Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL needed five sets to defeat hosts TJ Spartak MYJAVA 25-23, 18-25, 25-27, 26-24, 16-14 in the men’s MEVZA League on Wednesday evening.
As a result, the “Nordmänner” moved up to fourth place in the current standing now on 13 points (5-4 win-loss record), the Slovakian team, on the other hand, dropped to 2-7. URW’s Daulton Sinoski (27) and Marek Sulc (22) were the best match scorers, while Patrik Pokopec (19) and Erik Watzka (16) top scored for Spartak MYJAVA.
Martin Pipa, head coach TJ Spartak MYJAVA: “That was not the performance we had planned. We were not able to put enough pressure on them with our serve. We also committed a lot of errors in attack. Nevertheless, we were leading 2:1, but we did not manage to finish the match successfully. Congratulations to URW on that victory.”
Zdenek Smejkal, head coach Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL: “If spectators could have been here tonight, they would have seen a match that they definitely would have liked. It was a very close game, as the result confirms, but both teams also committed many mistakes. At the end of the tie-breaker we were the luckier, but also slightly more courageous team.”
Already on Thursday, the “Nordmänner” will be facing bottom of the table VKP BRATISLAVA.
Men’s MEVZA League
29.12.: TJ Spartak MYJAVA (SVK) vs. Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL (AUT) 2:3 (23:25, 25:18, 27:25, 24:26, 14:16)
30.12., 18:00: VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL (AUT)
03.01., 19:00: OK MERKUR MARIBOR (SLO) vs. Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL (AUT)
05.01., 18:00: ACH Volley LJUBLJANA (SLO) vs. VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK)
06.01., 18:00: ACH Volley LJUBLJANA (SLO) vs. TJ Spartak MYJAVA (SVK)
06.01., 19:00: OK MERKUR MARIBOR (SLO) vs. VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK)
07.01., 20:00: OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO) vs. VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK)
08.01., 20:00: OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO) vs. UVC Holding GRAZ (AUT)
Women’s MEVZA League
06.01., 19:00: SVS Post SCHWECHAT (AUT) vs. Nova KBM Branik MARIBOR (SLO)
08.01., 16:30: SVS Post SCHWECHAT (AUT) vs. OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO)
08.01., 18:00: OK Marina KASTELA (CRO) vs. Nova KBM Branik MARIBOR (SLO)
10.01., 19:30: HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO) vs. SVS Post SCHWECHAT (AUT)
12.01., 18:00: Nova KBM Branik MARIBOR (SLO) vs. HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO)
12.01., 18:00: OK Marina KASTELA (CRO) vs. OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO)
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