LP Kangasala advanced to the third round of the volleyball Challenge Cup by defeating Maccabi Haifa with a 6–0 aggregate win.
STT Sports,
Anni Jämsä
LP Kangasala advanced cleanly to the next round in the volleyball women’s Challenge Cup after defeating the Israeli Maccabi Haifa for the second time 3–0. Kangasala, who played both matches of the round on their home court, won the sets of the second match with scores of 25–15, 25–12, 25–13.
The teams met for the first time on Tuesday, when Kangasala also won the match directly in three sets. This is how LP Kangasala continues to the third round of the Challenge Cup with a joint set win of 6–0.
Kangasala’s next place was already decided on Thursday after two won sets, so the former head coach of the Finnish national team Nicholas Buser changed the entire seven players in the final set. That set was also recorded with clear numbers for the Finnish team.
Kangasa had prepared for extraordinary security measures, because the security of the Israeli teams has been on the wall in recent days.
In the next round, against LP Kangasala, the Italian top team Chieri, who eliminated the Spanish Sant Cugat from the next round with two 3-0 wins. The matches are played at the end of November and before the middle of December.