Bulgarian national Radostina Marinova continued her good performances in the Romanian championship. The opposite hitter scored 10 points in Alba Blaj's emphatic home victory over Universitatea (Cluj) with a 3:0 (25:11, 25:17, 25:15) win in a match from the sixth round of the women's Division A1.
Marinova finished as the third highest-scoring player for her team, recording 7 points from attack, 2 aces, and 1 successful block. The Bulgarian attacked 26 times, converting 26.9% of her attempts, and concluded the match with a positive balance of +5 points.
The top scorer for the winners was Ksenia Oprya with 16 points, followed by Bianca Grama with 14. For the visiting team from Cluj, Japanese player Karin Nojima finished with 11 points.
The Romanian vice-champion did not encounter serious resistance and completely controlled the development of the match. The hosts won the first set 25:11, and in the next two, they left their opponents with 17 and 15 points respectively.
Alba Blaj had a significant advantage in blocking – 12:2, as well as in direct points from serves – 11:3. The hosts also scored 39 points from attack against 26 for Universitatea.
For Marinova, this was her second consecutive match with a double-digit point total. On November 7, the Bulgarian came on strong from the bench in the away game against Rapid (Bucharest), which was won 3:1, when she scored 15 points. Thus, in just four days, she accumulated a total of 25 points in the two matches.
With their third consecutive victory, Alba Blaj now has four wins and two losses since the start of the season and has accumulated 13 points in the standings.
The next challenge for Marinova and her teammates is on November 14, when they will visit Stiinta (Bucharest) in the seventh round of the Romanian championship.