ACH Volley LJUBLJANA is just one step away from a perfect regular season in the men’s MEVZA League. The confident leaders in the current standing and defending champions recorded their fifteenth win in a row on Friday evening, beating hosts HAOK Mladost ZAGREB 3-1 (25-23, 27-29, 25-20, 25-16).
Therefore, ACH Volley LJUBLJANA increased their points to maximum of 45. The “Orange Dragons” have only one match left in the regular season – on February 14 at Final Four tournament hosts SK Zadruga AICH/DOB. For the reigning Croatian champions, on the other hand, the home defeat means a serious setback in their race for participation in this MEVZA League season’s climax scheduled for late February. Top scorers: Boris Busa (18) for HAOK Mladost ZAGREB; Nikola Gjorgiev (26) for the visitors from Slovenia.
In the second match played on Friday, underdogs TJ Spartak MYJAVA secured three points on home soil, cruising to a clean sweep (25-14, 25-19, 25-17) of fifth-placed SK Zadruga AICH/DOB. Top scorers: Matus Konc (16) for the winning team; Xander Ketrzynski (10) for the former competition winners from Austria.
Martin Pipa, head coach TJ Spartak MYJAVA: “We played very well today. We put pressure on our opponents with the serve and we defended well. Overall, I am satisfied with my teams’s performance. I hope that we will play that way more often.”
Zvonko Nikolic, head coach SK Zadruga AICH/DOB: “Gongratulations to Myjava, they played very well and managed to put us under pressure with their serve, we were not able to resist.”
Already on Saturday, SK Zadruga AICH/DOB will be facing bottom of the table VKP BRATISLAVA and UVC Holding GRAZ will be hosting second-placed OK MERKUR MARIBOR, while HAOK Mladost ZAGREB will clash with TJ Spartak MYJAVA on Sunday.
Men’s MEVZA League
28.01.: HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO) vs. ACH Volley LJUBLJANA (SLO) 1-3 (23-25, 29-27, 20-25, 16-25)
28.01.: TJ Spartak MYJAVA (SVK) vs. SK Zadruga AICH/DOB (AUT) 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-17)
29.01., 18:00: VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. SK Zadruga AICH/DOB (AUT)
29.01., 20:00: UVC Holding GRAZ (AUT) vs. OK MERKUR MARIBOR (SLO)
30.01., 19:30: HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO) vs. TJ Spartak MYJAVA (SVK)
01.02., 18:00: TJ Spartak MYJAVA (SVK) vs. HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO)
02.02., 16:00: VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. HAOK Mladost ZAGREB (CRO)
02.02., 19:00: Union Raiffeisen WALDVIERTEL (AUT) vs. OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO)
02.02., 19:30: OK MERKUR MARIBOR (SLO) vs. SK Zadruga AICH/DOB (AUT)
04.02., 18:00: VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK) vs. UVC Holding GRAZ (AUT)
05.02., 19:00: SK Zadruga AICH/DOB (AUT) vs. OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO)
06.02., 19:00: OK MERKUR MARIBOR (SLO) vs. VKP BRATISLAVA (SVK)
Women’s MEVZA League
02.02., 16:00: Nova KBM Branik MARIBOR (SLO) vs. OK Marina KASTELA (CRO)
03.02., 18:00: OK Marina KASTELA (CRO) vs. OK Calcit KAMNIK (SLO)
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