The Dresden SC women's volleyball team have reached the final series for the German championship. Alexander Waibl's team won the second game in the best-of-three play-off semi-final at home against the winners of the preliminary round, Allianz MTV Stuttgart, 3:2 (20:25, 25:21, 25:23, 24:26, 15:13). The Supercup winners had also narrowly and somewhat surprisingly won the first clash 3:2 in Stuttgart on Easter Sunday.
This means that the final will be the first Central German clash between Dresdner SC and VfB Suhl LOTTO Thüringen. The women from Suhl also beat defending champions SSC Palmberg Schwerin in two games in the semi-finals.
As in the first clash in Stuttgart, the two teams gave each other nothing. The tactically well-prepared MTV women got into the game better in front of 3,000 spectators with powerful tasks and variable attacks. The hosts were initially behind in the second half as well, but fought their way back.
The substitution of 19-year-old Teresa Ziegenbalg stabilized the Elbe club's reception and then also improved in attack and defence. The hosts also kept their nerve in the fiercely contested following periods and top scorer Marta Levinska scored the points at important moments. Overall, the team that finished fourth in the preliminary round put in a cohesive performance.
