VfB Suhl wins the Supercup for the first time

The Suhl volleyball players' soaring continues even after the XXL upheaval. VfB Suhl won the Supercup for the first time in the club's history with a 3-0 (26:24, 29:27, 25:23) and at the same time showed that the double victory in the previous season was no coincidence.

After the new edition of the championship final, the first title of this season goes to the Thuringians. “It's fun to celebrate this success with the team and see what we can do now. The 3-0 win was only possible because everyone gave everything they had and we were full of emotion," said VfB diagonal attacker Hannah Hartmann, who contributed 14 points to the win and was voted MVP.

The 21-year-old consistently caused problems for the Dresden acceptance bar with her serves. In addition, every personnel change made by Suhl's coach László Hollósy worked. «I'm very proud of the team because the women showed today that nothing is impossible if you work hard. Even when we were in difficult situations and had to make double substitutions, I was able to rely on all the players. It was a great team performance, especially against Dresden."

Dresden starts better - Suhl responds better

The championship runner-up from the previous season actually got into the game well in front of 2,000 spectators in Coburg. In the first set, the DSC led 11:7 before Suhl found his way into the game. But the Thuringians also wobbled after a 22:18 lead and missed two set points at 24:22 before an ace tipped the scales for Suhl. Dresden also got off to a better start in the second round and quickly led 14:8. But Suhl fought back to 17:18, equalized to 21:21 and converted the first set point to 29:27.

Second set crucial point in the game

For Dresden coach Alexander Waibl it was the crucial point. «It was a difficult game for us. We got into it quite well, but had five or six extremely close situations against us in the first set. In the end we lose the game in the second set. We are relatively clearly in the lead, but then have problems when the assumption is not there to do something productive," said Waibl and added: "As always, Suhl played very good block-field defense and they carried the momentum into the third set."

Upheaval in Suhl and Dresden

Both teams had to make a big change during the summer break. Eight players left Dresden and seven Suhl. But Roosa Laakkonen stayed on as captain and middle blocker. Suhl's team manager Jens Haferkorn calls the model professional player “a machine”. At the age of 31, she was then able to hoist the Supercup trophy into the sky as the crowning finale.

The Dresden women, however, missed defending their title and their third Supercup triumph. This would bring them level with the record winners Allianz MTV Stuttgart and SSC Palmberg Schwerin. In the end it was just nuances. «If you look at the score, 3-0 is very clear - but all sets ended with only a two-point difference. It was clear that there was still a lack of coordination between passing and attacking. I think that was crucial,” said DSC setter Sarah Straube.