Quarterfinals:

The playoffs did not get off to an auspicious start with Constanta being unable to play due to virus cases, meaning that Arad advanced automatically.  Two series did start on Monday, including Becca Tobin leading Sepsi past Agronomia 88-56 in Sfantu Gheorghe.  In Satu Mare, Bria Goss and Claudia Cuic led Satu Mare past Cluj-Napoca 94-44.  The last series started on Tuesday with Brasov getting big games for Biljana Pesovic and Ines Corda to get past Ancuta Stoenescu and Targoviste 77-72.

April 12, 2021

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. Agronomia Bucuresti 88-56 SEP Tobin 26/6r Pasic 15/9r Mandache 14/6r Orban 12/7r Pavlopoulou 8 Gardner 0 AGR Filip 12/9r Sipos 12/6r

Satu Mare vs. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 94-44 SAT Goss 24/7r Cuic 20/8r/6a Solopova 17/8r Bright 8/6r CLU Campbell 13 Timbilla 12/12r

April 13, 2021

Olimpia Brasov vs. Targoviste 77-72 BRA Pesovic 30/14r Corda 23 Nan 11 Dickey 7 McDonald 0 TAR Stoenescu 20 Ghita 18/6r Irimia 13/10r

Consolation Bracket:

At the other end of the standings, teams played series under the same format starting Monday with the team that finished higher getting to host the first two games.  The unusual format of the season meant that not all teams had played at home and teams could be eliminated without ever playing in their usual venues.  Florina Stanici and Teodora Manea led Rapid past Alexandria 70-62 to start the day.  Chelsea Mitchell had a triple-double and Iringo Debreczi also chipped in across the board as Targu Secuiesc kept Oradea winless 124-37.

April 12, 2021

Rapid Bucuresti vs. Alexandria 70-62 RAP Stanici 22 Manea 20/7r Cazacu 10/8r ALE Mazilu 14/7r Burcica 14/7r Craciunescu 12 Cucu 11

Targu Secuiesc vs. Oradea 124-37 TAS Mitchell 28/14r/11a/6s Debreczi 20/6r/6a Thomas 19/9r Wilson 15 Domokos 12 ORA Rosu 14

The original goal was to make up the rest of the regular season over a four day period.  The only games that could be scheduled were a pair in Satu Mare.  Bria Goss and Patricia Bright paced the hosts, who also got a triple-double from Claudia Cuic in a 126-57 win over Nikki McDonald and Brasov.  Brasov did turn around and beat Oradea 79-35 on Thursday.  The league then awarded the rest of the games, including Oradea officially going winless with their game against Targoviste not played.   Cluj-Napoca had four games to make up against teams below them in the standings, which meant wins given to Agronomia, Rapid, Alexandria, and Phoenix Constanta.

April 7, 2021

Satu Mare vs. Olimpia Brasov 126-57 SAT Goss 26/7a Bright 23/11r Cuic 16/10r/13a Hutanu 12 Szmutku 10 Solopova 10 BRA McDonald 22/11r Corda 16/6a Nan 13

April 8, 2021

Olimpia Brasov vs. Oradea 79-35 BRA Nan 18 McDonald 16/18r Al Ash Hab 14/15r Corda 13 ORA Farago 8/11r

Standings:

1. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 22-0
2. Satu Mare 19-3
3. Arad 17-5
4. Olimpia Brasov 15-7
5. Targoviste 11-11
6. Phoenix Constanta 11-11
7. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 10-12
8. Agronomia Bucuresti 9-13
9. Targu Secuiesc 8-14
10. Rapid Bucuresti 6-16
11. Alexandria 4-18
12. Oradea 0-22

Leaders:

Scoring: 1. Mitchell 23.6, 2. Campbell 20.3, 3. Bright 19.6, 4. Cuic 19.4, 5. Pesovic 18.6, 6. Henderson 17.3, 7. Stanici 17.2, 8. Corda 15.3, 9. Sipos 15.2, 10. Goss 15.0

Rebounding: 1. Campbell 11.4, 2. Lenart 10.7, 3. Timbilla 10.7, 4. Sipos 10.4, 5. Covile 10.3, 6. Mitchell 10.1, 7. Pesovic 9.8, 8. Karakasevic 9.7, 9. McDonald 8.9, 10. Irimia 8.8

Assists: 1. Pesovic 5.9, 2. Parau 5.3, 3. Hadzovic 5.1, 4. Goss 5.1, 5. Cuic 4.7, 6. Stanici 4.7, 7. Corda 4.4, 8. Timbilla 4.0, 9. Beldian 3.9, 10. Solopova 3.9

The Arad pod played a day before the other two locations again and the hosts beat Alexandria 74-29 on Saturday.  On Sunday, Agronomia beat Brasov 55-41 in the pod they are hosting.  In the other game there, Evelina Petrof led Targoviste past Rapid 85-51.  Sepsi did not take it easy on Oradea in Targu Secuiesc, but they did get every player that played into double figures in a 128-18 win.  Patricia Bright and Satu Mare got past Chelsea Mitchell and the hosts 76-69.

March 27, 2021

Arad vs. Alexandria 74-29 ARA Hadzovic 17 Fodor 16 Karakasevic 13/7r Beadle 12/7r Poole 4 Akathiotou 2 ALE Cucu 13

March 28, 2021

Agronomia Bucuresti vs. Olimpia Brasov 55-41 AGR Sipos 17/7r Chelariu 11/12r BRA Dickey 16/16r Corda 10

Rapid Bucuresti vs. Targoviste 51-85 RAP Stanici 17/6r Burlakova 12 Manea 10 TAR Petrof 23 Ghita 14/9r Croitoru 11/13r Chivu 11/6a Stoenescu 11

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. Oradea 128-18 SEP Pasic 17 Tobin 15/10r Ruzickova 15/8r Keleman 13 Ghizila 12/7r/7a Pavlopoulou 12/6a Kovacs 12 Orban 11/6r Catinean 11 Gardner 10/7r ORA Marton 5

Targu Secuiesc vs. Satu Mare 69-76 TAS Mitchell 23/9r Wilson 16/7r Biszak 13 Domokos 10 Thomas 0/8r SAT Bright 22/6r Cuic 19/7r/6a Solopova 14/6r Goss 8/6r

Cluj-Napoca could not make the Arad pod for the weekend in what was supposed to be final days of play.  The other teams did make it and the hosts got a 76-55 win over Tierra Henderson and Constanta on Friday.  Saturday’s games started in Targu Secuiesc as Chelsea Mitchell nearly scored enough on her own for the hosts to win as they breezed past Oradea 102-27.  Satu Mare figures to be the team with the best chance to challenge Sepsi and it took until the final quarter for the hosts to win 73-68.  Agronomia was hosting again in Bucuresti and the first game was a good one with Sara Dickey and Ines Corda forming a potent duo for Brasov in an 89-79 win over Florina Stanici and Rapid.  The other game had less scoring as the hosts edged Targoviste 54-48.

March 26, 2021

Phoenix Constanta vs. Arad 55-76 CON Henderson 26/12r Fota 10 Sutherland 8/6r Wooten 5 Kelly 4/7r ARA Ardelean 13 Beadle 12/6r Karakasevic 12/6r Poole 11 Armanu 10/9r Akathiotou 4

March 27, 2021

Oradea vs. Targu Secuiesc 27-102 ORA Farago 8 TAS Mitchell 26/7r/6s Domokos 16/6r Debreczi 13/10r Thomas 10 Wilson 4

Satu Mare vs. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 68-73 SAT Bright 18 Solopova 16/8r Cuic 15 Goss 10/6a SEP Parau 19 Ruzickova 14 Tobin 13 Gardner 4 Pavlopoulou 4

Olimpia Brasov vs. Rapid Bucuresti 89-79 BRA Dickey 37/8r Corda 31/12a David 15 RAP Stanici 21/8r/10a Manea 19/16r Burlakova 17 Duta 12/7r Cazacu 10

Targoviste vs. Agronomia Bucuresti 48-54 TAR Stoenescu 14 Chivu 13/10r Ghita 10/6r AGR Chelariu 17/10r Vilcinschi 12 Sipos 11/9r

The format for these two round was supposed to be simple with two pods playing over the weekend and the other one on Monday and Tuesday, but virus cases meant that multiple teams could not make it to their games.  Agronomia hosted one group and Arad won the Saturday game 72-47 over Rapid behind Ecaterina Armanu and Brankica Hadzovic.  In Targoviste, the Round 20 game was played with Ancuta Stoenescu and Alina Chivu helping the hosts edge Patricia Bright, Claudia Cuic, and Satu Mare 70-66.  All the absent teams meant that only one game was played on Sunday and it was Agronomia hosting Arad and losing 59-46.  All the teams were able to make it to the Sfantu Gheorghe pod on Monday and the first game saw Chelsea Mitchell lead Targu Secuiesc past Mihaela Burcica and Alexandria 66-47.  Hosts Sepsi eventually pulled away from Constanta for a 97-61 win.  On Tuesday, they beat Alexandria 97-47.  An unusual set of games ended with Tierra Henderson leading Constanta past Targu Secuiesc 59-51.

March 20, 2021

Arad vs. Rapid Bucuresti 72-47 ARA Armanu 21/7r Hadzovic 20/7r Karakasevic 11/15r Ardelean 11/6r Akathiotou 1/6a RAP Stanici 14/6r Vlad 14/6r Manea 10/9r

Targoviste vs. Satu Mare 70-66 TAR Stoenescu 25/6a Chivu 23 Irimia 11/9r SAT Bright 26/17r Cuic 26/9r Goss 11/6r

March 21, 2021

Agronomia Bucuresti vs. Arad 46-59 AGR Sipos 14/8r Vilcinschi 11 Neagu 10 ARA Karakasevic 14/13r Akathiotou 10 Beadle 9/9r

March 22, 2021

Targu Secuiesc vs. Alexandria 66-47 TAS Mitchell 23/19r/8s Wilson 17/9a Domokos 11 Thomas 6/6r ALE Burcica 20 Craciunescu 10/6r

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. Phoenix Constanta 97-61 SEP Tobin 17/7r Ruzickova 15/6r Mandache 15 Pavlopoulou 11/7a Gardner 9 CON B. Fota 11 Henderson 9 Wooten 8 Sutherland 7 Kelly 7

March 23, 2021

Alexandria vs. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 47-97 ALE Burcica 11 Craciunescu 10 SEP Tobin 17 Orban 12 Gardner 11 Ruzickova 10/6r Pavlopoulou 9

Phoenix Constanta vs. Targu Secuiesc 59-51 CON Henderson 20/8r/10s Kelly 11/6r Wooten 9/6r Sutherland 6/14r TAS Wilson 15 Thomas 13/7r Mitchell 8/11r

March 14, 2021

Sunday’s games in Satu Mare were not competitive.  Tierra Henderson led Constanta past Oradea 115-40.  Claudia Cuic led the scoring and Bria Goss had a triple-double as the hosts sailed past Alexandria 101-30.  In the other pod, Arad beat Targoviste 78-46.  Korinne Campbell led hosts Cluj-Napoca, but Biljana Pesovic and Brasov won 78-71.

Oradea vs. Phoenix Constanta 40-115 ORA Medvei 12 Rosu 11 Farago 10/7r CON Henderson 24/6r/6a Sutherland 19/9r Voica-Nagy 15 B. Fota 13 D. Fota 11 Wooten 10/10r Kelly 7/6a

Satu Mare vs. Alexandria 101-30 SAT Cuic 22/9r Goss 19/12r/13a Neagu 17/9r Bright 17 Podar 10/6r ALE Burcica 11

Targoviste vs. Arad 46-78 TAR Tanase 11 ARA Hadzovic 17 Beadle 11/9r Poole 10 Akathiotou 5

Olimpia Brasov vs. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 78-71 BRA Pesovic 23/6r/6a Dickey 19/8r Corda 15/6a McDonald 0 CLU Campbell 22/13r Uiuiu 16 Timbilla 13/11r/7a Fleser 12

Standings:

1. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 18-0
2. Satu Mare 17-1
3. Arad 13-5
4. Olimpia Brasov 13-5
5. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 10-8
6. Phoenix Constanta 9-9
7. Targoviste 8-10
8. Targu Secuiesc 6-12
9. Agronomia Bucuresti 6-12
10. Rapid Bucuresti 5-13
11. Alexandria 3-15
12. Oradea 0-18

The other two pod locations played their games over the weekend, starting with the Cluj group on Saturday as Arad beat Brasov 74-45.  The hosts just edged Targoviste 53-52 in the other game.  Over in Satu Mare, Paloma Cucu led Alexandria past Oradea 97-42.  The day ended with Claudia Cuic and Patricia Bright teaming up to lead the hosts past Constanta 83-59.

March 13, 2021

Olimpia Brasov vs. Arad 45-74 BRA Corda 16 Pesovic 13 Al Ash Hab 10 Dickey 2 McDonald 0/6r ARA Akathiotou 13 Poole 13 Karakasevic 11/7r Fodor 11 Hadzovic 10 Beadle 5/10r

Targoviste vs. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 52-53 TAR Petrof 18 Irimia 13/13r Stoenescu 12 CLU Campbell 17/12r/6s Uiuiu 15/6r Timbilla 7/11r/6s

Alexandria vs. Oradea 97-42 ALE Cucu 20/7s Burcica 17 Lungu 15/6r/6a Horlea 14 Oinaru 10 ORA Medvei 15 Rosu 14/7r

Phoenix Constanta vs. Satu Mare 59-83 CON Henderson 14/9r Kelly 12 B. Fota 10 Wooten 8/6r Sutherland 6/7r SAT Cuic 24/13r/6a Bright 24/12r Goss 16/8r

Sepsi is heading to continental play next week so this group of games in Targu Secuiesc had to be moved up from the weekend.  The hosts were edged out by Anca Sipos and Agronomia 64-63 in the first game on Thursday.  There was no trouble for the team from Sfantu Gheorghe again as they rolled past Rapid 111-50.  Sepsi was not particularly inspiring on Friday, but beat Agronomia 66-37.  Chelsea Mitchell led the hosts past Rapid 72-54.

March 11, 2021

Agronomia Bucuresti vs. Targu Secuiesc 64-63 AGR Sipos 28 Chelariu 16/7r TAS Debreczi 18/8r Mitchell 18/7r Wilson 15/7a

Rapid Bucuresti vs. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 50-111 RAP Stanici 19/8r Manea 10/8r Burlakova 10 SEP Pavlopoulou 16 Mandache 15/7r/7a Parau 15/10a Pasic 14 Gardner 13/8r Orban 12/18r Ghizila 12 Keleman 11/6r

March 12, 2021

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. Agronomia Bucuresti 66-37 SEP Orban 16/10r Ghizila 13/7r Pasic 10 Gardner 6/6r Pavlopoulou 4 AGR Chelariu 10

Targu Secuiesc vs. Rapid Bucuresti 72-54 TAS Mitchell 39/13r Debreczi 11/10r Wilson 9 RAP Stanici 19 Burlakova 12

A busy schedule in Satu Mare continued on Sunday with Patricia Bright leading the hosts past Rapid 97-40.  The other Round 15 game for the day was an easy 107-31 win for Agronomia over Oradea.  In Constanta, Nikki McDonald led Brasov past Alexandria 89-57.  The hosts edged Gabriela Irimia and Targoviste 76-68 behind Tierra Henderson.  In Sfantu Gheorghe, Angela Beadle paced Arad in a 92-63 win over Taneria Wilson and Targu Secuiesc.  Hosts Sepsi stayed perfect behind Rebekah Gardner and Nicolett Orban in a 96-41 win over Cluj-Napoca.  The last game from Round 5 was played on Monday and Patricia Bright led Satu Mare again, this time past Agronomia 91-49.

March 7, 2021

Satu Mare vs. Rapid Bucuresti 97-40 SAT Bright 23/13r Goss 18/8r/7a Neagu 12 Podar 12/7a Covile 10/13r Kilin 10/9a RAP Stanici 14/6a

Oradea vs. Agronomia Bucuresti 31-107 ORA Rosu 7/6r AGR Anastasescu 16/7r Vilcinschi 16 Neagu 16 Tintar 15/7r Filip 10/7r Plavitu 10/8a

Olimpia Brasov vs. Alexandria 89-57 BRA McDonald 20/17r Pesovic 14/6r Dickey 14 ALE Cucu 16/8a Craciunescu 14 Horlea 10

Targoviste vs. Phoenix Constanta 68-76 TAR Irimia 21/6r Chivu 12 Tanase 10 CON Henderson 23/9r/8a Mititelu 16/6r Kelly 12 Wooten 7 Sutherland 1

Targu Secuiesc vs. Arad 63-92 TAS Wilson 23 Mitchell 16 Debreczi 14 ARA Beadle 21/18r Armanu 19/6r Fodor 15/6r Poole 10 Akathiotou 2/8a

Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe vs. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 96-41 SEP Gardner 24/6r Orban 20/8r Pasic 11/7r Keleman 10/6r Pavlopoulou 9/7a CLU Campbell 15/7r Timbilla 10/11r Uiuiu 10

March 8, 2021

Satu Mare vs. Agronomia Bucuresti 91-49 SAT Bright 26/11r Goss 18/8r/6a Cuic 16/12r Kilin 13 Podar 11 AGR Filip 14/9r Militaru 10

Standings:

1. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 16-0
2. Satu Mare 15-1
3. Olimpia Brasov 12-4
4. Arad 11-5
5. Universitatea Cluj-Napoca 9-7
6. Targoviste 8-8
7. Phoenix Constanta 8-8
8. Agronomia Bucuresti 5-11
9. Rapid Bucuresti 5-11
10. Targu Secuiesc 5-11
11. Alexandria 2-14
12. Oradea 0-16

With this weekend being a set of two games at a single site, Agronomia was scheduled to make up the last two games that they missed, giving them the tough task of four games in four days in Satu Mare.  Two of the sames are against winless Oradea so they were able to cruise 83-36 in the first of those on Friday.  The schedule for the weekend mixed the official Round 15 and Round 16 games around with the Satu Mare Saturday games being from Round 16.  Rapid took it easy against Oradea in a 65-44 win and then the hosts beat Agronomia 67-45.  In Sfantu Gheorghe, Korine Campbell led Cluj-Napoca past Chelsea Mitchell and Targu Secuiesc 72-59.  Hosts Sepsi did not establish control until the second half, but Rebekah Gardner led them past Arad 78-61.  Brasov beat hosts Constanta 67-63 in the first game at that site.  Anisia Croitoru and Nicoleta Ghita paced Targoviste in an 83-42 win over Alexandria.

March 5, 2021

Agronomia Bucuresti vs. Oradea 83-36 AGR Vilcinschi 16 Militaru 12/12r/6s Cristea 10/6r Tintar 10 ORA Rosu 9

March 6, 2021

Rapid Bucuresti vs. Oradea 65-44 RAP Manea 13/10r Duta 12/6r ORA Rosu 11/15r

Agronomia Bucuresti vs. Satu Mare 45-67 AGR Vilcinschi 14 Militaru 11 SAT Covile 14/19r Cuic 14/10r Bright 11/7r Podar 11 Goss 9/9r

Universitatea Cluj-Napoca vs. Targu Secuiesc 72-59 CLU Campbell 23/11r Timbilla 19/12r/6a Uiuiu 18 TAS Mitchell 22/7r Wilson 13/6a Lenart 8/10r

Arad vs. Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe 61-78 ARA Poole 17 Hadzovic 14/7a Akathiotou 12 Beadle 7 SEP Gardner 22/9r Pasic 17 Parau 11/9a Orban 10/7r Mandache 10 Pavlopoulou 0

Phoenix Constanta vs. Olimpia Brasov 63-67 CON Henderson 12 Sutherland 11/9r Voica-Nagy 10 Wooten 7/9r Kelly 6 BRA Pesovic 18/12r Dickey 17 Corda 16/6a Craciun 10 McDonald 1

Alexandria vs. Targoviste 42-83 ALE Cucu 12 Craciunescu 11 TAR Croitoru 22/11r Ghita 21/13r Irimia 12/7r Petrof 10