National player Emileta Racheva received individual recognition in her second match for Omichka (Omsk) in the Russian Women's Super League. Despite her good performance, the hosts lost to Lokomotiv (Kaliningrad) with a score of 1:3 (23:25, 25:20, 18:25, 27:29) in a match from the seventh round.
The match was contested, with Omichka managing to equalize after the second set, and in the fourth set, they put up serious resistance against the visitors, but lost 27:29 and missed the opportunity to send the match into a tie-break.
After the end of the matchEmileta Racheva was named Omichka's best player, and the analogous award for Lokomotiv went to Irina Kapustina.
For the Bulgarian middle blocker, this is her first individual award since joining the Russian team. Emileta Racheva finished with 10 points, of which 7 were from attack with 39% success rate and 3 aces. The Bulgarian was second in scoring for Omichka and received the award for best player of the hosts, despite the 1:3 (23:25, 25:20, 18:25, 27:29) defeat. Before the match against Lokomotiv, Racheva had 4 points in the Russian Super League, scored from attack in 12 attempts (33% success rate) in her debut match against Uralochka, in which she played three sets.
Emileta Racheva chosen as best in Omichka despite loss to Lokomotiv

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November 12, 2026 at 18:31

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