Bulgarian national players continue their strong performances in their foreign clubs. The weekend brought victories for Nasya Dimitrova in Japan, Darina Naneva, Lora Kitipova, and Emileta Racheva in Serbia, as well as a strong match for Radostina Marinova in Romania.
🇯🇵 Nasya Dimitrova and Gunma Green Wings with a second victory in Japan
The Gunma Green Wings team, where Bulgarian national player Nasya Dimitrova plays, recorded a second victory in the Japanese V-League. The team defeated PFU BlueCats Ishikawa Kahoku 3:1 (25:21, 25:22, 17:25, 25:20).
The next match between the two teams is today (October 26) at 06:05 AM Bulgarian time.
| Player | Points | Aces | Blocks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasya Dimitrova | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| Olivia Rozanski | 22 | 3 | - |
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Dimitrova excelled both on serve and at the net. Her three aces and blocks demonstrate stability and leadership. Gunma continues to confidently advance in the standings of the V-League's Western Conference.
🇷🇸 Darina Naneva with another strong match and leadership in blocking
U19 World Girls' Champion Darina Naneva and her Jedinstvo (Stara Pazova) achieved a decisive 3:0 (25:16, 25:6, 25:22) victory over Jedinstvo Užice in a match from the third round of the Serbian Superliga.
| Player | Points | Blocks | Aces |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darina Naneva | 9 | 4 | - |
| Anya Zubich | 17 | 4 | - |
| Angela Kukilo | 14 | 2 | 4 |
With this match, Naneva topped the Super League's blockers ranking with 16 blocks and the best block ratio per set. Jedinstvo's next match is against Crvena zvezda on October 31.
🇷🇸 Kitipova and Racheva topped the Superliga in Serbia
Serbian champion Zeleznicar (Lajkovac), led by Ratko Pavlicevic, temporarily topped the standings after a 3-0 (25:13, 25:18, 25:11) victory over Leskovac.
| Player | Points | Aces | Blocks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lora Kitipova | 1 | - | - |
| Emileta Racheva | 6 | - | - |
| Sara Sakradzija | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Milica Živanović | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| Vasya Filipović | 11 | 1 | 1 |
Železničar demonstrated serious dominance, and the two Bulgarians are a stable part of the championship squad. The team shares first place with Tent Obrenovac, but has a better set ratio.
🇷🇴 Radostina Marinova most prolific for Dinamo Bucharest against Alba Blaj
In a match from the third round of the Romanian Division A1, Alba Blaj defeated Dinamo Bucharest 3:1 (25:23, 25:13, 19:25, 25:22) in front of 1042 spectators in "Sala Polivalenta Blaj".
| Player | Team | Points | Aces | Blocks | Attack (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radostina Marinova | Dinamo | 20 | 1 | 2 | 39% |
| Daria Ivanova | Alba Blaj | – | – | – | – |
Despite the loss, Marinova shone as the leading scorer and is now seventh among the opposite hitters in the championship.
Alba Blaj holds second place in the standings, and Ivanova did not take part this time.
