The qualifying competitions for the 9th All-Russian Summer Universiade in volleyball were completed in Ufa.
Five men's and four women's teams from the Volga Federal District took part in the tournament.
The men's team of Volga Region University won silver at the tournament, losing to Bashkir State Agrarian University, while the women's team was third, after Nizhny Novgorod Agrotechnological University and Bashkir State Agrarian University.
"All the teams showed a good level: some of them have players from the professional league. The Bashkir university team was not easy to deal with - we imposed a struggle on them, but all our attacking potential was kept on one Mikhail Khlyakin. He held on for a long time, but there were a lot of professionals on the other side who prevented us from securing the victory. We also have Superleague players - Denis Tolok and Ilya Fedorov - but they carried the "helping" load - passing and receiving. In the end of the fifth game we lost two points and took the second place. We hope that we can still qualify for the Universiade finals, because the Volga Region University team deserves it - we are always ready to fight for medals," said Maxim Maximov, coach of the men's team.
Text: Daria Bezzubova
