With the postponed match Lokomotiv-Rabita the first Round of the Azerbaijani Super league Regular season came to the end.Lokomotiv Baku started the match with fast combinations of attack with Nancy Metcalf and Yelena Parkhomenko. Rabita was trying to equal the score, but Lokomotiv had 4 points average till the end of the set,but Rabita held the equality at 22-22 and with Natalya Mammadova`s mortal spikes ended the set 25-23.
The second set passed much easier for Rabita Baku which took 9 points advantage till the end of the set with great performance by Krsmanovic and Kimberly Glass. But Lokomotiv could take some points with Kristin Richards not to lose the set,Mira Golubovic and Mammadova closed the set 25-21.
Rabita Baku started the third set very sure of the win,but Lokomotiv Baku was not going to give up and lose the match. Shining Kristin Richards and Yelena Parkhomenko played their best game in the following two sets with the help of experienced setter Monika Smak and Nancy Metcalf and took these sets 25-21: 25-18
Rabita was shocked with the opponents amazing game and having some errors on the back line,Rabita could not neutralize the attacks of Kseniya Poznyak (Kovalenko) and Yelena Parkhomenko from the second zone. Krsintin Richards did her best Lokomotiv to close the match for their side. 15-12 and 3-2. Lokomotiv did great "Come Back" and introduced Rabita to the first defeat.
The best players of the match were: Kristin Richards from Lokomotiv and Natalya Mammadova from Rabita Baku.
Despite of losing this match Rabita became the Winter Champion with the set average.
28 December 2010 / Postponed match (3.leg)
Lokomotiv Baku - Rabita Baku 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-18, 15-12)
Rabita Baku: Zhukova,Starovic,Mammadova,Glass,Golubovic,Krsmanovic,Popovic (L)
Lokomotiv Baku: Smak,Metcalf,Richards,Kamenova,Parkhomenko,Poznyak (Kovalenko), Filipova (L)
Ranking
Rabita Baku 9 (4-1) (14 - 4 )
Azerrail Baku 9 (4-1) (13 - 5 )
Igtisadchi Baku 8 (3-2) (11 - 8 )
Lokomotiv Baku 7 (2-3) (8 - 12 )
VC Baku 6 (1-4) (5 - 12 )
VC Shirvan Guba 6 (1-4) (4 - 14 )
