Week by week, Zenit-Kazan and Belogorie continue to be the class of the Russian Super League as each team picked up straight set wins in round 12. Torch and Zenit St. Petersburg each picked up four set wins to hold firm in third and fourth place respectively.
Match of the Week: Zenit St. Petersburg 3:1 Yaroslavich (25-22, 25-21, 28-30, 26-24)
Zenit St. Petersburg continues to impress in their first season, collecting another win and moving into fourth place in the league standings. Two sets went beyond the necessary 25 needed to win but Zenit St. Petersburg pulled out the victory in four sets.
Player of the Week: Matt Anderson
Anderson fired a round 12 high six aces as Zenit-Kazan collected another straight set win, this time over Dinamo-LO. Despite missing the beginning of the season while playing with Team USA over the summer, Anderson has added another powerful performer to a Zenit-Kazan squad that continues to roll through the competition.
Current Standings: (Points)
- Zenit-Kazan (35 points)
- Belogorie (32 points)
- Torch (25 points)
- Zenit St. Petersburg (22 points)
- Kuzbass (20 points)
- Dynamo Moscow (20 points)
- Lokomotiv (19 points)
- Nova (18 points)
- Ural Mountains (16 points)
- Gazprom-Yugra (14 points)
- Yenisei (9 points)
- Yaroslavich (8 points)
- Dinamo-LO (8 points)
- Yugra-Samotlor (3 points)
Results: Round 12
Zenit-Kazan 3:0 Dinamo-LO (25-14, 25-21, 25-17)
Lokomotiv 3:0 Nova (25-19, 25-21, 25-23)
Belogorie 3:0 Yenisei (25-16, 25-20, 25-18)
Kuzbass 3:1 Gazprom-Yugrom (17-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-13)
Dynamo Moscow 3:0 Yugra Samotlor (25-23, 25-17, 25-16)
Zenit St. Petersburg 3:1 Yaroslavich (25-22, 25-21, 28-30, 26-24)
Torch 3:1 Ural Mountains (25-22, 25-21, 17-25, 25-22)
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