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Estonia beats Latvia in tense five-set volleyball battle
Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Estonia’s men’s volleyball team defeated Latvia 3-2 in a home friendly tournament, earning its second consecutive win.
- The match served as preparation for the European Championship finals, which begin in a week.
- Estonia won the deciding set 15-9 after the teams traded sets.
Estonia’s men’s volleyball team claimed its second straight victory at a home warm-up tournament, defeating Latvia 3-2 in a tense match.
Estonia lost the first set 20-25, then edged Latvia 26-25. It took the third set 25-14, dropped the fourth 23-25 and closed out the match with a 15-9 win in the decider.
The team is preparing for the European Championship finals, which begin in a week. Compared with the previous day’s match, Renet Vanker remained the starting setter, Silver Maar continued as libero and Alex Saaremaa retained his place as middle blocker. Timo Lõhmus and Tristan Täht joined as outside hitters, Marx Aru as middle blocker and Andres Jefanov as opposite.
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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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