Kathleen Weiss: When I heard that many of my friends had chosen Azerbaijan,I decided to follow them.

German setter of Igtisadchi Baku team, Kathleen Weiss who takes part in the World Championship in Japan,shared her thoughts about her choice with azerisport.com.
"I would like to stay in Italy for one more season,but the conditions were very important for me. Then I had an offer from Azerbaijan. When I heard that many of my friends had chosen Azerbaijan,I decided to follow them."
Kathleen Weiss played last season in one of Italian Grands-Despar Perugia. Her teammate was Riikka Lehtonen who also chose Igtisadchi Baku.

Azerrail sweeps Lokomotiv, Rabita defeats Galatasaray

The third day of "Baku Volley Cup"

Azerbaijani international Polina Rahimova had a match-high 19 kills and former Turkish international Natalia Hanikoglu added 11 kills, as Azerrail rallied to knock off Lokomotiv in three sets on Thursday at the international volleyball tournament in Baku. Set scores were 25:21, 25:15, 27:25. American duo Kristin Richards and Julie Rubenstein were the best players for Lokomotiv, scoring 11 points each.

Meanwhile, Rabita dropped the opening set against Galatasaray, but came back and won next three sets to post a 3:1 (26:28, 25:17, 25:22, 25:19) victory.

In the final match of the day, Uralochka defeated Zarechie 3:0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:17).

Azerrail - Lokomotiv 3:0 (25:21, 25:15, 27:25)
Rabita - Galatasaray 3:1 (26:28, 25:17, 25:22, 25:19)
Uralochka - Zarechie-Odintsovo 3:0 (25:23, 25:20, 25:17)

Tomorrow, November 5th, is a rest day for the teams.





Note: Thanks to Artem Borisenko for statistics and azerisport.com for pics.