Russia, Romania remain undefeated on day 2 of 2012 CEV Women’s Junior Volleyball Championship
Russia and Romania continued with winning ways on day-2 of 2012 CEV Women’s Volleyball Championship, which is currently underway in four major European cities.
Russia defeated Portugal in straight sets of 25-16, 25-21, and 25-14 on Thursday. Likewise, Romania downed Finland in the similar fashion. The host Romania clinched success without any loss and posted 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-9) on board.
Russia and Romania have not dropped a single set in the first two matches of the 2nd round of 2012 CEV Women’s Junior Volleyball Championship. The city of Piatra Neamt in Romania set up the field of play for Pool C matches.
Russia came out firing in the first match of the day and launched full authority on the Portuguese team. Russian hitters started heavy strike of volleys, while the middle blockers supported the team with solid defence. The Russian duo of Anna Luneva and
Irina Fetisova proved to be big hurdle for Portuguese attackers. The girls from Moscow restricted Team Portugal at low score of 16 and claimed opening set of the match (25-16).
With better combination of defence and the excellent attacks Russia maintained its good run in the second set. However, Portugal threw everything in attack and tried to take revenge. Portugal’s Beatriz Santos and Mariana Maia put up a combined effort to
catch up with the Russian counterparts. Their effort was commendable Russia clawed its way 25-21 win in second set.
The tough Portuguese squad came up with strong offence in the third set and managed to break the rhythm of charged-up Russian hitters. Portugal built a 5-point lead but Russia bounced back after the first technical timeout. The Portuguese fell down and could
not raise head again. Russia added quick points and cruised past to 25-14 win in third set, and settled for 3-0 victory.
In the next match of the day-2 in Pool D, host Romania crossed ways with team from Finland. The home team totally profited the competitive edge and did not allow Finnish girls to come up. Middle blocker Iuliana Matache staged an eye-catching action on the
net and supported Romanian team in the first set. Romania secured opening set of the match with a good margin of 11 points, 25-14.
The second set also came successful for Romania as the team played with great intensity and determination. Finnish wing spiker Cristina Cazacu resisted in full force but failed to stay in the way of killing spikes from Romanian side. Finland dropped second
set after scoring 19 points, while Romania went on front with 2-0 lead.
Afterwards, Romania dominated the visiting squad throughout the third set. Finland scored only 9 points in third frame and accepted defeat in the match.
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