Karakurt Leads Novara to Huge Win, THY Stunned Fenerbahçe

One of the most important matches that took place in women's domestic leagues this past weekend was a five-set-thriller, while the other brought in a surprise result.

In the anticipated clash on the fourth week of the Italian Women's Super League, two CEV Champions League teams came face to face as Vero Volley Monza hosted Igor Gorgonzola Novara.

Particularly the first set was quite exciting; however, experience lead Novara to a win by 3-2 (33-35, 25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 15-4) with a superior game in the fifth set.

Turkish young star Ebrar Karakurt had an outstanding performance and was selected as MVP of the match.

The 21-year-old opposite scored a total of 29 points with a 45% attack percentage, including 1 ace and 3 blocks.

Poland's Magdalena Stysiak tallied 19 points for Monza, which suffered their second defeat in the league.

In the Turkish battle that brought two CEV Champions League representatives against each other, Fenerbahçe Opet faced THY Istanbul in the fifth week of Turkish Women’s Super League.

Fans showed great interest in the encounter and showed their support for both teams throughout the match.

Even though the fight was very contentious at all times, THY did not allow their opponent to take any sets and won the match with a clear score of 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 25-23).

Scoring 16 points, Madison Kingdon Richel highlighted with 83% of reception and 63% of attack. Arina Federovtseva was the highest scorer (15 points) of Fenerbahçe, whose invincibility was broken after this unexpected defeat.

In addition, all the Russian Cup Final Four finalists are determined this weekend: The Russian squads of the CEV Champions League; Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Region, Dinamo Moscow, and Dinamo Ak-Bars Kazan finished their group as the leaders and secured their spots in the Final Four alongside the host Leningradka Saint Petersburg.