Volleyball Bundesliga: BR Volleys: “We were the best team for 22 games” | EUROtoday

They have a partial objective on the best way to their 14th championship title Berlin Volleys reached. “We are very proud to have finished the main round in first place,” stated coach Joel Banks after the routine 3-0 win on the SWD Powervolleys Düren within the Volleyball Bundesliga on Saturday. Although the Berliners had been pushed off the highest of the desk 24 hours earlier by Grizzlys Giesen after their 3-0 win over Lüneburg, they saved a cool head always in Düren. “We pulled it off with confidence,” stated center blocker Tobias Krick after the top of the sport.

They are within the play-off quarterfinals BR Volleys now in a better of three sequence in opposition to the newly promoted Baden Volleys Karlsruhe. The first assembly will happen on Sunday (4 p.m.) in Berlin. In the 2 video games of the season up to now, the Berliners had clearly defeated the Karlsruhe staff 3-0.

“We were the best team over the 22 games and have now put that into concrete in Düren,” stated Banks. The BR Volleys scored 58 out of 66 doable factors. The solely factor that was misplaced was the embarrassing 3-2 defeat 4 weeks in the past at league newcomer ASV Dachau, which nonetheless has an influence. Setter Johannes Tille stated: “To be honest, we would have liked to play against Dachau again. There is still something open.” However, Bayern had been eradicated in ninth place.

The BR Volleys now have three days off. “We can switch off again and then go into the games against Karlsruhe with full focus,” says Tobias Krick, who appeared in spectacular type in Düren.

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