The Berlin Volleys have consolidated their lead in the volleyball Bundesliga.
Although the German champions won their home game against the bottom line TSV Haching Munich on Wednesday 3-0 (25:16, 25:23, 25:22), they presented a disappointing performance overall.
Even after four games of the season, the volleys are the only team in the league without losing any points.
Berlin coach Cedric Enard had occupied two important positions with players from the second row.
Matthew West was allowed to direct as a setter instead of Sergej Grankin, Marek Sotola represented Benjamin Patch in the diagonal attack.
The formerly injured Frenchman Timothee Carle made his season debut.
Middle blocker Anton Brehme, who is still out due to knee problems, was not in the squad.
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The Eisbären Berlin celebrated their first victory in the Champions Hockey League (CHL), but no more chance of the last sixteen of the European Ice Hockey Cup.
On Tuesday evening, the German champions won 6: 3 (2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 1) against the top Swiss club HC Lugano in the arena at Ostbahnhof.
Blaine Byron scored two goals, and Simon Després, Zach Boychuk, Leonhard Pföderl and Yannick Veilleux scored for the capital city.
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In the first round, the volleys only cleared away to 24:16 towards the end with a 5-0 point series.
Then Nehemiah Mote converted the first set ball.
Haching missed a better result due to too many mistakes in a risky game.
Poor concentration brought the BR Volleys into trouble in the second section.
At 10:13 they were behind in the meantime.
Until 23:23, Bayern kept the outcome of the set open.
Even in the final round, the hosts were not very confident, but were able to keep the opponent at a close distance.
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