After a three-year hiatus, the Kaunas-VDU women’s volleyball team regained its title as the strongest team in the Baltics. On Sunday, the Kaunas team triumphed in the Elme Messer Baltic Championship Final Four tournament held in Estonia. In the final, the Lithuanian team defeated Tartu TU-Bigbank (Estonia) 3:1 (31:29, 22:25, 25:14, 25:23). The match began dramatically. In the first set, the Estonians led 20:13 and 22:16, but the Kaunas team did not give up and evened the score at 23:23. Later, the Estonian club failed to take advantage of opportunities to win the set, and in the end, the Kaunas team managed to do so – Martyna Paukštytė’s point decided the first set 31:29. In the second set, the Tartu team quickly pulled ahead again, but this time the Kaunas team was unable to catch up with their opponents, and the overall score was tied. The Kaunas-VDU volleyball players began to demonstrate their true potential in the third set – they immediately took the lead with a double-digit advantage of 17:7 and did not relinquish the initiative until the end of the set. Maintaining their positive momentum, the Kaunas team controlled the game in the fourth set. Their opponents closed

The LSKL champions, Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) students, cleared the quarterfinal hurdle without the slightest tension, defeating the visiting Lithuanian Sports University (LSU) team 130:107 (29:23, 29:35, 43:26, 29:23), and by an even greater margin on their home court – 139:86 (36:27, 33:13, 35:26, 35:20). This game set a new scoring record for the 2025–2026 season. The VDU team was led to victory by Titas Januševičius, who scored 25 points in 17 minutes (1/1 two-pointers, 7/12 three-pointers, 2/3 free throws, 18 efficiency points), Evaldas Džiaugys added 22 points (7/7 two-pointers, 2/2 three-pointers, 2/3 free throws, 25 efficiency points), Paulius Velutis and Adomas Sidarevičius (18 assists, 40 efficiency points) – 16 points each, Augustinas Mikštas – 13 points, Kajus Leliukas – 12, Jokūbas Rubinas – 11 points. The LSU team was saved from an even greater defeat by Liucijus Biekša, who scored 33 points in 25 minutes on the court (14/21 two-pointers, 1/1 three-pointers, 2/2 free throws, 7 rebounds, 32 efficiency points). Gustas Virbalis scored 19 points, while the contributions of other LSU players were in single digits. The VDU team surprised everyone with their accuracy this time, shooting 82% from two-point range (28/34), 49% from three-point range (23/47), and 82%

Kaunas hosted the city’s open winter championship and the Lithuanian student indoor athletics championship, which brought together athletes from 10 higher education institutions, at the new President Valdas Adamkus Athletics Arena. Our students performed successfully at this sporting event, winning 4 gold, 6 silver, and 3 bronze medals. We are delighted that the University’s track and field athletes won second place in the team competition for the first time based on the points they earned. The following athletes climbed to the top of the podium and won gold medals: Rugilė Miklyčiūtė (ŠA SS, pole vault), Reda Teteriukovė (MF, 800 m), Kristupas Seikauskas (TF, 60 m), and Lukas Šermukšnis (PMDF, 400 m). . Silver medals were awarded to Aurėja Beniušytė (ŠA SS, triple jump), Paulina Stuglytė (ŠA SS, shot put), Gabija Klimukaitė (ŠA SS, 60 m), Reda Teteriukovė (MF, 400 m), Robert Karagezian (ŠA SS, 60 m) and Rugilė Miklyčiūtė (ŠA SS, 200 m). Bronze medals were awarded to Sonata Rudytė (ŠA SS, shot put), Rusnė Strelčiūnaitė (ŠA SS, triple jump) and Aistė Mižutavičiūtė (ŠA SS, long jump). The next event for the track and field athletes will be in May in Riga, where the SELL (Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) Student