The WWK Volleys Herrsching are back on the road to success.
Three days after the 3-0 defeat in Düren, coach Max Hauser's Bundesliga team won 3-0 against Helios Grizzlys Giesen (27:25, 25:21, 30:28).
In the third comparison this season, it was the third victory for the Herrsching volleyball players.
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- "That was a big step towards fourth place," said Hauser happily.
Since SVG Lüneburg lost 3-1 to VfB Friedrichshafen in the parallel game, the Ammerseers climbed back to fourth place, which is so important for the play-off round.
On Saturday, the WWK Volleys will have enough to win two sets in the final main round match at the Berlin Recycling Volleys in order not to be displaced.
But even in the event that the Ammerseer stay without points in Berlin, it could be enough for fourth place.
In order to overtake Herrsching, the Lüneburgers would have to win 3-0 against leaders Friedrichshafen.
In any case, fifth place is safe for the rulers.
Thus, the Ammerseer avoid the three top teams Friedrichshafen, Berlin and Düren in the play-off quarter-finals.
For Hauser, the serve was the decisive element on Saturday.
The Ammerseers achieved a total of eleven direct impact points, but also 21 tickets.
“The aces were crucial.
We made a lot of mistakes, but we took a lot of risk. ”The Herrschingen trainer was satisfied after the smooth, and certainly somewhat fortunate, three-set win.
“That was not to be expected.
It could have turned out differently. ”The 37-year-old was referring to the first and third rounds.
His players strained the nerves of the coach and the almost 15 spectators at the top of the window.
In the first set, no team was able to break away decisively, it stayed exciting until the end.
The most conspicuous player in the ranks of the hosts was David Wieczorek.
The American looked highly motivated against his ex-club and scored eight points in the first set alone.
So the outside attacker got the 23:21 with a brilliant smack ball, seconds later he put an ace behind for 24:21.
But the Herrschinger balled their three set balls, the fourth did not sit either.
The fifth fit then.
Jalen Penrose, of all people, who was not really in the game before, served a tough service winner at 27:25.
Herrsching and Giesen also met at eye level in the second round.
Again it was the home side who were more alert in the closing stages.
The final point was booked by Dorde Ilic.
The third movement was not for the faint of heart.
Again, no team could take a real advantage.
A four-point lead (10: 6) was the greatest feeling.
But this was then gambled away again.
In the final phase, the home side were extremely nervous.
The WWK volleys fended off a total of four Giesen set balls.
The ex-Giesener Wieczorek was ultimately responsible for the last two decisive points.
Jori Matha became the man of the game.
The Canadian was the most complete player with 17 points of attack (74%), an ace and an acceptance rate of 60 percent.
Jalen Penrose (17) and David Wiecozrek (15) also scored reliably.
The cup final between the Netzhoppers Königs Wusterhausen and the United Volleys Frankfurt took place yesterday evening.
Hauser looked at Mannheim without sadness.
“One of my most important rules is: forget the past.” The unfortunate loss of the cup semi-final against Netzhoppers, when the WWK volleys awarded four match balls and lost in the tie-break with 24:26, “is ticked off”.
