The championship cup was taken from Kaunas Estonian
Bronze – Latvian
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Valdas Valdas Adamkus Sports Center in the semi-finals of the final four tournament « Kaunas-VDU » 3: 2 (25:22, 25:23, 19:25, 13:25, 15: 9) broke Tallino Taltech-Macta Beauty (Estonia) volleyball.
17 points were scored by M. Paukštytė, 14 – Vilūnė Rauluševičiūtė, 8 – Vaiva Valionytė and Gvanca Ulumbelashvili, 7 – Gabija Kasperavičiūtė.
Rae Sportikool-Viton (Estonia), who won the final ticket to the final, defeated Riga RSU-MSG (Latvia) club 3: 1 (27:25, 25:21, 23:25, 25:22). Taltech-Macta Beauty team.
Final: The battle for gold was extremely persistent and changeable. / Photo by E. Šemiotas
Dramatic finale
The decisive match of the Baltic League in Kaunas 2: 3 (12:25, 25:18, 25:20, 27:29, 15:17) lost Rae Sportikool-Viton.
The third set of Kaunas-VDU was 3: 8, but took the lead and outweighed the result for his own benefit.
The real drama became the fourth set. Estonian representatives led 23:19, but Kaunas scored five points in a row and was a step away from gold – 24:23. However, Kaunas-VDU volleyball players did not realize the two options to finish the match.
Similarly, the fifth – set – set. Estonians turned forward at 14:10. Still, the passionate supporters supported by the supporters were able to score four points in a row and equalized the score – 14:14, but soon the two successful attacks were held by the opponents.
Roberta Gabulaitė and G. Ulumbelashvili scored 15 points each, M. Pauktytė, 12 – V. Rauluševičiūtė, 11 – G. Kasperavičiūtė.
The decisive match of Kaunas lost 2: 3 to Estonia rivals.
« It has to be admitted that the rivals were very well prepared physically, » stressed M. Paukštytė.
MVP Prize – N. PIT
Kaunas-VDU team has played for the fifth time in the Baltic League Final Four in the Baltic League's final, three times became a champion (2017, 2022 and 2023).
The most useful (MVP) tournament player in Kaunas was recognized as Rae Sportikool-Viton volleyball player.
Kaunas club players G. Kasperavičiūtė, M. Paukštytė and Ozkan Nurper Esgi entered the symbolic team, also elected Silvia Pertrans, Lisandra Tatrik, Liis Kiviloo (all-Rae Sportdikool-Viton) and Katrina Struka (RSU-MSG).
