In view of the winter weather, SC Potsdam did not want to stay on Mount Fidel for long. There were less than 90 minutes between the first rally and the match point, and shortly before 4 p.m. the sporting part of the afternoon for USC Münster was over. With 0: 3 18:25, 20:25, 26:28) the host lost, who stopped with four wins and therefore has to continue to fear for participation in the playoffs. “That wasn’t a good game for us,” said coach Ralph Bergmann,
The onset of winter had consequences for the USC: Anika Brinkmann, top scorer of the Independent, did not come into the hall from her home in Borken because of the snow-covered streets and thus fell out again after her heel injury. So it remained with the tactical line-up with Linda Bock and Nele Barber in the outside attack, Liza Kastrup acted as usual on the diagonal, and in the middle this time Demi Korevaar got next to Barbara Wezorke in the starting lineup.
In the beginning, she had her problems with the praises of the Potsdam women, but balanced the opening section up to the middle of the sentence. Bock equalized at 12:12, Münster did well. But not good enough for the SCP, who acted extremely serene and also had Brittany Abercrombie, the player in his ranks who made the difference. Münster couldn’t get the American diagonal attacker under control, with three points – including two service winners – she finished the first round single-handedly.
False start in the second set
The first sentence was gone, and the second quickly threatened to become clear. A serve from Abercrombie let Libera Erika Kildau sail onto the line – 1: 5, false start. But the Bergmann protégés recovered quickly, were back after two points from Wezorke and even over after a barber attack (9: 8). The side-out was at 12:11, the USC coach demanded from the sideline: “Come on, defensive.” But the Potsdam offensive against Abercrombie, Vanessa Agbortabi and Laura Emonts got a lot of pressure. Wezorke countered the 15:17, but Potsdam responded to the equalizer, which was the last time in this section, with a small but decisive 3-0 run. The guest could not be denied this advantage, after a net touch from Kastrup it was 0: 2 after sets.
A heavy mortgage, but Münster remained courageous and combative, and the cup finalists were now increasingly and longer. A Kastrup ace to 9: 7, a successful attack by the Bock chosen to be Münster’s most valuable player at 14:12 or the barber point at 16:14 – the USC still had ambitions and shares in this game. Even after the meanwhile 17:20. It shouldn’t go that fast after all, the Independents braced themselves against the defeat and suddenly had the chance for a little encore in the form of two set balls. But Wezorke awarded number one with a net serve, number two fended off Abercrombie with her 19th point. The 20th brought Potsdam the second match point, which Symone Speech turned against Bock with a block. The increase came too late, Münster was defeated.
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