In the second match, Lithuanian volleyball players left no hope for the Luxembourg team with a 3:0 (25:22, 25:18, 25:13) victory.
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The Lithuanians started the match with 5 consecutive points, but later the opponents managed to recover and even take the lead. Only after a rather fierce fight did our team manage to finish successfully and win the set.
In the second set, the Lithuanians began to play more accurately and aggressively, so the opponents had fewer and fewer countermeasures.
Having confidently won the second set, the Lithuanian team relaxed and dominated the third set. Coach Mateuszas Zarczynski brought the reserve players onto the court, but they also continued the Lithuanian team’s dominance on the court.
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For the winners, Martyna Paukštytė scored 13 points, Monika Šalkutė 12, Barbora Rakauskaitė 8, Anastasija Jesipenko 7, Rūta Staniulytė 6, Vilūnė Rauluševičiūtė 4, Vaiva Valionytė, Karina Vilkicka, and Arina Petuchova 2 each, and Neringa Kačinaitė 1. Libero positions were excellently played by Rusnė Rutkauskaitė and the young Vaiva Gasiūnaitė.
The most productive player in the Luxembourg team was Emma van Elslande (10 points).
After the second Saturday match between Albania and Denmark, the Lithuanian team can already secure a place among the two strongest teams of the tournament and a ticket to the main stage of the European League.
If everything goes unfavorably, then the Lithuanians will have to seek victory in the last match on Sunday at 4 p.m. against Albania.
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