For the first time in its history: Maccabi Ashdod is the national women’s volleyball champion

Maccabi Ashdod tonight (Wednesday) won the Women’s Super League championship in volleyball, for the first time in its history. The team from Ashdod won 1:3 away from cup holder Maccabi Haifa and completed a 0:3 victory in the playoff final series.

Maccabi Haifa – Maccabi Ashdod 3:1 (25:22,16:25,25:22,25:15)

The first set opened with 0:3 to the credit of Ashdod with a point by Shabtzuk. After that the one who kept the 3 point advantage was Bitsenko who increased the advantage to 4:7. Mistakes by Haifa kept Ashdod in the lead with 7:11. Protskych increased the lead to 7:13. The gap increased to seven points with a point by Topikina, 10:17.

Agbortavi continued to lead the Ashdodites to a significant lead in the first set, 14:22. Osokin won the first set for Ashdod with a point that determined 15:25, 0:1 Ashdod.

The second set opened with 3:4 in favor of Maccabi Haifa, which started well. Protskych then took the lead and scored points for Ashdod, 5:9. The actress continued to excel and lead in Ashdod’s uniform even later in the second set, 12:19 to Ashdod’s credit. Agbortbi led to add interest towards the end of the set when she narrowed the score to 18:22. At the end of the second set, Maccabi Ashdod wins with a score of 22:25 and led to victory in another set, 0:2.

The third set opened with a score of 3:3 after a good start by the teams. After that it was Bitsenko who led Ashdod to a 5:3 lead. Saada managed to lead Haifa to a turnaround with 5:8. Kora continued Haifa’s good campaign and took the lead by 5 points, 7:12.

The Haifaites continued to have a great run and Saada’s point determined 9:17. Bitsenko tried to keep Ashdod in the game and shrunk to 12:20. At the end of the third set, Maccabi Haifa comes out with the upper hand – 16:25, 1:2 to Ashdod in sets.

The fourth set opened with 0:2 in favor of Haifa. Topikina managed to take the opening of the campaign in the direction of Ashdod with a great 3:6. Kirschenbaum kept the gap close when her point led to 6:8 for Haifa. A series of mistakes by Haifa significantly increased the advantage, 6:12.

Kirschenbaum managed to shrink the lead to 8:13. Protskych at a good point stopped a possible reduction of Haifa, 14:17 to Ashdod. Haifa managed to regain a good chance for the campaign when it led to a tie 18:18. Topikina managed to return a point advantage to Ashdod, 20:21. At the end of the fourth set, Maccabi Ashdod wins with a score of 22:25, 1:3 in sets.

In Maccabi Ashdod, the outstanding players were Sasha Bitsenko with 19 points, followed by Topikina and Protskych with 16 points each. On the other hand, the standouts were Agbortbi with 14 points and Saada with 13.