Tonight (Saturday), Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Hapoel Kfar Saba at the center of the 17th round of the volleyball Premier League and almost finally secured first place at the end of the season. In other games: Hapoel HaMa’apil Menashe / Emek Hefer defeated Asa Ben-Gurion Beer Sheva, while Hapoel Mateh defeated Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon.
Maccabi Tel Aviv – Hapoel Kfar Saba 1: 3 (21:25, 25:18, 25:27, 22:25)
A huge victory for the Yellows from Tel Aviv today against Hapoel Kfar Saba in a game that rose to a high level between two teams that will make the rest of the season especially tense. Following the victory, Maccabi Tel Aviv almost finally secured the first place, while Kfar Saba (unless there are big surprises) will be in the second place. The first set was close but the Yellows knew how to apply the pressure and win at the end. In the second set, too, the Tel Avivians won by a tiebreaker, but in the third set, Sagi Baram’s trainees from Kfar Saba woke up and won. So Maccabi Tel Aviv exchanged a disc and won the fourth set on the way to victory in the entire game.
Kyle Ansing (64% on offense, and one ace) and Winery Bill (39% on reception, and 44%, and 2 blocks) led Maccabi Targets Tel Aviv with 26 and 16 points respectively. The team’s acceptance percentage was 47%, and the attack percentage was 50%, 8 balls blocked (of which 5 by Gandhi Sokolov), scored 4 aces and finished with 22! General errors in the game (11 in the refusal, 3 in the reception and 8 errors in the attack).
Tamir Hershko (52% on offense, 3 blocks and one ace) led Hapoel Yoav Kfar Saba with 26 points, followed by Saba Dbesh (59% on offense, 52% on offense) and Selva on Chekla (65% on offense) with 13 points each. 54% team in reception and also in attack, 9 blocks and 3 aces, and finished with 28! General errors in the game (15! In refusal, 4 in reception and 9 in attack).
Hapoel Mate Asher / Acre – Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon 0: 3 (20:25, 15:25, 22:25)
After defeating Kiryat Ata last week, Hod Hasharon hoped to continue the good period, but in front of them was the state champion who does not intend to give up the title so easily this year. A smooth victory in three sets when the first and third were close and the kibbutzniks from below showed that they were ready for the rest of the season.
4 players of Hapoel “Galil” headquarters in Acre finished with double digits: Ido David (62% on offense, one block and 2 aces) with 16 points, Quinn Foyer (50% on receipt, 100% !! on offense, 2 blocks and ace) With 12 points, Alex Osokin (100% on offense, 5! Blocks) with 11 points and Jan Sol (43% on offense, 5! Blocks and 2 aces) with 10 points. The team finished with 67% in the reception and 61% in the attack, blocked 14 balls, scored 6 aces and made 16 general mistakes in the game (8 in the refusal, 3 in the reception and 5 in the attack).
Vladimir Tibkon (52% on offense, and 3 aces) led Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon with 15 points. The team acceptance percentage was 62%, and the attack percentage was 43%, blocking 7 balls (4 of them by Ziv Gutman), 3 aces and finally finishing with 18 general errors in the game (6 in refusal, 5 in acceptance and 7 in attack).
Asa Ben Gurion Beer Sheva – Hapoel HaMa’apil Emek Hefer / Menashe 3: 0 (25:16, 25:18, 25:18)
An important victory for Ma’apil, which secured the fourth place in the table and the home team in the first stage of the playoffs, Beer Sheva from the other side will try to look for points elsewhere. Misha Wolinsky (49% on offense) led Hapoel HaMaapil / Menashe / Emek-Hefer with 18 points. The team reception percentage was 63%, and the attack percentage was 57%, blocking 4 balls, scoring one ace and finishing with 14 errors in the game (7 from the opening stroke, 2 on reception and 5 on offense).
In the Asa Ben Gurion Beer Sheva team, Ahmed Sharqia (87% in the reception, and 39% in the attack, and one block) led the team with 12 points. The team finished with 65% in the reception and 34% in the attack, blocked 4 balls, scored 2 aces and made 24! General errors in the game (8 in the refusal, 1 in the reception and 15 in the attack). Tomorrow will be the game that will close the round between MS Eilabun who will meet Hapoel Urbani Kiryat Ata (20:00, Lottery Eilabun Hall).
Kfar Saba and Hadera won the women’s semifinals
Today, the two remaining quarterfinals for women also took place after yesterday securing their promotion to the semifinals of Maccabi Haifa and Kiryat Ata.
Hapoel Kfar Saba – Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon 0: 3 (22:25, 14:25, 7:25)
An easy victory for the state champion ahead of the semi-final game on Monday against Maccabi Banot Nazareth. The advantage of Elad Spegget’s apprenticeships was not questioned throughout the match except in the third act which was relatively considered.
Maccabi Raanana – Hadera 3: 0 (25:19, 25:22, 29:27)
Hadera’s beautiful victory on the way to the semi-finals, by the way this will be the only team from the lower house in the semi-finals of the factory. The game itself was particularly tense in the first two sets barely went to Hadera, who also won the third set on the way to victory in the whole confrontation.