April 30, 2022

The last game of the season was in this series on Saturday in Moscow.  Karina Nizamova and MBA built a lead in the first half, but Nika wiped it out in the third quarter.  The hosts completed a sweep of their home games in the final frame with a 61-47 win.

MBA Moscow vs. Nika Syktyvkar 61-47 MBA Nizamova 29/6s Kirillova 10 NIK Psareva 11/11r Kozhukhar 10 Musina 9/12r

MBA Moscow wins series 3-2

Finals:

April 28, 2022

On a Thursday where their reserve team won the second division championship, Dynamo Kursk was looking for their first title and to end Ekaterinburg’s very long championship streak.  They built a big lead early and then coasted to a 76-58 win to collect all available domestic trophies for the season.

Dynamo Kursk vs. Ekaterinburg 76-58 DYK Shabanova 13/10r Kozik 13 Burovaya 12 EKA Vadeeva 16/14r Papova 16 Shilova 11 Zavialova 11 Belyakova 0

Dynamo Kursk wins series 3-1

3rd Place:

April 26, 2022

This series continued in Moscow on Tuesday and MBA avoided having their season end again after an even first quarter, winning 81-60.  They will host Nika again in the decider on Saturday.

MBA Moscow vs. Nika Syktyvkar 81-60 MBA Maiga 19/8r Leshkovtseva 17/6r Shtanko 15/6r Logunova 10 NIK Psareva 16/10r Musina 14/10r

Series tied 2-2

The second half of play in this group was a set of midweek games in Samara, starting Tuesday with Yulia Poluyanova leading Dynamo Moscow past Southern Federal University 71-66.  Spartak Noginsk was far away from a win again after losing to Daria Kolosovskaya and the hosts 90-54.  They did not win on Wednesday either, losing to Dynamo Moscow 66-54 even though Ekaterina Kubynina had a good game.  Samara won easily 79-53 over Southern Federal University.  Ekaterina Kubynina led Spartak Noginsk again on Thursday, but they finished winless after losing to Ekaterina Gunchenko and Southern Federal University 78-52.  Daria Kolosovskaya and Anna Zaitceva helped Samara finish up their sweep at home with an 87-72 win to also even up their final record.

April 26, 2022

Southern Federal University vs. Dynamo Moscow 66-71 ROS Ryabova 17 Gunchenko 11/7r Grabovskaya 10 DYM Poluyanova 23/7r Cheren 15/6r Polyashova 10

Spartak Noginsk vs. Samara 54-90 SPN Kubynina 17 Kaglaeva 15/8r SAM Kolosovskaya 20/7r/6a Kurilchuk 17 Kotova 13/6r Mazur 10/9r

April 27, 2022

Dynamo Moscow vs. Spartak Noginsk 66-54 DYM Abaydullina 18/7r Poluyanova 16 SPN Kubynina 22 Lykho 11/11r Pavlova 10

Samara vs. Southern Federal University 79-53 SAM Zaitceva 18/12r Kurilchuk 14 Kotova 13 Kolosovskaya 10/7r Komarova 10 ROS Gunchenko 13/7r Ryabova 10

April 28, 2022

Spartak Noginsk vs. Southern Federal University 52-78 SPN Kubynina 20/10r/7a Lykho 11 ROS Gunchenko 23 Maksimova 12/8r/7a Voronina 10

Dynamo Moscow vs. Samara 72-87 DYM Polyshova 13 Cheren 12 Poluyanova 11 Abaydullina 10 Pozdnyakova 10 SAM Kolosovskaya 24 Zaitceva 22/15r Kurilchuk 13 Mazur 13

Standings:

1. Samara 14-14
2. Dynamo Moscow 10-18
3. Southern Federal University 7-21
4. Spartak Noginsk 0-28

Finals:

April 26, 2022

The series moved to Kursk on Tuesday and Maria Vadeeva led Ekaterinburg again, but Dynamo won 72-58.  They can win the championship at home on Thursday.

Dynamo Kursk vs. Ekaterinburg 72-58 DYK Lisec 15/14r O. Frolkina 14 Abaiburova 12 Levchenko 11 EKA Vadeeva 24/9r Papova 12 Belyakova 3 Adashchyk 0

Dynamo Kursk leads series 2-1

3rd Place:

April 25, 2022

On Monday, MBA hosted as they needed a win to extend the series and Zhosselina Maiga helped them just edge Nika 68-66 to set up another game in Moscow.

MBA Moscow vs. Nika Syktyvkar 68-66 MBA Maiga 20/13r Kaytukova 13 Logunova 11/7r Leshkovtseva 10/9r NIK Musina 16/12r Marchenkova 14/6r Kozhukhar 13/6r Goldyreva 12

Nika Syktyvkar leads series 2-1

5th Place:

April 23, 2022

The consolation bracket finished play on Saturday in Orenburg and Natalia Zhedik and Nadezhda had the better of the second half to win 71-64 over Daria Ignatova and Spartak Moscow.

Nadezhda Orenburg vs. Spartak Moscow 71-64 NAD Zhedik 22/6r Linskens 14/13r Tohtash 14/7r SPM Ignatova 23 Fedorova 12/7r Repnikova 12

Nadezhda Orenburg wins series 2-1

Finals:

April 22, 2022

Faced with the lost of their championship streak, Ekaterinburg was able to build up enough of a gap in the second half behind Maria Vadeeva to win 71-63 and even the series.  Dynamo Kursk will host the next two games on Tuesday and Thursday.

Ekaterinburg vs. Dynamo Kursk 71-63 EKA Vadeeva 26/13r Shilova 11 Papova 10/6r Belyakova 2 DYK Lisec 14/6r E. Frolkina 13 O. Frolkina 13

Series tied 1-1

3rd Place:

April 21, 2022

This series had play on back-to-back days and Nika leaned on Raisa Musina again in the last game in Syktyvkar to win 75-65.  MBA will have homecourt advantage for the rest of the season, but needs a win in each game to avoid losing the series.

Nika Syktyvkar vs. MBA Moscow 75-65 NIK Musina 29/14r Goldyreva 14 Marchenkova 10/7r Fedorenkova 10 MBA Logunova 17 Maiga 10

Nika Syktyvkar leads series 2-0

5th Place:

April 22, 2022

Nadezhda had the chance to win the consolation championship at home on Friday, but even with Spartak Moscow finding it hard to slow down Kyara Linskens, the visitors still won 71-61 to extend the series to a final game on Saturday.

Nadezhda Orenburg vs. Spartak Moscow 61-71 NAD Linskens 25/13r Komarova 13/9a Zhedik 10 SPM Ignatova 18 Fedorova 14/7r Nuritdinova 14/6r Zotkina 13/7r Repnikova 10/6a

Series tied 1-1

7th Place:

April 22, 2022

The Siberia series ended on Friday with Iulia Gladkova leading Enisey to a 75-67 win over Vitalina Zvereva and Dynamo Novosibirsk in Krasnoyarsk.

Enisey Krasnoyarsk vs. Dynamo Novosibirsk 75-67 ENI Gladkova 22/12r Shchetina 12 Matveeva 12 Latsgal 11 Pashkovskaia 10 DYN Zvereva 24/8r Potemina 16/13r

Enisey Krasnoyarsk wins series 2-0

Finals:

April 20, 2022

The finals had the two expected teams, but not with the players that had made the rivalry in recent years.  Eva Lisec was the only player who was subject to foreign player limits in the game and she proved to be the difference for Dynamo Kursk in a 68-44 win on Wednesday.  Ekaterinburg will have to rally to avoid falling into a bigger hole when they host again on Friday.

Ekaterinburg vs. Dynamo Kursk 44-68 EKA Vadeeva 15/8r Belyakova 6 Adashchyk 0 DYK Lisec 24/11r

3rd Place:

April 20, 2022

This series started on Wednesday with an unusual format to minimize travel as Syktyvkar hosts the next game on Thursday as well while Moscow will be the site of the last three games.  Raisa Musina was brilliant for Nika in a 74-66 win over MBA.

Nika Syktyvkar vs. MBA Moscow 74-66 NIK Musina 34/10r Marchenkova 14/10r Psareva 13/12r/6a MBA Petrushina 12 Logunova 11/10r Maiga 10/7r Kirillova 10/7r

5th Place:

April 18, 2022

The consolation bracket series started on Monday in Vidnoje and Nadezhda defeated Spartak Moscow 89-63.  They host the other games in Orenburg on Friday and Saturday and a win will end the series.

Spartak Moscow vs. Nadezhda Orenburg 63-89 SPM Repnikova 15 Zotkina 14/10r Ignatova 11 NAD Linskens 19/8r Medvedeva 17 Tohtash 15 Rakhimova 10

7th Place:

April 18, 2022

The first game on Monday was in this series as the two Siberian teams played in Novosibirsk.  Iulia Gladkova helped Enisey leave with an 84-57 win and now they only need one win in Krasnoyarsk on Friday or Saturday to end the season on a winning note.

Dynamo Novosibirsk vs. Enisey Krasnoyarsk 57-84 DYN Potemina 15/8r Zvereva 12 Stolyar 12 Novikova 10 ENI Gladkova 22/11r Latsgal 14 Pashkovskaia 11 Pachurina 10

April 16, 2022

Only one series needed a deciding game on Saturday.  MBA had a golden chance to make it to the finals carrying the most intact roster in the playoffs, but Dynamo Kursk had enough experience in this situation and had the better second half at home to win 69-54.

Dynamo Kursk vs. MBA Moscow 69-54 DYK O. Frolkina 19 Lisec 17/14r/7a Levchenko 10 MBA Maiga 19/8r Leshkovtseva 10

Dynamo Kursk wins series 2-1

The four teams at the bottom of the standings will play a pair of round-robin tournaments to finish their seasons.  The first started on Thursday in Rostov-on-Don and Daria Kurilchuk and Samara won 96-58 over Spartak Noginsk.  The hosts had the lead heading into the final quarter when Dynamo Moscow mounted a comeback to win 71-69.  Spartak Noginsk was in position to get a rare win in the first game on Friday, but Dynamo Moscow recovered in the final quarter to win 68-64.  The other game had no shortage of scoring as Eleonora Oleynikova and Southern Federal University forced overtime, but Natalya Yasivichene and Anna Zaitceva led Samara to a 102-100 win.  Daria Kolosovskaya and Samara have a substantial lead on the rest of the group after Saturday’s 92-73 win over Yana Panevina and Dynamo Moscow.  Ekaterina Kubynina and Spartak Noginsk are no closer to a win after losing to the hosts 78-58.

April 14, 2022

Samara vs. Spartak Noginsk 96-58 SAM Kurilchuk 22 Kolosovskaya 19 Zaitceva 15/8r Novikova 11/8r Yasivichene 11/6r/6a SPN Garkavskaya 14 Lykho 12

Dynamo Moscow vs. Southern Federal University 71-69 DYM Abaydullina 16/6r Kunakova 15/6a Polyashova 15 Cheren 12/11r ROS Grabovskaya 15/6r Ryabova 11 Petrova 4

April 15, 2022

Spartak Noginsk vs. Dynamo Moscow 64-68 SPN Kubynina 17/7r/6a Lykho 16 Garkavskaya 11/7r DYM Pozdnyakova 18 Panevina 15

Southern Federal University vs. Samara 100-102(OT) ROS Oleynikova 25/7r Grabovskaya 16/7r Ryabova 15 Gunchenko 11 Voronina 10/6a Petrova 0 SAM Yasivichene 21 Zaitceva 20/13r Komarova 19/8r Kurilchuk 16

April 16, 2022

Samara vs. Dynamo Moscow 92-73 SAM Kolosovskaya 21 Zaitceva 19/9r Kurilchuk 18 Novikova 12 Komarova 10 DYM Panevina 21 Pozdnyakova 13

Southern Federal University vs. Spartak Noginsk 78-58 ROS Voronina 18 Ryabova 15 Oleynikova 10/8r SPN Kubynina 20 Dukhina 13/8r Lykho 10

Standings:

1. Samara 11-14
2. Dynamo Moscow 8-17
3. Southern Federal University 6-19
4. Spartak Noginsk 0-25

April 12, 2022

Semifinals:

Both series continued on Tuesday with teams looking to advance or force deciding games on Saturday.  Nika looked like they might extend their series as Marina Goldyreva was fantastic, but Maria Vadeeva and Ekaterinburg recovered and finished the sweep 79-75.  MBA had already won in Kursk, but Dynamo started strong in Moscow and did enough late to tie the series with a 71-67 win.

Nika Syktyvkar vs. Ekaterinburg 75-79 NIK Goldyreva 31 Kozhukhar 15 Psareva 14/7r Musina 8/12r EKA Vadeeva 29/12r Zavialova 13 Razheva 12 Belyakova 7

Ekaterinburg wins series 2-0

MBA Moscow vs. Dynamo Kursk 67-71 MBA Kirillova 15 Maiga 14 Logunova 13 Krymova 10 DYK Levchenko 19/6a Lisec 16/7r Shabanova 11/11r Abaiburova 10 E. Frolkina 10

Series tied 1-1

5th Place:

The day started with a pair of games in Siberia with home teams needing wins to extend each series.  Enisey could not do it in Krasnoyarsk because Daria Ignatova lifted Spartak Moscow to a 70-68 win.  It was a similar story in Novosibirsk as good games from Vitalina Zvereva and Olga Stolyar were not enough for Dynamo in an 81-62 loss to Nadezhda.

Enisey Krasnoyarsk vs. Spartak Moscow 68-70 ENI Pachurina 19/6r Matveeva 11 Pashkovskaia 10 SPM Ignatova 31/6r Zotkina 13/6r Nuritdinova 10/6r/8a

Spartak Moscow wins series 2-0

Dynamo Novosibirsk vs. Nadezhda Orenburg 62-81 DYN Zvereva 21 Stolyar 20 NAD Linskens 19/8r Medvedeva 18 Komarova 16 Zhedik 14/14r

Nadezhda Orenburg wins series 2-0