Day of the injuries in German league: Josephine Dörfler (no info why), Martina Utla (shoulder) and Tamari Miyashiro (back) couldn't play at all, Jaroslava Pencova (ankle) and Saskia Hippe (knee) got injured during the matches. Hippe probably has torn ACL, if this is confirmed the season will be over for her Pencova also couldn't walk at all after the match, she was jumping around on her healthy leg in the hall...
EDIT: I just saw in a video clip on Potsdam's FB site that Nikolina Jelic was also sitting on bench with ice and a bandage on her right knee, but I didn't see anything happen during the match...
SC Potsdam - Dresdner SC 3:1 (25:19, 20:25, 38:36, 25:22)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2013-14/Women/&2023.pdf
MVP: Nikola Radosova / Lisa Izquierdo
Not a very high level match but very exciting, especially 3rd set. After Fresco, also backup OPP Dörfler couldn't play today, so Jessica Rivero had to play as OPP. Another very good match by Lisa Izquierdo, also her reception is getting more and more solid. Becky Perry doesn't seem ready yet to play a full match, even though she did very well the coach took her out after 3rd set. Both teams will meet again on Wednesday for the 1st round of German Cup.
Köpenicker SC Berlin - Schweriner SC 0:3 (25:27, 22:25, 16:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2013-14/Women/&2086.pdf
MVP: Hanne Haugen Aas / Lousi Souza Ziegler
Lousi Ziegler with 26 points in 3 sets. With Hippe's injury, 50% of Schwerin's attacking game is missing now, so Ziegler will have to score so many points in every match now if Schwerin wants to win
Ladies in black AACHEN - VC Wiesbaden 3:0 (25:23, 25:23, 25:20)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2013-14/Women/&2019.pdf
MVP: Tatiana Crkonova / Karine Muijlwijk
I don't understand how Scott could score so many points, in the part of the match I watched she looked very weak and slow and it looked more like a coincidence when she scored, and her backup Stankova is even worse. Aachen won because their MBs did a very good job and at least Laura Weihenmaier could kill high balls, but if they want to beat big teams they need more contribution by Bednarova both in reception and in attack. However their team spirit looked very good. Wiesbaden still hasn't found a solid starting six...today Ksenija Ivanovic made her comeback after shoulder surgery at the end of the match but she couldn't help the team.
VolleyStars Thüringen - Rote Raben Vilsbiburg 2:3 (21:25, 25:23, 25:21, 20:25, 11:15)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2013-14/Women/&2018.pdf
MVP: Vendula Merkova / Dominique Lamb
4th match, 3rd 2:3 loss for Thüringen Already last season they lost EVERY tie-break throughout the whole season On the other hand I find it impressive that they could win 2 sets without Utla who has been their only reliable scorer in the previous matches. Merkova finally seems to get closer to her usual form. In the next matches Vilsbiburg will be without Hagglund and Miyashiro who join USA NT tomorrow for WGCC.
Tomorrow: Münster - Stuttgart