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A rematch of last season s women s Baltic Volleyball League final saw TalTech/Tradehouse take a 3:0 (25:16, 25:18, 25:19) over Riga Volleyball School/Latvian University to give the Estonian team their first ever Baltic League trophy.
TalTech took a 11:8 lead in the first set after consecutive spike points from Silvia Pertens, followed by an ace from Nette Peit to give TalTech a 12:8 lead. After a time-out from the Latvian team, TalTech capitalized on their opportunities to open a seven-point lead, which they extended to nine before Riga took another time-out. A strong finish from TalTech and Kadi Kullerkann closed the first set at 25:16.
In the second set, Maria Säästla put TalTech up 9:6, but the Latvian squad was able to equalize the set at 12:12. A three-point run forced the Latvian team to burn a time-out. After the time-out, TalTech opened another eight-point lead at 22:14, but the team took a time-out after a three-point swing had Riga back at 22:17. TalTech was still able