In the opening elitserien match of 2016, we stepped up against a young, talented RIG Falköping team, and allowed another full team effort to secure the victory. The fall season has been challenging, and over the winter many players have battled colds, so this is obviously a great feeling to come home from Falköping with a win.
The match started quickly in our favor, with aggressive serves from all players, most noticed after the 3 service aces from Hanna Salomäi to bring us to lead 14-5. We had a great opportunity in the first set to make lineup changes and our players stepped up to support one another.
Set two proved to be more challenging, fighting back and forth with the home team, where they jumped to the advantage, as we trailed 14-18. Our girls remained patient and calm, focused on their responsibilities and fought together to take the win 22-25.
The final set matched the first, and despite our 16-20 lead, RIG continued to fight and pressure us in every point, but in the end, we took the set 23-25, and the match 0-3.
TOP SCORERS
(GVK) Ester de Vries - 13 points (11 kills, 2 aces) - MVP
(GVK) Hanna Salomäki - 13 points (7 kills, 5 aces, 1 block)
(RIG) Stina Rix - 12 points (9 kills, 2 blocks, 1 ace) - MVP
ELITSERIEN RESULTS
Engelholm - Örebro, 3-0 (25-18, 25-11, 25-20)
Lindesberg - Sollentuna, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-21)
UPCOMING HOME MATCHES
23 January - Sollentuna, kl:14
30 January - Svedala, kl:14
4 February - Hylte/Halmstad, kl:19
13 February - Lindesberg, kl:14
14 February - Holte IF (DEN) kl:15 *Öresundsliga
20 February - Engelholm, kl:14
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