Hapoel Rashalz opened today (Tuesday) the playoff final in the Women’s Super League in handball with a 23:28 victory over Maccabi Elazim RG, and took a 0:1 lead in the series. The second match, which could also be the decisive one, will be held on Friday the 31st of the month. This coming Monday, the two will also meet in the final of the State Cup, which will be held at “Gan Nahum” in Israel.
As for the game. The Reds, who finished the regular season in first place, were more purposeful tonight, and after a tight opening minutes, and despite Ana Lazinski’s sending off with a red card, Hapoel escaped to plus 8 goals at halftime. At the start of the second half, Rashel’ts took a record lead of ten goals (10:20) – with the two main scorers being Shir Vakert, who scored 13 goals, and Diana Cheroyakova, who scored 7. The Ramat Gan cedars, who beat the Herzliya girls on Saturday in the third and decisive game of the semi-final series The final, entered the game only during the second half, and a 0:4 run reduced the deficit to 23:18, which did not lead to a turnaround.
As mentioned, Vekert and Cheroyakova led the scoring for the winning side, Oshri Nahum Cohen added 4 goals, Katia Melnik 3 and Yael Shoham 1 goal. Goalkeeper Katrina Bendovic provided 13 stops. On the other hand, Yulia Havronina and Sharon Ekler led the scoring for the Cedars with 5 goals, Mai Yolzeri 4, Keren Teplitsky 3, Shani Levinkind 2, Jackie Anastasio, Yorta Zilenskate, Donia Tasic and Nicole Tzivion 1 goal. Ola Nikitsina – 14 stops.
Update from the Winner League in handball: the lower home game between the two brackets of the table – Hapoel Ha’el Eilot and Ha’poel RG, which was planned to be held on Friday – has been postponed (will be held next Tuesday). The reason – the discovery of no less than 6 corona patients among the Ha’el Eilot players.