VakıfBank brought the situation to 2-2 in the final series.
In the match that started at a brisk pace, VakıfBank increased the difference to 4 points (15-11) with the points of Bartsch-Hackley and Zehra Güneş and forced their opponent to take a time-out. The yellow-dark blue team, which caught the series with Bartsch-Hackley’s faulty service on the return of the time-out, caught the 18-18 draw. Fenerbahce Opet, in the last episode where Fedorovtseva came to the fore with her effective play, evaluated her opponent’s mistakes in service and offense and scored the first set 25-23.
Unable to stop the duo of Vargas and Fedorovtseva, the home team caught a 5-1 series after a 16-16 draw against VakıfBank, and with the enthusiastic support of the audience, they won the second set 25-19 and took the lead by 2-0.
Fenerbahce Opet, who took the lead by 18-15 in the third set, was dropped from the game in this section. With the effective play of Haak and Guimaraes, the guest team caught an 8-0 series against their opponent, taking the set 25-19 and making the situation 2-1.
Starting the fourth set well with Haak and Guimaraes, the yellow-blacks went forward 10-7 and forced their opponent to take a timeout. VakıfBank, which did not break the rhythm of the time-out, increased the lead up to 7 points: 14-7. Making the score 23-13 with Zehra Güneş’s three blocks in a row, VakıfBank won the set 25-14 and became a partner in the match again: 2-2.
Fenerbahçe Opet took the lead by 4-1 with the points of Eda Erdem Dündar and Fedorovtseva right at the beginning of the tie-break set. VakıfBank caught a 7-7 draw with Guimaraes’ effective play. Bringing the balance to the score once again in the 10th issue, VakıfBank could not prevent its opponent from equalizing the score in the 14th issue. Having gained the upper hand with Haak once again, the yellow-blacks won the tie-break set 16-14 and the match 3-2 after Fedorovtseva threw the ball out, making the situation 2-2 in the series.
The fifth and last match of the final series will be played on Thursday, May 12 at VakıfBank Sports Palace.
Hall: Burhan Felek Vestel
Referees: Erdal Akıncı, Tuncay Sevim
Fenerbahçe Opet: Eda Erdem Dündar, Naz Aydemir Akyol, Fedorovtseva, Popovic, Vargas, Meliha İsmailoğlu (Gizem Örge, Cansu Çetin, Cristina, Buse Ünal, Tutku Burcu Yüzgenç)
VakıfBank: Bartsch-Hackley, Kübra Akman, Cansu Özbay, Guimaraes, Zehra Güneş, Haak (Ayça Aykaç, Aylin Acar, Buket Gülübay, Tuğba Şenoğlu, Ogbogu, Meryem Boz)
Sets: 25-23, 25-19, 19-25, 14-25, 14-16
Duration: 119 minutes (27, 23, 26, 21, 22)