The defending champion VakıfBank hosted the PTT in the 9th week of the Turkish League. The yellow-blacks won the game 3-0 and got the 8th victory of the season.
At VakıfBank Spor Sarayı, VakıfBank won the first set 25-12 (1-0), where Aleksia Karutasu and Chiaka Ogbogu each scored 7 points. VakıfBank's Brazilian star Gabi scored 8 points in the second set; yellow-blacks took the set 25-20. Playing strongly in the last set too, VakıfBank managed to win the set 25-14 and the match 3-0.
Aleksia Karutasu, who scored 20 points in VakıfBank, became the top scorer of the game. The young star, who raised from VakıfBank Youth Team, recorded 6 aces in the game.Chiaka Ogbogu reached double digits with 14 points and Gabi with 12 points for the yellow-blacks; Derya Cebecioğlu scored 9 and Bahar Akbay 4 points.
VakıfBank will start the CEV Champions League season in the next match. The last champion will host Crvena Zvezda in Pool C, Wednesday, December 7 at 17.00.
VAKIFBANK - PTT: 3-0
HALL: VakıfBank Spor Sarayı
REFEREES: Ebru Kaya, Mehmet Gül
VAKIFBANK: Cansu Özbay 1, Gabi 12, Bahar Akbay 4, Aleksia Karutasu 20, Derya Cebecioğlu 9, Chiaka Ogbogu 14, Ayça Aykaç (L), Buket Glübay, Kara Bajema
PTT: Büşra Güneş, Eva Pavlovic Mori 3, Bianka Busa 11, Janset Cemre Erkul 5, Sara Caric 2, Merve Tanyel 5, Sema Nur Doluca (L), Gizem Mısra Aşçı, Elif Su Yavuz 3, Derin Ezgi Taşdemir 2
SETS: 25-20, 25-12, 25-14
TIME: 19’, 24’, 21’ (64 minutes)
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