In our home Öresundliga debut on Saturday, we faced the fast-tempo Brøndby VK from Denmark. Trailing early in the first set, we fought on to take the win 26-24 led by Ester de Vries’ tough serves. The match continued to be a back-and-forth battle, forcing into the first 5-set match of the season. Unfortunately, the visiting team’s quick paced offense was overpowering, and the match was lost 2-3 (26-24, 22-25, 25-20, 15-25, 8-25).
On Sunday, we reloaded and turned our focus towards Engelholm, who we knew would be no easy opponent. Led by one of Sweden’s best players, EVS took quick control of the match, despite that no set was lost by more than four points. There were moments of brilliance, but overall we were unable to stick to our serve and defensive tactics.
After a tough weekend facing the reigning Danish and Swedish champions, we return to practices this week with their sights towards the next elitserien home match against RIG Falköping on 17 October at 14:00 in Gisle sportcenter.
ELITSERIEN RESULTS
RIG Falköping - Hylte/Halmstad 0-3 (15-25, 22-25, 13-25)
Svedala - Sollentuna 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-19)
Lindesberg - Örebro 2-3 (21-25, 23-25, 25-16, 25-23, 13-15)
UPCOMING HOME MATCHES
Saturday, 17 October, kl:14 - RIG Falköping
Thursday, 5 November, kl:19 - Engelholm VS
LIVE STATISTICS are available through: Elitserien Website
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