Plamen Konstantinov's Lokomotiv Novosibirsk recorded a clean 3:0 home victory(25:16, 25:12, 25:18)over Gazprom-Yugra Surgut in a match from the fifth round of the Russian Superleague. With this victory, Loko climbed to fourth place in the temporary standings with 3 wins, one loss, and a game in hand. Ahead of the former national coach's boys are Belogorie Belgorod, Tsetso Sokolov's Dinamo Moscow, and Zenit Kazan. The 'railroaders'' next match is an away game on October 1st against Neftyanik Orenburg.
For the first time since the start of the season, 'legionnaire' Yoandy Leal also entered the game, playing in the third set and finishing with 7 points.

The other foreigner, Marko Ivovic, recorded a modest 2 points for one set of play. The top scorer for Loko was Radjab Shahbanmirzaev - 11.

In the other match of the day, Dinamo-Ural inflicted another defeat on Zenit St. Petersburg with a 3:1 (23:25, 26:24, 25:21, 25:16).

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