Today (Saturday) the playoff stage in the men’s Premier League opens with two games: Hapoel Mateh, which defeated Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon, while Hapoel HaMa’apil, in a dramatic game, defeated Hapoel Kiryat Ata. Yesterday, one game took place in the lower house of the Women’s Premier League: KK Tel Aviv defeated Maccabi Raanana.
Hapoel HaMa’apil Menashe / Emek Hefer – Hapoel Urbani Kiryat Ata 0: 3 (32:30, 26:28, 21:25)
A simple crazy game at the Menashe Municipal Sports Center. The first set was close and went to the qualifier – but it was only the prelude to the second set that ended in a tiebreaker and the third set – one of the close ones this year where the illegal immigrant missed no less than five game points in the tiebreaker just to win the match 30:32!
Misha Wolinski (56% on offense, block and 3 aces) and Galirmo Garcia (57% on offense, 53% on offense) led Hapoel HaMaapil / Menashe / Emek-Hefer with 22 and 16 points respectively. The percentage of group acceptance is 51%, and the percentage of attack is 56%. Blocked 4 balls, scored 3 aces and finished with 17 general errors in the game (9 in the refusal, 3 in the reception and 5 in the attack).
Andrei Veslinko (59% in reception, 72% in attack) and Andrei Qualinka (71% in reception, 56% in attack, blocking) led Hapoel Urbani Kiryat Ata with 18 and 16 points respectively. The team finished with 48% in the reception, 54% in the attack, blocked 5 balls, scored 3 aces and made 29! General errors in the game (17! In refusal, 3 in reception, 9 in attack).
Hapoel “Galil” Headquarters Asher / Acre – Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon 0: 3 (27:29, 24:26, 14:26)
The champion down which opens the playoffs in an excellent way and increases to 4 the streak of games without its loss in the league. Maccabi Hod Hasharon on the other hand already had a third consecutive loss despite a very close second set that Mate won which was only barely and a third set that was equal and only at the end Noam Katz’s trainees who managed to open a gap and win it.
Stas Nabiadomsky (65% in reception, 55% in attack, 3 blocks and ace), Alex Osokin (78% in attack, 4 blocks and ace) and Kevin Foyer (83% in reception, 47% in attack, 2 aces) led Hapoel “Galil” headquarters in Acre With 15, 12 and 11 points respectively. The team finished with 77% on reception and 45% on offense, blocked 12 balls (4 of them from Jan Sol), scored 7 aces and made 24! General errors in the game (10 in the refusal, 3 in the reception and 11 in the attack).
Kirill Goz (55% in reception, 56% in attack, 2 aces), Daniel Galili (70% in reception, 55% in attack, 3 blocks) and Volodymyr Tibkon (33% in attack, 2 blocks and ace) led Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon with 12, 9 And 8 points respectively. The team acceptance percentage is 64%, and the attack percentage is 39%, they blocked 6 balls and scored 4 aces, and finished with 22! General mistakes in the game (15! In refusal, 4 in reception and 3 in attack).
KK Tel Aviv – MK Maccabi Raanana 2: 3 (11:15, 25:13, 25:17, 23:25, 24:26) (women)
Dramatic game on Friday, after KK Tel Aviv barely won the first two sets, Raanana girls woke up and won the next two sets relatively easily. Both teams lined up for a decisive battle, where KK came back to itself and won the battle and the entire game.