Eczacibasi VitrA Istanbul registered their second win in Pool D, this time in straight sets against Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Region. On Wednesday, the home team celebrated with a 3-0 (25-17, 25-22, 25-22) victory over the Russian squad to top the current pool standings.

Eczacibasi made a flying start breaking into the first set wit 4-0 lead. The rest of the set was all about the home team with Tijana Boskovic leading the scorers on six points, including the winner for 25-17.

Eczacibasi stormed the second set on a 4-0 run as well. Only this time Lokomotiv fought back stepping up their offensive efforts and levelled the score at 10-10. A fierce battle unfolded through 21-20 Eczacibasi’s way, when the Turkish side scored three in a row to reach set point. The Russian opponents denied the first two, but then Boskovic hit the winner again to close it off at 25-22.

The third set followed an almost identical script: strong beginning for Eczacibasi, comeback for Loko, tough fight for the rest of the set and victorious ending for the home favourites. Only this time it was Chiaka Ogbogu’s kill block (fifth in the match) that put an end to the game at 25-22.

Chiaka Ogbogu was the best scorer with 13 points to her name and was named MVP of the match. Her teammate Tijana Boskovic and Lokomotiv’s Ekaterina Evdokimova (three aces, two blocks) scored 11 times each.