue, we put up a good fight on the field today. We are happy to end the first half with this nice victory. Now, we'll take a break. Our athletes will rest mentally and physically. “We want to move on to the second half well.”
Leaf Male:
“It was motivating for us to win our first match at home after our World Championship. We wanted to close the first half of the season with a win and we are very happy that we achieved it. We want to continue winning from where we left off by advancing strongly and carefully in each match, starting from the second half. We have been working hard as a team since the beginning of the season and improving our volleyball every day. I congratulate my teammates on today's victory."
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit – PTT: 3-0
Hall: Eczacıbaşı Sports Hall
Referees: Ebru Kaya, Saadettin Kıral.
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit: Naz, Gray, Beyza, Voronkova, Yaprak, Jack-Kısal, Simge (L), Elif, Aybüke (L), Defne, Czyrnianska, Stevanovic.
PTT: Merve, Mirkovic, Caffery, Savic, Yasemin, Merve, Özlem (L), Hümay, Caric, Özlem, Nehir (L), Elif Su.
Sets: 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-12)
Duration: 85 minutes (27,22,21)
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