Posts by Matthias

Schwerin - Dresden 3:2 (21:25 19:25 25:20 25:23 15:12)

http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2019-20/Women/2104.pdf

MVP: McKenzie Adams / Monique Strubbe (13/16 att )

Aachen - Stuttgart 0:3 (19:25 24:26 23:25)

http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2019-20/Women/2105.pdf

MVP: Tessa Polder / Annie Cesar

Erfurt - Wiesbaden 3:1 (25:20 25:23 21:25 25:16)

http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2019-20/Women/2107.pdf

MVP: Michelle Petter / Frauke Neuhaus

Suhl - Potsdam 1:3 (21:25 20:25 25:20 21:25)

http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2019-20/Women/2106.pdf

MVP: Karis Watson / Denise Imoudu

Val Nichol broke a finger in training this week and already had a surgery, Potsdam hopes to have her back for the playoffs. Toni Stautz out with a muscle tear as well.

Vilsbiburg - Straubing 3:1 (25:23 17:25 25:9 25:21)

http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2019-20/Women/2108.pdf

MVP: Daria Przybylak / Tionna Williams

Ranking:

1 Schwerin 15 14 44:12 40

2 Stuttgart 16 13 44:15 40

3 Potsdam 16 11 40:21 35

4 Dresden 17 9 35:31 28

5 Vilsbiburg 16 9 35:32 27

6 Aachen 17 8 35:33 25

7 Straubing 17 9 30:35 24

8 Münster 16 7 27:35 20

9 Wiesbaden 16 5 21:40 13

10 Erfurt 16 3 19:43 10

11 Suhl 16 1 12:45 5

So the 8 teams for the playoffs are almost 100% sure, only the order is still open. With yesterday's 3 point win Erfurt increased the distance to Suhl, but since as usual no team from 2nd league will come up, nobody will be relegated anyway probably...

Di Iulio is doing a fairly good job, not the most "elegant" setter but I like her choices and her connection with the middles.

OMG that girl from 2nd league that Suhl signed as new backup setter in the last minute just entered the court for serve and she has to be the most overweight player ever to play in Bundesliga

And with some help from the referees (I didn't understand that red card for delay in the end ) Schwerin manages to win 3:2 eventually, but Dresden still had a very good match. Nice to see Apitz back on court after long illness!

Dresden still plays really well, in the end narrow escape for Schwerin with 3 pts in a row from 22:23 to 25:23 taking it to tiebreak.

If only Dresden had played all season like that, they'd surely be 3rd place in the ranking. However, De Zwart is only decoration on court, she doesn't do anything

Lippmann shouldn't be allowed to play in Bundesliga, she's just on a whole different level

I guess that's it for Dresden, until the middle of 3rd set they looked like they could achieve the surprise, but then Schwerin finally woke up. Unless Schwerin falls back asleep I can't see them giving this away again...

Somehow, Schwerin looks much more tired than Dresden. Looks like that Cup final gave Dresden a major boost of confidence, they're playing really well in all elements. Strubbe is such a revelation

I'm pretty sure she wouldn't be on court if it was anything to worry about, and she didn't play the CEV Cup match this week as starter.

Dresden without Weitzel and Cyris, so unless Schwerin also has problems they should win pretty easy.

Today

16:10 Schwerin - Dresden (Sport1)

18:00 Aachen - Stuttgart

18:00 Erfurt - Wiesbaden

19:00 Suhl - Potsdam

19:00 Vilsbiburg - Straubing

Dresden had several sick players during the last week, so their line-up for today is uncertain. I hope they can make it a good match.

Except Suhl-Potsdam, all matches are hard to predict.

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crovolley wrote:

Why is noone signing Rivers from Stuttgart ??

She is great deal, cheap but great player

She has a lot of medical issues in the background (since birth actually), so signing her always includes some risk. Besides that, she has a valid contract with Stuttgart until 2021, but with a buyout option.

I can't imagine Hanke in Eczacibasi again, even though she spoke very positive about the way the club treated her even when she didn't perform well there.

Weitzel missed the match due to stomach flu, plus Dresden as a team had literally no time to recover from that Cup final. I expect them to win rather clearly next week in the regular match, but in Golden set everything can happen...

I always liked Montreux, it was a nice atmosphere and a good start into NT season, always a chance to discover new players etc. I hope it will resurrect at some point

ThomasHH wrote:

And we know that Dresden didn't win this Game. Stuttgart lose it

Come on, that's not fair. Sure, Stuttgart showed some nerves when things got tight, but Dresden put up an amazing fight for 2.5 hours and really did everything to win!

Dresden - Stuttgart 3:2 (25:19 20:25 21:25 28:26 17:15)

http://live.volleyball-bundesliga.de/2019-20/Women/8114.pdf

MVP: Krystal Rivers (voted by spectators)

Stuttgart had 21:16 in 4th set and 5 match points in total, but Dresden never gave up. Their young players did an amazing job, especially Emma Cyris and Monique Strubbe

37 pts of Rivers were not enough and she clearly ran out of steam in the end. It was obvious that Stuttgart felt that they must win the match, while Dresden simply wanted to win. Samadan 0/11

WOW

Hats off to Dresden, they totally completely fully deserved to win this match for the spirit they showed today!!!

WHAT A MATCH!!!

Waibl sends out all of his youth players in 4th set and they manage to take it to 5

Rivers vs Dresden 2:1

I hope for 5 sets, it's a very enjoyable match and Dresden deserves to make it as long as possible at least

Rivers with 20 pts already after 2.5 sets