Basketball players win the first medal – Jelgava

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This season, 10 teams competed in the 2nd division championship of the Latvian Women’s Basketball League, playing two rounds. Jelgava basketball players won 15 in 18 games, lost in three and finished the main tournament in 1st place, entering the elimination tournament or final 4. As the team’s head coach Edijs Ausējs told the Jelgava municipal institution “Sporta servis centrs” before the season, to repeat last year’s result and enter final4 was the team’s goal this season.

In the semifinals, BK “Jelgava-BJSS” met with the 4th place winners “Bertānas Valmieras basketball school” and lost with the result 53:63. Therefore, in the final, our team will fight for bronze medals with “RSU-2”, which lost to Ventspils sports school “Spars” in the second semi-final game. BK “Jelgava-BJSS” won the last game of the season with the result 61:42 and won bronze medals. Viktorija Ivanova and Ivanda Hudjakova were the top scorers with 14 points scored in the bronze medal game, while Alice Karlson added 10 points. BK “Jelgava” chairman of the board Dins Ushvil says about zero as the past season: “The girls deserved it.”

Coach E.Ausējs considers that the season was very good, because he managed to fulfill the set tasks and achieve the set goals. “Unfortunately, in the semi-final game against the Valmiera team, we did not do what we were preparing for, but in the game for 3rd place we found our game. Probably because the stress after the semi-final game was over. Hard work pays off sooner or later – the women’s team of the BK “Jelgava” club won the first medal,” said the coach.

V. Ivanova, one of the most productive players in the bronze medal match, also believes that the season has been completed on a positive note: “I am pleased with the achieved result. I want to thank the girls of the team for their dedication throughout the season, for their emotions, for their attitude during training, which motivated us as a team to become better. Thanks to the coach for the work invested to achieve this positive result. And certainly thanks to all the supporters of the team who came to support us both during the season and this weekend for the final games. In the bronze game, every girl fought to the last, you could feel the great strength and dedication of every girl. That’s why I think we deserve this medal.”

Alice Karlson, Victoria Ivanova, Louise Briede, Loreta Beitan, Ivanda Hudjakova, Rebeka Nagle, Marita Mieze, Kate Katrīna Viśnievica, Cindy Smirnova, Diana Brunava, Ronda Ozoliņa, Vivita Morus, Renate Budze, Amanda Budze, Paula Vizbule, Krista Anna played in the team. Eglāja, Samanta Vidiņa, Marta Pelša, Katrīna Zemeža, Samanta Grigorieva. Head coach – Edijs Aušējs, assistant coach – Harijs Zelčs.

Ten teams will play in the 2nd division championship of the Latvian Women’s Basketball League: “Audentese Spordigümnaasium”, “BJBS Rīga/Jugla”, “BJBS Rīga/Juniores-2”, BK “Jelgava-BJSS”, “Latvija U-16”, “RBJSS Rīdzene “, “Riga Technical University”, “RSU-2”, “Valmiera Glass VIA/BVBS”, “Ventspils sports school “Spars””. The teams will play two rounds in the main tournament, and the top four teams will advance to the knockout tournament.