Russia: Kuzbass Kemerovo and Zenit-Kazan unstoppable, first win of Belogorie

Kuzbass Kemerovo seems to be unstoppable in the 2020/21 Russian volleyball Championship! They recorded the fourth victory in as many games in the Superliga Parimatch and lead, of course, the race for the championship title. Their latest victim was the reigning champion Lokomotiv: 3-0 (25:14, 25:23, 25:17). Serbian Petar Krsmanović was Kuzbass’ most decisive player with 16 points, including 6 winning blocks.
After a straight-set victory over Neftyanik, Zenit-Kazan kept breathing down Kuzbass’ neck, also having a 4-0 score. On the other matches, Dinamo Moscow, Zenit Saint Petersburg, and Enisey extended their winning streaks to three games each.
Belogorie claimed their first victory this season as they downed Gazprom-Yugra (0-4) in four sets (25:20, 25:25, 25:27, 25:22).

📌| 2020/21 Superliga Parimatch – Round 4

🗓| October 11

• Yenisey Krasnoyarsk — Dinamo LO 3-0 (25:15, 25:17, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Skrimov 19, Zhuk 11, Iereshchenko 9, Kritskiy 7; Biryukov 20, Alekseev 14, Biarda 5.

• Zenit St. Petersburg — Ural Ufa 3-0 (25:14, 25:12, 25:18)
Top Scorers: Philippov 12, Kliuka 12, Poletaev 11, Iakovlev 8; Feoktistov 8, Ivankov 4.

• Dinamo Moscow — Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3-0 (25:14, 25:16, 27:25)
Top Scorers: Podlesnykh 15, Vlasov 11, Sokolov 8, Pankov 8; Papazov 13, Makarenko 6.

• Kuzbass Kemerovo — Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3-0 (25:14, 25:23, 25:17)
Top Scorers: Krsmanovic 16, Zaytsev 12, Pakshin 9, Shcherbakov 9, Markin 7; Savin 10, Rodichev 9, Luburic 7, Lyzik 5, Shcherbinin 4.

• Zenit Kazan — Neftyanik Orenburg 3-0 (25:12, 25:19, 25:18)
Top Scorers: Bednorz 15, Surmachevskiy 11, Mikhaylov 8, A. Volkov 7; Kuhno 10, Shemyatihin 7, Purin 5.

• Belogorie Belgorod — Gazprom Surgut 3-1 (25:20, 25:17, 25:27, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Nelli 20, Tetyukhin 19, Chervyakov 15, Samoylenko 7; Dovgan 19, Shakhbanmirzaev 14, Kostilenko 11, Slobodyanyuk 10.

🦠| Postponed for COVID
• Fakel Novy Urengoy — ASK Nizhniy Novgorod

📃| Standings:
Kuzbass Kemerovo 12
Zenit Kazan 10
Dinamo Moscow 9
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 9
Zenit St. Petersburg 9
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 7
Fakel Novy Urengoy 4
Dinamo LO 4
Belogorie Belgorod 4
Ural Ufa 3
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 3
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 2
Neftyanik Orenburg 2
Gazprom Surgut 0