Basketball Women's Superleague Russia 2009/2010

    Quarter-finals:



    Spartak Moscow Region Vidnoe – Chevakata Vologda


    Dinamo Kursk – Spartak Sankt Petersburg




    UMMC Ekaterinburg – Dinamo Moscow


    Nadezhda Orenburg – Dinamo Novosibirsk

    Quarter-Finals:




    vs. 109-74, 100-62.


    vs. 75-68, 74-71.




    vs. 96-51, 83-71.



    vs. 66-59, 78-74.

    Semi-Finals:



    vs. 102-87, 92-69.



    vs. 76-77, 94-66, 90-52.



    Semi-Finals 5-8:



    vs. 79-76, 72-56.



    vs. 60-70, 69-64, 64-57.

    Spartak Moscow Region remained
    on course for the treble by thrashing Dynamo Kursk on Sunday to reach
    the Superleague Women play-off finals.
    Winners of the Russian Cup
    and the EuroLeague Women Final Four already this year, Pokey Chatman's
    Spartak completed a 2-0 sweep of Kursk with a 92-69 Game 2 triumph on
    Sunday.
    Spartak led 67-57 heading into the last quarter and then
    outscored Kursk 25-12 for a resounding victory.
    EuroLeague Women
    Final Four MVP Diana Taurasi made four shots from long range on her way
    to a game-high 21 points for the Vidnoje team, which also got 16 points
    and 10 rebounds from Russia international Irina Osipova.
    UMMC
    Ekaterinburg, beaten by Spartak in the Russian Cup final and at the
    EuroLeague Women Final Four, bounced back on Sunday from their 77-76
    upset in Game 1 of the other Superleague Women semi-final against
    Nadezhda Orenburg.
    Candace Parker led a balanced UMMC attack with
    19 points.
    Belarus international Katsiaryna Snytsina, who made
    seven of 10 shots from long range and led all scorers with 36 points in
    Game 1 for Nadezhda, sank just one of four from the arc in Game 2 and
    ended up with 12 points.
    UMMC beat Spartak in last year's
    Superleague Women play-off finals.

    FINAL:



    vs. 62-70, 79-87, 67-73.



    3RD:



    vs. 82-80, 77-74.



    5TH:



    vs. 78-74, 78-72.



    7TH:



    vs. 86-92, 81-70, 63-69.

    Defending champions UMMC
    Ekaterinburg have drawn first blood in their Russian Superleague Women
    Finals showdown with Spartak Moscow Region.
    Just 15 days after
    falling to Spartak in the EuroLeague Women Semi-Finals in Valencia, UMMC
    hit back with a vengeance in Vidnoje and claimed a 70-62 victory with
    2,000 fans looking on.
    UMMC will now return home looking to beat
    Spartak in Game 2 and deny Spartak a treble, with Pokey Chatman's team
    having won the Russian Cup and the EuroLeague.
    Candace Parker
    finished with 19 points for UMMC, who trailed 22-14 at the end of the
    first quarter but took a 42-41 lead to half-time.
    They pressed
    home the advantage in the third, outscoring Spartak 19-10 in the frame
    for a 61-51 lead.
    Gundars Vetra's side then held on over the last
    10 minutes for victory.
    Agnieszka Bibrzycka and Maria Stepanova
    each weighed in with 14 points for UMMC.
    FIBA Europe Women's
    Player of the Year, Sandrine Gruda, also chipped in eight points and a
    team-high eight rebounds.
    For Spartak, USA international center
    Sylvia Fowles scored a game-high 22 points.
    The visitors held
    EuroLeague Women Final Four MVP Diana Taurasi to just 13 and also
    limited Sue Bird to eight.
    No other Spartak player scored more
    than five points.
    Fowles also had nine rebounds.

    1. UMMC Ekaterinburg



    2. Spartak Moscow Region Vidnoe



    3. Nadezhda Orenburg



    4. Dynamo Kursk



    5. Spartak Sankt Petersburg



    6. Dynamo Novosibirsk



    7. Chevakata Vologda



    8. Dynamo Moscow