Dambrehte scores 12 points in Kuusamo win in CEV Challenge Cup opener
Finnish champions Kuusamo "Pfeifer" beat Bosnia's Banja Luka "Borac" 3-0 away in their first CEV Challenge Cup volleyball match of the season. Opposite hitter Dambrehte scored 12 points.
In volleyball, the Finnish champions Kuusamo "Pfeifer" won 3-0 (25:17, 25:17, 25:18) away against "Borac" from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the first match of the season in the CEV Challenge Cup, a European club competition run by the European Volleyball Confederation. The return leg is on 4 November in Kuusamo and will decide which team advances.
Dambrehte among the top scorers
Opposite hitter Dambrehte started in the starting lineup and scored 12 points: she converted 11 of 22 attacks and added one point with a serve. Half of her points came in the third set. For Kuusamo, Emmi Mäki-Kojola (14) and Railiya Morgan Vagonere (10) also reached double figures. For the Bosnian side, Andela Damjanović stood out with 9 points.
The Kuusamo club has won the Finnish championship in four of the past five seasons. Dambrehte, one of the team's leaders, is in her second season there and has played in Finland since 2023. This season "Pfeifer" has won four of five Finnish league matches and shares second place in the standings.
Other matches on Wednesday
In Germany's Bundesliga, Karmena Struka scored 10 points as Aachen's "Ladies in Black" beat Flacht's "Binder Blaubaren" 3-0 (25:22, 25:16, 25:17). The Latvia national team middle blocker converted 5 of 10 attacks, added four points with blocks and one with a serve. It was Aachen's second win in five games this season.
In Poland's second-tier league, Rēzija Mazure-Mago scored 12 points to help Sędziszów Małopolski "Marba" beat Wieliczka "Solna" 3-0 (25:14, 25:19, 25:18). The Latvian volleyball player scored three points with serves, one with a block and converted 8 of 21 attacks. With three wins in five games, the team is third in the standings.
