In Latvian club battles, Jūrmala and Jēkabpils clubs start the Baltic League competition with a victory

Gabdullins scored 17 points for the home team, while Kļaviņš and Dzenis scored 13 points each, Dzenis excelling with four blocks.

For Jēkabpilians, Andrijs Chmirovs scored 15 points, Armands Āboliņš and Zigurds Adamovičs scored 14 points each, who had four effective blocks, Kristers Kandzāns scored 12, and lifter Jānis Jansons scored nine points, scoring three of them with runs, as well as attacking with 55 % efficiency.

“Yesterday, we watched the game between the Jūrmala and Daugavpils teams, including the boys, each at home. We didn’t see anything new there, apart from some changes in Gabdullin’s attack directions, and the opponents didn’t surprise us today either. You can’t come up with anything particularly new in a week,” he said after the victory Jēkabpils Lūšu coach Marcis Obrumans.

“It’s possible that yesterday’s long five-set match had an impact on today’s match, but for us, the game was very “sloppy”. In certain episodes, we didn’t pick up the balls or block for the defense, even though we knew what the opponents would do, but it was enough for the victory. Sometimes there is satisfaction from a well-played losing battle, but this time they wanted a victory in any way – both to get revenge for the loss in the Super Cup and to start the season with a win and get confidence in their abilities. We still have a lot to do,” Obrumans added.

Edvarta in the match between two clubs represented by Latvian volleyball players Buivida Barrus/Voru VK beat at home 3-0 (25:18, 25:23, 25:21) Tallinas Selver/TalTech with Eduards Stieģelis in the lineup and with two wins in two games came to the top of the tournament table. Buivids was not included in the application yet, but Stieģelis entered the court as a substitute in the second set and scored two points in the attack.

The “Optibet” National League tournament for men also started at the weekend. The champions Vecumnieki started it with a difficult victory in five sets, but the finalist Augšdaugava suffered a loss in the first match.

08.10. 17.00 RTU Border Guard/Jūrmala – DU/Ezerzeme 3-2 (21:25, 25:16, 25:17, 23:25, 16:14)

09.10. 17.00 RTU Border Guard/Jūrmala – SK Jēkabpils Lūši 1-3 (25:20, 21:25, 21:25, 19:25)

“Optibet” National League for men

08.10. 12.00 VK Ventspils – Riga Technical University 0-3 (20:25, 15:25, 19:25); Aukmanis 9 – Nasonovs 18

08.10. 18.00 Seniors – VK Aizpute 3-2 (22:25, 27:29, 25:19, 25:16, 15:13); Aivis Āboliņš 24 – Mucenieks 20

09.10. 15.00 VK Kuldīga/Kuldīga NSS – Jēkabpils Juniors/JSS 1-3 (25:19, 18:25, 20:25, 22:25)

09.10. 17.00 VK Jelgava – Upper Daugava 3-0 (25:22, 25:21, 25:13); Keish 13 – Vilcans 10