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Volleyball: The Wildcats are on a roll
Middle blocker Dana Polenz leads the Stralsund Wildcats in a 3-0 win over ETV Hamburg.
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Stralsund. The Stralsund Wildcats have discovered a method to achieve the 2nd Bundesliga in volleyball. Coach Robert Hinz’s staff received 3:0 (25:20, 25:17, 28:26) at ETV Hamburg on Saturday.
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The begin of the sport didn’t go based on plan for the Sandstadt girls. At 1:4 Hintz needed to make his first break. A weak spot of their outlook that led to a 2-3 residence defeat towards VfL Oythe final week left Stralsund behind.
Polenz: We have been nervous at first
The Wildcats then bought extra constant and battled again with a five-point streak till the 13:14 mark. Such a collection was profitable once more within the closing stage, so the primary set went to the West Pomeranian staff. “At first we have been somewhat nervous. But then we have been in a position to put extra stress on the serve in direction of the top. It calmed us down and we have been in a position to play what we deliberate,” explains center blocker Dana Polenz.
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The third set was attention-grabbing once more
In the second spherical, every part occurred directly. Stralsund hastened away to 12:4. The Sundstadt girls couldn’t go any additional. It narrowed once more solely within the third spherical. “Hamburg” introduced a brand new participant and a striker. With the brand new wind, they put extra stress on us. We did not trigger ourselves any issues, Hamburg simply performed nicely. In the top, we concentrated to place the ball down,” stated Polenz, describing the 28-26 set win.
League chief Borken conceded its first defeat
The West Pomeranian girls are nonetheless early chasers of desk leaders Skourios Volleis Borken, thanks to a few factors from the northern conflict. So far, undisputed league leaders Bayer 04 Leverkusen suffered their first defeat of the season (1-3), which means the Wildcats are simply three factors behind after a sport in hand.
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Wildcats: Knoblauch, Basan, Vogel, Krohn (MVP), Kuhn, Polenz, Piest, Corbett, Weiss. (Not used: Schulte-Döinghaus, Meis, Mchedlishvili, Dommashke)