Russia: Zenit Kazan and Belgorod has easy job at start of Superliga

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2 October 2022 Ivan

Zenit-Kazan and Belogorie Belgorod started the 2022-23 Russian Volleyball Championship with clear victories.
The team commanded by Aleksey Verbov couldn’t count on American setter Micah Christenson, who hasn’t yet recovered from injury, but still they swept Neftyanik Orenburg in straight sets (25:17, 25:16, 25:17) in their first match of the 2022/23 PARI Superliga (PARI Суперлига).
The underdogs with all players at their disposal weren’t worthy rivals to powerhouse Kazan, whose play was organized by a youngster, the 21-year-old Denis Tolok, who made his debut in Superliga.
Outside hitter, Dmitriy Volkov, was the top scorer of the match with 18 points.
Easy straight sets win also for Belogorye Belgorod who swept Gazprom-Yugra Surgut (25:19, 25:21, 25:20) without lot of problems.

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🇷🇺| 2022/23 PARI Superliga | Round 1

| September 30, 2022
• Dynamo-LO – Ural Ufa 3-1 (22:25, 25:21, 25:21, 25:19)
• Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – ASK Nizhny Novgorod 2-3 (22:25, 25:23, 25:21, 20:25, 10:15)

| October 1, 2022
• Stroitel Minsk – Dynamo Moscow 1-3 (13:25, 14:25, 25:20, 18:25)
• Zenit St. Petersburg – Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 3-0 (25:16, 25:22, 25:15)
• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Nova Novokuybyshevsk 3-0 (25:21, 27:25, 25:21)

👉🏼 October 2, 2022
• Belogorye Belgorod – Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 3-0 (25:19, 25:21, 25:20)
• Zenit-Kazan – Orenburg 3-0 (25:17, 25:16, 25:17)

| October 3, 2022
• Kuzbass Kemerovo – Fakel Novy Urengoy 1-3 (26:28, 23:25, 25:16, 19:25)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
Zenit Kazan 3
Belogorie Belgorod 3
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 3
Zenit St. Petersburg 3
Dynamo Moscow 3
Dynamo-LO 3
ASK Nizhny Novgorod 2
Yugra-Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 1
Fakel Novy Urengoy 0
Gazprom-Yugra Surgut 0
Kuzbass Kemerovo 0
Orenburg 0
Ural Ufa 0
Stroitel Minsk 0
Nova Novokuybyshevsk 0
Yenisei Krasnoyarsk 0
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