HC Kuban sensationally ended the away match with the leader of the championship HC Rostov-Don in a draw with a score of 30:30.
The hosts had to play out at the end of the meeting. Ekaterina Zelenkova’s throw in the final moments of the match brought one point. Goalkeeper Anastasia Kazmenko reflected 45% of throws (10 out of 22).
Rostov-Don also played a draw with HC Chernomorochka last time (26:26).
The efficiency of the right wing Diana Golub from HC Kuban, who scored 11 goals, five of which were seven-meters throws, is worth mentioning.
In the first match of the game day HC Astrakhanochka confidently beat HC Chernomorochka. Yana Sotnikova scored 11 goals and ranked second in top-scorers race. She reduced the gap with the leader of the race in the Super League Zlata Fedosova to one goal — 140 against 141.
HC CSKA defeated HC Lada with a thirteen-goal difference and placed second in the tournament standings. Varvara Semina became the most resultative player of the match with 7 goals.
1 March
A group
Rostov-Don — Kuban — 30:30 (17:15) (Zelenkova - 8, Babenko — 5; Golub — 11)
CSKA — Lada — 44:31 (22:19) (Semina — 7, Ilyina — 6, Sobkalo, Sabirova, Yavon — 5 each; Sokova - 5)
Astrakhanochka — Chernomorochka — 35:26 (20:14) (Sotnikova — 11, Kovshikova — 4; Nikitina — 6, Zotina, Ikhneva — 5 each)
Tournament standings. 1. Rostov-Don — 45 points (25 matches). 2. CSKA — 40 (25). 3. Chernomorochka — 39 (25). 4. Astrakhanochka — 37 (25). 5. Kuban — 22 (25). 6. Lada — 21 (25).
Photo: HC Rostov-Don press
