Lena Stigrot got injured in Dresden's last match and is registered as 2nd libero today, so she's not ready to play yet. Dresden brought youngster Sina Stöckmann as additional backup OH but probably they'll have to stick with Geerties-Cyris duo today.
Germany - VBL 1. Bundesliga 2020/21
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Today
17:00 Vilsbiburg - Dresden (Sport1)
Are Sport1 games usually on Sporttotal internationally? (that's where I have it now)
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Are Sport1 games usually on Sporttotal internationally? (that's where I have it now)
No idea, I don't see a stream for the match on Sporttotal
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No idea, I don't see a stream for the match on Sporttotal
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Thanks! It even works in Germany, but there is no link for it on the starting site for me.
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Thanks! It even works in Germany, but there is no link for it on the starting site for me.
Yea I don't see it anymore either. I happened to catch it last night. Weird
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I'm really excited Hart signed with Vilsbiburg! She could be a good fit IMO. She can add some fire power in attack from the right side. Next to that playing with Keller as receiving opposite makes up for her lack of receiving skills.
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Vilsbiburg's raven mascot is terrifying in the dark there
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Every serve of Vilsbiburg will go to Cyris today
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Did I just see Hart in the huddle there? I'm surprised she's there tbh
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Did I just see Hart in the huddle there? I'm surprised she's there tbh
Yes she's in the match roster. She's been in Vilsbiburg already for some time, she had to do quarantine first.
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Nice battle between the setters about who will be the blocking queen tonight
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I haven't seen Sporttotal before, but (in Erfurt at least) it seems to have an robo camera, terrible sound and captions to say when the libero goes on/off
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I'm a bit disappointed of Jenna Gray. She surely has potential, but for now she lacks consistency and precision. Her hitters often have problems with timing because the balls always have a different speed and location. Due to the postponement of the Olympics I guess USA NT this year will have other things to do than focusing on the development of new players, so she'll probably need 2-3 years before she can arrive on top level...
This is very much probably a just me opinion.... but she's not a future NT setter... She had those issues at Stanford too but she had a Plummer to bail her out. Her placement isn't consistent.
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Erfurt-Münster very even, I don't think it's been more than a four-point game either way at any point during the first three sets. 2-1 to the visitors.
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Münster will need a miracle to somehow rescue the season in the 2nd half. Erfurt are missing their starting setter and playing with the backup OPP the whole match and are taking Münster to 5
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In theory, today was the last round of 1st half of the season. Due to Schwerin's CL and the following quarantine, their matches against Vilsbiburg, Dresden and Stuttgart are missing, but they already played twice against Suhl. Here is the current ranking:
1 Allianz MTV Stuttgart 9 8 26:6 25
2 Dresdner SC 9 7 21:8 21
3 VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen 11 7 24:16 20
4 SSC Palmberg Schwerin 8 6 22:12 18
5 SC Potsdam 10 6 21:16 18
6 Rote Raben Vilsbiburg 9 5 19:15 15
7 Ladies in Black Aachen 10 4 18:23 12
8 VC Wiesbaden 10 3 15:25 9
9 NawaRo Straubing 10 3 11:24 9
10 USC Münster 10 2 13:27 8
11 Schwarz-Weiß Erfurt 10 2 10:28 4
Suhl definitely exceeds expectations, whereas Münster for me is the biggest disappointment. In the long run I think Stuttgart, Schwerin, Dresden and Potsdam will once again be the top 4 teams, behind them Suhl, Vilsbiburg and Aachen seem to be fighting for 5th place and Wiesbaden, Straubing and Münster for 8th place.
This is just the now useless official ranking. When mathematically reacting to the big differences in played matches due to COVID-19 through dividing the match points by the number of matches played, the following more realistic result of order of the teams emerges:
1. Stuttgart 2.78
2. Dresden 2.33
3. Schwerin 2.25
4. Suhl 1.82
5. Potsdam 1.8
6. Vilsbiburg 1.67
7. Aachen 1.2
8. Wiesbaden 0.9 SR 0.6
9. Straubing 0.9 SR 0.46
10. Münster 0.8
11. Erfurt 0.4
i.e. Suhl is slightly overrated for the moment and closely followed by Potsdam. Vilsbiburg is far ahead of Aachen, which is also far ahead of the four last, who were performing really weakly overall so far.