Russian Men: Belogorie Earns Big Win, Faces Zenit-Kazan Next

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Match of the Week: Belogorie 3:1 Zenit St. Petersburg (25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 25-15)

Belogorie earned the 600th win in the history of the club with a four set road win over Zenit St. Petersburg. Konstantin Bokun tallied 17 points and Dmitry Muserskiy fired four aces in the win. Oreol Camejo scored 19 points for Zenit St. Petersburg in the loss.

Player of the Week: Sergey Pirainen (Yugra-Samotlor)

The 21-year-old opposite scored 29 points in a four set loss to Gazprom-Yugra. Yugra-Samotlor currently sits in the last position of the standings and will need to put together a late season run in order to avoid relegation.

Looking Ahead Round 17: Belogorie vs Zenit-Kazan

The top two teams in the standings face off in a match that could possibly decide the fate of the regular season. These two teams have been the class of the league all season and have been on a collision course since Zenit-Kazan beat Belogorie in straight sets in September.

Standings (Points)

1. Zenit-Kazan (44 points)
2. Belogorie (43 points)
3. Torch (37 points)
4. Dynamo Moscow (29 points)
5. Lokomotiv (29 points)
6. Ural Mountains (27 points)
7. Zenit St. Petersburg (27 points)
8. Kuzbass (26 points)
9. Gazprom-Yugra (22 points)
10. Nova (20 points)
11. Yaroslavich (11 points)
12. Yenisei (9 points)
13. Dinamo-LO (8 points)
14. Yugra-Samotlor (4 points)

Results: Round 16

Ural Mountains 3:0 Yenisei (25-16, 25-20, 26-24)

Zenit-Kazan 3:0 Lokomotiv (25-21, 25-19, 25-21)

Kuzbass 3:1 Nova (21-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-18)

Torch 3:1 Dinamo-LO (26-24, 25-16, 22-25, 25-19)

Dynamo Moscow 3:0 Yaroslavich (25-15, 33-31, 25-16)

Belogorie 3:1 Zenit St. Petersburg (25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 25-15)

Gazprom-Yugra 3:1 Yugra-Samotlor (25-23, 27-29, 25-14, 25-22)