Montana gave no chance to visiting Lokomotiv Aviya, defeating them decisively with 3:0 (25:19, 25:15, 25:22) in 76 minutes of play. Molotkov was again above all, finishing with 22 points (2 aces). Alexov with 12 (1 block) and Valchinov with 11 (2 blocks) finished with double-digit scores for the hosts. No one from Lokomotiv managed to achieve a double-digit score, with Valchev contributing the most points - 9.

The third game was the most closely contested, at the beginning of which Molotkov already had 16 points. The visitors tried to maintain a short distance, but Molotkov continued to accumulate point after point, reaching over 20 points in the middle of the set. Montana was the first to score the important 20th point (20:16), with Lokomotiv managing to reduce the difference to two. After a service error by Dolgopolov, the score became 23:20, after which Alexov also missed his serve. The first match point came after an attack by the ubiquitous Molotkov (24:22). Damyanov reduced the deficit through the center, but immediately after that, he made a service error and ended the set and the match.
With this victory, Montana climbed to fourth place in the standings, overtaking Lokomotiv Aviya, who remain fifth.

Photos: Nikolay Varadinov and NVL