Germany - VBL Bundesliga 2015/16

Dresden - Stuttgart 3:1 (25:20 25:22 24:26 28:26)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2020.pdf
MVP: Gina Mancuso / Kaja Grobelna

Hamburg - Wiesbaden 3:0 (25:23 26:24 25:19)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2021.pdf
MVP: Denise Imoudu / Jennifer Pettke

Vilsbiburg - VCO Berlin 3:2 (25:22 20:25 22:25 25:22 15:11)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2142.pdf
MVP: Roslandy Acosta / Kimberly Drewniok

Potsdam - Köpenick 3:1 (25:15 25:23 23:25 25:20)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2018.pdf
MVP: Regina Mapeli Burchardt / Sarah Wickstrom

Thüringen - Aachen 1:3 (20:25 25:18 16:25 13:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2022.pdf
MVP: Claudia Steger / Britt Bongaerts

Straubing - Schwerin 3:2 (25:23 17:25 25:23 11:25 18:16)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2019.pdf
MVP: Natascha Niemczyk / Denise Hanke

Quite a few surprises today. Wiesbaden after surprisingly beating Muszyna in CEV Cup loses even more surprisingly against Hamburg, Vilsbiburg just manages to win against VCO in 5 sets and Straubing beats Schwerin in a breathtaking match. I watched only 5th set but there was an amazing atmosphere in the hall. At 13-13 the referee missed a clear touch of Schwerin's block, Karmen Kocar nearly jumped at the referee's throat But Straubing could defend Schwerin's match point and win the match.

Tomorrow Straubing - VCO Berlin.

Straubing - VCO Berlin 3:1 (25:15 23:25 25:12 25:16)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2135.pdf
MVP: Wivian Gadelha / Kimberly Drewniok

Ranking (played - won - sets - points):
1 Aachen 4 4 12:2 12
2 Schwerin 5 4 14:6 12
3 Dresden 4 3 11:5 10
4 Straubing 4 3 10:6 8
5 Münster 5 3 10:8 8
6 Vilsbiburg 5 3 10:9 8
7 Stuttgart 4 2 8:6 6
8 Potsdam 4 2 8:9 6
9 Köpenick 4 2 7:8 6
10 Hamburg 5 2 7:9 6
11 Wiesbaden 4 1 4:9 3
12 Thüringen 4 0 3:12 1
13 VCO Berlin 6 0 3:18 1

This week the first round of DVV Cup is being played. All matches hosted by 1st league teams will be live on http://www.sportdeutschland.tv

03.11.15 I 19.30 Uhr I Stralsunder Wildcats vs. Schweriner SC
04.11.15 I 20.00 Uhr I DSHS SnowTrex Köln vs. VT Aurubis Hamburg
04.11.15 I 19.00 Uhr I VC Offenburg vs. Dresdner SC
04.11.15 I 19.30 Uhr I DJK Sportbund München-Ost vs. USC Münster
04.11.15 I 19.00 Uhr I VC Wiesbaden vs. NawaRo Straubing
04.11.15 I 19.00 Uhr I SC Potsdam vs. VolleyStars Thüringen
04.11.15 I 19.00 Uhr I Allianz MTV Stuttgart vs. Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
04.11.15 I 19.00 Uhr I Köpenicker SC Berlin vs. Ladies in Black Aachen

Quote from kondzio

there are many problems with stats sheets in this season

In case you mean that some of them look strange, with letters instead of numbers, that seems to be a problem of Adobe browser extension, because when you download the stats sheet and open them normally with Adobe Reader they look perfectly normal.

And I just noticed that with the newest version of Firefox they also work normally again.

Aachen has major financial problems, they say they don't know yet if they can finish the season and they're desperately looking for new money, they want to decide until the end of the year. I think they exaggerate a bit in their description of the situation in order to acquire more sponsors, if the situation really was that bad VBL would have "taken care" of it already.

Meanwhile Thüringen is close to signing another MB because Christina Speer will be out some more time with an illness and with Jordanne Scott having to play as MB there is no backup hitter on bench at the moment.

Potsdam-Thüringen turns out to be the most interesting Cup match in this round, Potsdam had match point in 3rd set but couldn't use it and now it goes to 5th.

Erika Salanciova is a very interesting player. I haven't watched her before, she's very powerful and athletic, if she can improve her technical skills and become more solid she can play on a high level I think...overall Thüringen plays with a lot of passion and energy while Potsdam looks like they just want to get this over quickly.

DVV Cup 1/8 Final:

Stralsund - Schwerin 0:3 (13:25 18:25 19:25)
MVP: Lisa-Marie Wergin / Ariel Turner

Köln - Hamburg 0:3 (21:25 20:25 18:25)
MVP: Silke Schrieverhoff / Denise Imoudu

Offenburg - Dresden 0:3 (18:25 5:25 14:25)
MVP: Ricarda Zorn / Mareike Hindriksen

München - Münster 0:3 (14:25 16:25 18:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&8103.pdf
MVP: Sabrina Karnbaum / Michala Kvapilova

Wiesbaden - Straubing 3:0 (25:20 25:19 25:23)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&8104.pdf
MVP: Esther van Berkel / Wivian Gadelha

Potsdam - Thüringen 2:3 (25:18 25:19 24:26 21:25 16:18 )
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&8105.pdf
MVP: Ivonne Montano / Dominika Drobnakova

Stuttgart - Vilsbiburg 3:0 (25:23 29:27 25:21)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&8106.pdf
MVP: Femke Stoltenborg / Barbara Wezorke

Köpenick - Aachen 0:3 (22:25 20:25 14:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&8107.pdf
MVP: Kaleigh Nelson / Britt Bongaerts

DOL for QF (18 November):
Wiesbaden - Dresden
Aachen - Hamburg
Thüringen - Münster
Stuttgart - Schwerin

Schedule for the weekend, all matches live on http://www.vbl.tv

7. November 2015
19:00 Köpenick - Vilsbiburg
19:00 Schwerin - Potsdam
19:00 Wiesbaden - VCO Berlin
19:30 Stuttgart - Straubing

8. November 2015
14:30 Münster - Thüringen
15:00 Hamburg - Dresden
16:00 Wiesbaden - Aachen

Köpenick - Vilsbiburg 2:3 (21:25 25:23 25:22 24:26 11:15)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2025.pdf
MVP: Kaleigh Nelson / Roslandy Acosta

Schwerin - Potsdam 3:0 (25:16 25:16 25:22)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2029.pdf
MVP: Denise Hanke / Lisa Rühl

Wiesbaden - VCO Berlin 3:0 (25:19 25:18 25:11)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2132.pdf
MVP: Kaisa Alanko / Pia Kästner

Stuttgart - Straubing 3:0 (25:10 25:19 25:18 )
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2028.pdf
MVP: Kim Renkema / Karmen Kocar

Köpenick had two match points in 4th set and apparently there was some uproar in the hall. I didn't watch the match but in the scoresheet is written that at 24:24 a fan was throwing a drumstick at the 1st referee (but missed him). In 5th set Köpenick with 9 errors
Meanwhile Straubing can only play well at home and Potsdam can't play well anywhere. They made some of the biggest transfers of the league but grossly underperform so far. And they are not missing any important players...

Münster - Thüringen 3:0 (25:19 25:21 26:24)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2026.pdf (soon)
MVP: Lucie Smutna / Erika Salanciova

Hamburg - Dresden 0:3 (23:25 13:25 17:25)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2027.pdf
MVP: Jana Franziska Poll / Laura Dijkema

Wiesbaden - Aachen 3:0 (25:19 25:19 25:19)
http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2015-16/Women/&2024.pdf
MVP: Esther van Berkel / Britt Bongaerts

Guidetti will be happy, so many Dutch MVPs I think Bongaerts will surely be better than Stoltenborg very soon, she just needs more experience.

Ranking:
1 Schwerin 6 5 17:6 15
2 Dresden 5 4 14:5 13
3 Aachen 5 4 12:5 12
4 Münster 6 4 13:8 11
5 Vilsbiburg 6 4 13:11 10
6 Stuttgart 5 3 11:6 9
7 Wiesbaden 6 3 10:9 9
8 Straubing 5 3 10:9 8
9 Köpenick 5 2 9:11 7
10 Potsdam 5 2 8:12 6
11 Hamburg 6 2 7:12 6
12 Thüringen 5 0 3:15 1
13 VCO Berlin 7 0 3:21 1

Quote from flyingdutchman

Britt Bongaerts again MVP...If I remember correctly she was MVP in all matches so far..

In the first three matches of Aachen Dora Grozer was MVP, in the next three (including Cup match) it was Bongaerts

I think in Ankara you would want experience because there is very little time to prepare, many important matches in short time, so there is no time to integrate a young setter into the team. But I think for 2016 summer Bongaerts has very good chances to take Stoltenborg's spot in NT.

Well I can't deny that...

Jennifer Pettke 7 aces in 3 sets Rojko takes a big risk receiving with Weihenmaier and Grozer, but Wiesbaden was the first team this season that could actually exploit it.