Dresdner SC's volleyball players have made a successful start to the European Cup. The team of coach Alexander Waibl won 3:0 (25:23, 25:21, 32:30) at Spanish champions CV Gran Canaria in the first round of the CEV Cup. The six-time German champions have thus established a good starting position for the second leg next Wednesday in their own venue.
The two teams fought a close exchange of blows at times. The DSC women were already 12:16 behind in the first set, fought their way back and held their nerve in the decisive phase. That gave them a tailwind for the second set. They served with a lot of pressure, played from a very stable reception and also showed good tactics in block defense against Gran Canaria's offense.
In the third set, the DSC earned the first match point through captain Jennifer Janiska with 24:21. However, the Spaniards held out, fending off six chances from their opponents and then served two set points themselves. In the end, however, Janiska, who was her team's top scorer with 16 points, converted the seventh match point after 82 minutes to secure victory for Dresden.
