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UVC Holding Graz celebrated a 3-0 (25:22, 25:14, 25:21) home win over PSV VBG Salzburg in its first DenizBank AG VL Women game in 2021 and took over the championship lead in front of STEELVOLLEYS Linz-Steg.
Both teams hold 37 points after 14 games. The PSV VBG women are fourth behind the record champions SG VB NÖ Sokol / Post. Later in the evening Erzbergmadln VBV Trofaiach / WSV Eisenerz came to a hard-fought 3: 2 (31:33, 25:15, 25:22, 22:25, 15:13) success over ATSC Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt.
The follow-up game of the 8th round in Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz was broadcast live by ORF Sport + and LAOLA1. Salzburg was able to keep up with the favorites for long stretches, leading among other things in sets one and three 16:15. In the decisive phases, however, the Graz women showed their class and sovereignly held the upper hand in 75 minutes. The top scorers were Birgit Helminger (20) and Ursula Ehrhart (16) and Ingrida Schweiger (10) and Patricia Maros (9). Graz had clear advantages in attack (49 to 32 points; rate 40% to 31%), also hit more aces (6 to 1). Salzburg was ahead of the game on the block (8 to 5 points) and made one fewer mistakes of their own (15 to 16).
Graz Captain Eva Dumphart: “We expected a difficult game and it was. At the end of the sentence we could still improve and luck was sometimes on our side. You can never give up against a team like Salzburg. It’s great that we managed our first game in 2021 so well. “
Salzburg middle blocker Lisa Sernow: “Our goal is to keep up with the top teams fighting for the title. Sometimes we are already doing very well, but unfortunately we still have break-ins. We will keep fighting with fun in the game, ambition and the will to win. “
The second live TV game – also at Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz – developed into a thriller: Erzbergmadln VBV Trofaiach / WSV Eisenerz needed 130 minutes to beat Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt 3: 2 (31:33, 25:15, 25:22, 22:25 , 15:13) to bring to your knees. The Styrian women improved to sixth, while Klagenfurt is still ninth. The best scorers were Julia Mitter (28) and Birgit Schöttl (19) and Ana Bajic (24) and Nikolina Bajic (14). Do stats: attack points 74 to 53, aces 7 to 4, block points 5 to 12 and self-error 39 to 32.
DenizBank AG VL Women
January 15: PSV VBG Salzburg vs. ASKÖ Steelvolleys Linz / Steg 2: 3 (25:21, 25:20, 15:25, 12:25, 11:15)
17.01.: UVC Holding Graz vs. PSV VBG Salzburg 3:0 (25:22, 25:14, 25:21)
17.01.: SG Erzbergmadln VBV Trofaiach / WSV Eisenerz vs. ATSC Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt 3: 2 (31:33, 25:15, 25:22, 22:25, 15:13)
21.01., 17:10: SG UNIONvolleys Bisamberg/Hollabrunn vs. ATSC Kelag Wildcats Klagenfurt
Press release DenizBank AG VL Women
17.01.2021
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