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Berlin (AP) - The Berlin Volleys ended the main round in the volleyball Bundesliga with a home win.
Against the Volleys Herrsching, the capital club only narrowly prevailed 3: 2 (25:23, 25:22, 23:25, 29:31, 15:11) after a 2-0 set lead on Saturday.
Even before the game started, it was clear that the Berliners would move into the playoffs as third in the table.
The team will play their first fourth-final game in the Best of three series on Wednesday at the sixth, the Netzhoppers KW-Bestensee.
48 hours after the end of the Champions League in Trient, Berlin coach Cedric Enard spared his regular forces against Herrsching and sent a B-team out onto the field.
The team struggled to find their line.
It wasn't until 4:15 p.m. that Eder Carbonera took the lead for the hosts for the first time, and in the end, the American Cody Kessel used the second set ball to narrowly win the first round.
In the further course of the game, the performance of the BR Volleys was characterized by ups and downs.
The Ammersee team remained an uncomfortable opponent even after the 2-0 set deficit.
An acceptance mistake by the BRV attacker Samuel Tuia, who had just been substituted, gave them the decisive advantage in the third section at 24:21 to reduce to 1: 2 in sets.
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Herrsching was on the up and was already in the lead 24:21 in the fourth round, but later had to fend off two match points from the opponent before the team of coach Max Hauser then saved themselves with nerves in the tie-break.
There, the Brazilian Renan Michelucci gave the BR Volleys the decisive advantage with his point at 13:10, his compatriot Davy Moraes put the finishing touches.
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