Puijo Wolley beat Kuusamo Pallo-Karhut 3–0 in the women’s Finnish Cup final in volleyball. For Ella Auteree of Puijo, the championship brought emotions to the surface.
Puijo Wolley celebrated the first trophy in his club history in Turku on Sunday, when the team defeated Kuusamo Pallo-Karhut, who had been undefeated all season, in the women’s Finnish Cup volleyball final 3–0.
PaKa started the final in a crushing way, but Puijo emerged from a difficult situation as a middle player Ella Autereen during the pitch shift. Auteree’s emotions were on the surface after the match.
– It’s been quite a difficult autumn. Two weeks before the start of the season, a boyfriend was buried. It feels particularly good, Autere commented in an interview with .
Autere’s man died in the French Alps just before the start of the season.
– We managed to be together for half a year. I dedicate this victory to his memory.
The cup championship is Auteree’s second in his career. In January 2022, he celebrated in Tampere when PaKa defeated LP Kangasala in the final. Kuusamo also won the first league championship of his career in 2022.
– I didn’t play in the Tampere final, but I was celebrating in a green shirt. Then we had six foreigners play the whole game, Autere said.
Kuusamo has injury concerns
This time, PaKa had “only” four foreigners in the lineup, due to injuries earlier in the season by Carlyle Nusbaum and Courtney VanLiewin in addition, the chipper who was injured on Saturday was out Lexi Pollard.
– After years, no one will remember who was playing at any time. Today we were in a dream at the beginning, but then the game opened up. We focused on our own game and didn’t think about who was on the other side, Autere said.
Second generation league player Selma Räsänen was the most efficient of the winners with 18 points. Father Janne celebrated the 1999 league championship in Pater.
Autere, 23, from Iiti, started his league career in Kuopio in the 2019–2020 season. Last season we won bronze in the league, and this season the goal is to win another trophy.
Puijo Wolley has a streak of six wins in the league. The previous defeat came on December 10th precisely to PaKa, then the opposite side still had that trio.
It is known that a new American winger is coming to Kuusamo at the beginning of the week, which means that the club is eager to win its third championship in a row.