After the cup week, the women’s volleyball league returned tonight (Saturday) to action with the quarterfinals in the playoffs, at the end of the day we have two newcomers: Maccabi Ashdod defeated Maccabi Hadera 1: 3 and completed 0: 2, and so did the one who lost Thursday in the cup final, Hapoel KPS, who managed to recover and get the ticket to be among the last 4, after 0: 3 over KK Tel Aviv. The one who managed to force a third game in order is Maccabi Raanana, which finished with its hand on the top after beating Maccabi Urbani Kiryat Ata 2: 3.
Maccabi Raanana – Hapoel Urban Kiryat Ata 2: 3 (25:23, 18:25, 21:25, 25:19, 13:15)
Raanana managed to equalize the regularity to 1: 1 after a stubborn and long struggle that took place in the bell hall in Raanana. The guest, who won the first game, in the series, gained a 0: 1 advantage in the sets at the meeting, but the team from Sharon rewarded them with a victory in the next two sets. The game continued to be shaky, and after Kiryat Ata equalized to 2: 2, the teams went into a tiebreaker. In the fifth set, Raanana already had a 4: 8 advantage, but Kiryat Ata did not give up and reduced to 8: 9, and even managed to make a difference and go up to 12:13, but the last word was from the host, who with three consecutive points won the game and the whole game .
Maccabi Raanana excelledValery Gemanovich with 19 points, and Juliana Silva with 18.
The people of Kiryat Ata excelled: Gabriela Makiagowski with 33 points, and Linda Costa with 13.
Maccabi Hadera – Maccabi Ashdod 3: 1 (20:25, 25:22, 25:14, 25:18)
Maccabi Ashdod has completed the task with the second victory in the series, and it will wait for Hapoel Kfar Saba, which it will meet in the semi-finals. Hadera from the other side, finished a disappointing season for her, probably in relation to the team and achievements he reached in the previous season. In the game itself, the host opened the game in a positive way and gained an advantage in the systems, but the Ashdod players recovered on their own, and won the next three systems on the way to victory in the game, and in the entire series.
Maccabi Ashdod excelled: Anastasia Grechnia with 21 points, Anna Dubgoflyuk with 17.
Maccabi Hadera excelled: Diana Blai with 15 points and Gal Lander with 12 points
KK Tel Aviv – Hapoel Kfar Saba 3: 0 (25:18, 25:13, 25:19)
Hapoel Kfar Saba quickly recovered from the loss in the cup final last Thursday to Maccabi Haifa, and relatively easily defeated KK Tel Aviv, which advanced to the playoffs through the lower house. The Greens are already looking ahead to the playoff semifinal against Maccabi Ashdod.
Hapoel Kfar Saba excelled: Tali Hex with 12 points and Giana Lopez with 10.
At Tel Aviv KK, Ayumi Nakamura excelled with 18 points.