In the AXA Sigorta Cup Volley World Baltacıoğlu Special Season, the defending champion VakıfBank hosted Galatasaray HDI Sigorta in the quarter finals. Yellow-blacks won the fight 3-0 and got the final four tickets.

VakıfBank, the champion of the last two seasons in AXA Sigorta Cup Volley, faced Galatasaray HDI Sigorta in the quarter-finals. This season, in the tournament played under the name of AXA Insurance Cup Volley World Baltacıoğlu Special Season on behalf of the former national volleyball player Dünya Baltacıoğlu, who passed away on December 29, 2022, the yellow-black team defeated their opponent 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

In the first set of the match at VakıfBank Sports Palace, VakıfBank scored 9 points with Paola Egonu and took the lead with a score of 25-14 (1-0). Although the yellow-blacks fell back in the first part of the second set, they played strong at the end of the set and brought the situation to 2-0 with a score of 25-19. VakifBank won the last set 25-18 and thus advanced to the final four without giving a set.

In VakıfBank, Paola Egonu was the top scorer of the game with 21 points; Gabi scored 14 points and Zehra Güneş scored 8 points.

In the next match of VakıfBank, Nilüfer Belediyespor will be the guest of Misli.com Sultans League.

VAKIFBANK – GALATASARAY HDI INSURANCE: 3-0

HALL: VakıfBank Sports Palace

REFEREES: Erol Akbulut, Onur Coşkun

VAKIFBANK: Cansu Özbay 5, Gabi 14, Zehra Güneş 8, Paola Egonu 21, Kara Bajema 5, Kübra Akman 3, Ayça Aykaç (L),

GALATASARAY HDI INSURANCE: Gamze Kılıç 1, Logan Egglestone 6, Mina Popovic 9, Anthi Vasilantonaki 11, İlkin Aydın 9, Ayçin Akyol, Bihter Dumanoğlu (L), Sude Hacımustafaoğlu 1

SETS: 25-14, 25-19, 25-18

SET TIMES: 19′, 26′, 20′

Source: (BYZHA) – Beyaz News Agency