The championship lead was there, in the end it was only one point.
The Herrsching volleyball players lost 2: 3 in Frankfurt - completely unnecessary in the opinion of coach Max Hauser.
Herrsching -
In the sixth attempt, the WWK Volleys Herrsching went as losers at the United Volleys Frankfurt.
After all, a committed performance was rewarded with a point win this time.
But after the 2: 3 (20:25, 25:21, 25:23, 22:25, 12:15) head coach Max Hauser spoke of "two lost points." The demands on Lake Ammersee are now high.
“I'm very angry, and the team is also very angry.” Instead of storming to the top of the table with the second three-point of the season and full points, the WWK volleys now have to stay in fifth place with four points.
The man of the game was Frankfurt's oldie Jochen Schöps.
The 37-year-old diagonal attacker came into play at the beginning of the fourth set for ex-Herrschinger Daniel Malescha and practically single-handedly turned a game that had almost been thought lost in favor of the home side.
"We just couldn't get him under control," said Hauser about the 315-time national player in the United Volleys jersey.
Schöps was rightly honored with the gold MVP medal, the silver plaque went to Jori Mantha.
The Canadian had the best values in attack (52%) and acceptance (43%).
But Johannes Tille would also have been a worthy MVP candidate.
The 23-year-old player from Herrsching served all of his attackers equally.
Most of the passes were once again used by Jalen Penrose.
The diagonal attacker got a total of 22 points.
However, it could have been significantly more, but the bastard from Boston chose the wrong variant again and again.
In the end, Penrose recorded six service errors and nine attack errors.
Too often, the 25-year-old American wanted his head against the wall.
The attacks worked well against the fast middle (Luuc van der Ent and Dorde Ilic) or when Tille served Tim Peter, who was approaching from the back area.
Hauser sent exactly the same formation into the race that won 3-1 in Giesen two weeks earlier.
The almost 100 spectators in the Fraport Arena saw many spectacular rallies.
In the first round, no team was able to break away decisively, only in the final phase did the home team act a little more determined and smarter in their attack.
The lecture of the WWK Volleys, however, seemed a bit jittery.
Significantly, the set ball when Tim Peter ricocheted off the 2.12 meter tall middle blocker Jakob Günthör (23:25).
The second sentence also went back and forth for a long time, but the body language of the guests was clearly different.
The last ball was again reserved for Tim Peter, this time he sank the game device in the United field at 25:21.
The WWK volleys took the momentum with them into the third set.
From the start, the guests were in the lead, 16:12, later 21:16.
But then the Herrschinger lost the thread a little, Frankfurt came to equalize (23:23), but Tim Peter was reliable.
First he sank a back attack, seconds later he blocked Malescha (25:23).
It smelled like a little sensation.
But probably for those who have a Jochen Schöps up their sleeves.
United coach Juan Manuel Serramalera brought the difference player into play for Malescha.
The Ammersee lost a bit of the thread, quarreled with their game and in the final phase of the set also with referee Markus Zyber (Essen).
A service error by Jori Mantha sealed the set equalization (22:25).
In the tie-break, the Herrschinger quickly moved away to 5: 1, but in view of the approaching success, the nerves failed.
"We lost our acceptance and served badly," complained Hauser.
Schöps concluded with a net scooter after 127 minutes.
After the anger had subsided, Hauser looked to the next mammoth task against VfB Friedrichshafen next Saturday.
“We will train and make the block defense safer.” The Bodenseer lost surprisingly 3-0 on Saturday at the SWD Powervolleys Düren.
And the Berlin Recycling Volleys were also hit, the capital city lost 1: 3 at the Bisons Bühl.
First evidence that everything is somehow different this year.