One last effort is still needed. And there is no better way to deal with it than with guarantees. Spar Girona announced today the signing of the Slovakian winger Terezia Palenikova (1.78 meters) to strengthen the team’s outside shooting for the final stretch of the season in which, after playing the last regular league game this Saturday against Cadí La Seu, they will play the play-off for the title from April 20 to May 11. The absolute international with the Slovakian team27 years old, arrives from Clarinos Tenerife, cuer de la Endesa Women’s League who is already relegated and with whom he agreed last week to terminate his contract. This season credits an average of 10.6 points and 2.1 rebounds per match in the 24 that he has participated with the Tenerife team. In the last visit to Fontajau, with Girona’s emphatic victory (73-52), Palenikova was Tenerife’s top scorer with 13 punts.
“She is a very sharp outside player with a good offensive sense. For sure it will help us a lot to face the final part of the season with the play-off”, explained Uni Girona’s sports director, Laia Palau, about Palenikova. The former captain has had to look for alternatives for the umpteenth time in her first year in office following the long-term absence of Ornella Bankolé. The truth is that Girona have been unlucky with injuries, having to face one counterattack after another.
The signing of Palenikova will allow Bernat Canut to have available up to eight players from the first team. Good news that will allow a squad loaded with minutes to breathe and cannot afford to rest. No, with the absences of María Araújo, Irati Etxarri and Nora Galve, seriously injured, and Binta Drammeh, Shay Murphy and Bankolé, who are still in the recovery process – the American escort still has a broken finger despite let him train In this sense, Palenikova has already completed the first session under the orders of the Urgellen technician.
This is Palenikova’s second season in the top division of women’s basketball. The winger’s first experience in the Spanish league was last year with Leganés, ending a period of several campaigns in the Polish Sleza Wroclaw, with an average of 6.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 28 games disputed On Saturday, he will start a new journey with Spar Girona in the match against Cadí La Seu, where he is expected to make his debut so he can start contributing his bit. Girona need to consolidate their second place in the standings so that the second leg of a hypothetical play-off semi-final is in Fontajau.