Hapoel Rishon Lezion tonight (Monday) qualified for the playoff finals in the Athena League for women in handball, after winning 29:34, and actually dethroned the reigning champion, with 0:2 in the series. Maccabi Rashel, ended a disappointing season in which it lost all the titles it won last season. At the same time, Benutzel managed to equalize to 1:1, after winning away 30:31 over Maccabi Elazim RG.
Hapoel Rashel – Maccabi Rashel 29:34
After a whirlwind treble season, Maccabi Rasheltz ended the season today with a crushing loss to the Reds from the city of wine. Hapoel won the first game 26:40, and tonight completed a double victory. Shir Vakert led Hapoel Rasheltz with 13 conquests, Nitzan Donai added 4, Yael Shoham, Diana Cheroikova, Oshri Nachum Cohen, Neli Aminov and Katya Melnik 3 KA and Anna Lazinski 2. Katrina Bandovitz 10 stops. Scorers for Maccabi Rashlat: Shira Jarbi 8, Usher Cohen 5, Kim Levy, Katrina Gogina and Anna Buzinovska 4 KA, Amit Izak 2, Shir Gabza and Natalie Barto 1 KA. Goalkeeper Dragna Patkovska 7 saves.
Maccabi RG – Herzliya Girls 31:30 (at the end of overtime).
There was a big drama this evening in RAJ, with a historic extension in the women’s playoffs. It was a game that was completely in the hands of the Cedars who led at the break 14:18, but Herzliya came back and equalized in the last minutes. 42 seconds to the end, Herzliya had the opportunity to make a change, but Ola Nikitsina stopped a penalty by Mor Shaul. Elazim, on the other hand, was unable to score and the game ended at 28:28 and was dragged into overtime. Only 5 goals were scored in the ten minutes of overtime. 48 seconds to the end of the first part of the overtime, which Mor Shaul made a change and put Herzliya up 29:30, later she scored the second, and Keren Teplitsky only managed to shrink.
Scorers for the Cedars: Sharon Ekler 8 goals, Keren Teplitsky 6, Yorta Zilenskate 5, Donia Tasic, Yulia Havronina and Mai Yolzeri 3 goals, Jackie Anastasio 2. Scorers for Herzliya: Mor Shaul 20, Romi Tal 5 goals, Oksana Moroz 3 , Daniela Dragoyevich 2, Tal Verol 1. Bisra Pascal excelled in the Herzliya goal.
In the final match in the lower house in the Men’s Winner League, Maccabi Kiryat Motzkin defeated Hapoel Hemel Eilot 34:37 34:34. In this way, Motzkin is tied with A.C. Ness Ziona with 18 points each, and both are ranked in the first two places leading to the playoffs, and they are ahead of ASA Tel Aviv (15 points). On the other hand, Ha’val Eilot missed an opportunity to close the gap with Po’al Kiryat Ono, and minus 5 points from the red line – the team from Arava is approaching relegation to the national team.
Scorers for Haval Eilot: Dylan Dresman and Draco Todorovic 8 goals 21, Stefan Ilitch 6, Andy Kogan and Yam Shweber 4 21, Dean Suiferman 3 and Habib Awad a goal (debut in the Premier League). Goran Rakovic finished with 9 stops from 42. Eyal Maimon with zero from 4. For Motzkin, Leo Lauvets led with 9 goals, Igor Kribukapich and Nemania Skorovich scored 8 goals. Barak Amar 4, Oren Cohen 3, Ariel Biton and Petah Dahan 1 goals.
On Friday, the upper and lower house games will resume – for the last 3 rounds and the determination of the rankings and series before the start of the playoffs and the survival house games – at Moked – the initial derby between the leader Hapoel Rashalz and the second Maccabi Rashalz in the table (3 points separating the two).