After a long break of a month and a half, the Women’s Premier League returned tonight (Monday) in a storm. In the 12th round, in the main game of the round, Hapoel Urbani Kiryat Ata defeated Maccabi Haifa 2: 3 in the northern derby, KK Tel Aviv also needed five sets to beat the Raanana girls 2: 3, Hapoel Kfar Saba leads the table and defeats Maccabi Hod Hasharon 0: 3, while in a close game the Hadera girls defeated the Nazareth girls 1: 3
Hapoel Urban Kiryat Ata – Maccabi Haifa 2: 3 (12:15, 25:17, 25:21, 19:25, 23:25)
Both teams reached the northern derby after two consecutive victories and wanted to continue the positive momentum, Kiryat Ata started great and won the first two sets but Maccabi Haifa did not say desperate and returned to win in the next two sets. Despite this, the girls of Kiryat Ata recovered and won the fifth and decisive battle. The two teams presented similar data in the attack, Ata 44% and Haifa 47% and in the block – 10 points each. Despite a weak game in the reception of Kiryat Ata (27%), it takes advantage of Haifa’s many mistakes in the entire game (30 of them 5 in the decisive game). Kiryat Ata led De Castro with 23 points and Haifa was led by Okunomido with 29 points.
Maccabi Hadera – Maccabi Girls Nazareth 1: 3 (13:25, 21:25, 25:23, 17:25)
Hadera girls recovered from the loss in the previous round and managed to beat the Nazareth girls in a good game, which in turn failed to attach a second consecutive victory after the victory in the previous round over KK Tel Aviv. The game opened with Hadera’s victory in the first set, the Nazareth girls won the second game in a close game but Hadera finished an interest and won the next two sets. Hadera shows 64% in receiving an opening blow and 47% in attack, in addition to 8 points in blocking and 9 aces in the opening blow. On the other hand, Nazareth was satisfied with 60% in receiving an opening blow and 35% in attack, Hadera was led by Shirel Janah (18 points) and Oren Abutbul (16 points) in Nazareth were led by a pair of foreign players Squire (18 points) and Suarez (17 points). ‘).
KK Tel Aviv – Maccabi Raanana 2: 3 (10:15, 25:22, 20:25, 23:25, 25:20)
KK Tel Aviv, after two consecutive losses, managed to beat Raanana, which in turn recorded a fifth consecutive loss. In the first set Raanana won but KK turned the bowl over and won the next two sets Raanana won the fourth set but KK ended the interest with a victory in the fifth and decisive set. A very close game and in the end KK won 108 – 104 in points. Similar data in the two groups when on receiving a fresh opening blow shows 65% while KK shows 62% and on offense Raanana with 41% while KK with 44%. Also in the aces and mistakes the teams were close when Raanana with 14 aces in the game and KK with 16 aces while in mistakes Raanana ends the game with 27 mistakes and KK with 30. The KK was led by Moran Tzur with 26 points, I Muller excelled in Raanana with 23 pts.
Hapoel Kfar Saba – Maccabi Mosinson Hod Hasharon 0: 3 (18:25, 25:12, 11:25)
An easy victory for coach Elad Shefgat’s apprentices with a return break. The superiority of Kfar Saba has not been questioned since the beginning of the game, while most of the Kfar Saba staff share and win minutes of play. Kfar Saba shows a nice percentage in reception (65%) and offense (52%) plus 9 aces and 9 blocking points. Hod Hasharon showed 42% in the reception and only 27% in the attack and in addition made 25 mistakes during the game.
In Kfar Saba there is a nice division of points with Honey, Sheinin and Diouf with 9 points each and Hicks adding 8 points. Hod Hasharon was led by Karnitsky with 9 points.
