Austria: Hypo Tirol destroy Weiz, first win for Aich/Dob in Round 2

After the advance played yesterday in which TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg down VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt in straight sets, Round 2 of Powerfusion VL Men continued today with other two games.

Titleholders, Austrian Cup and Supercup winner HYPO TIROL volleyball team lived up their role as favorite on Saturday evening, celebrating a straight sets win (25:22, 25:10, 27:25) on the field of VBC TLC Weiz.
The Innsbruck side now lead the current charts with the same number of points, six, of TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg, while today’s rivals are at the bottom without winning a single set set. Top scorers were Mark Kremer (12) and Ulve Steidl (10) for the hosts, and Luan Weber (16 points through 70% in attack) and Niklas Kronthaler (10) on the winning side.

On the second match of the day, runner-up SK Zadruga Aich/Dob achieved a hard-fought home victory against TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien (25:20, 23:25, 13:25, 25:20, 15:12). New head coach Michael Murauer’s renewed team suffered a defeat in just three sets in Graz exactly a week ago, but now is back on the winning track while, on the other side of the net, the team from country’s capital missed opportunity, after leading 12-9 in the tie-break.
Top scorers in the JUFA-Arena Bleiburg were Angelos Mandilaris, who scored as many as 36 points including 2 winning blocks, 1 ace and 61% in attack for the winners and Aleksander Grzegorczyk (12), and Jakub Kocvara (21) and Tobias Ofner (13) for Sokol.

The last two games of the 2nd round will take place on Sunday.
VCA Amstetten NÖ will face at home UVC Holding Graz at 4:30 p.m., and in the evening UVC McDonald’s Ried and Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel face each other at the Volleydome at 8:15 p.m.

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🇦🇹| Powerfusion Austrian Volley League 2023/24 – Round 2

Friday October 6, 2023 | Round 2
• 20.30 (Local Time) | TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 3-0 (25:23, 25:16, 26:24)

👉🏼Saturday October 7, 2023
• 19.00 (Local Time) | VBC TLC Weiz – Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 0-3 (22:25, 10:25, 25:27)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | SK Zadruga Aich/Dob – TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien 3-2 (25:20, 23:25, 13:25, 25:20, 15:12)

Sunday October 8, 2023
• 16.30 (Local Time) | VCA Amstetten NÖ – UVC Holding Graz 1-3 (23:25, 25:22, 24:26, 31:33)
• 20.15 (Local Time) | UVC McDonalds Ried/Innkreis – Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 2-3 (15:25, 25:22, 25:19, 15:25, 10:15)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1.Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam 6
2.TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg 6
3.UVC Holding Graz 3
4.UVC McDonalds Ried/Innkreis 3
5.VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt 3
8.SK Zadruga Aich/Dob 2
7.TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien 1
6.Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel 0
9.VCA Amstetten NÖ 0
10.VBC TLC Weiz 0

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🏐| NEXT GAMES

Friday October 13, 2023

Round 3
• 20.30 (Local Time) | TSV Raiffeisen Hartberg – TJ Sokol V/Post SV Wien

Saturday October 14, 2023
• 16.30 (Local Time) | VBK Wörther-See-Löwen Klagenfurt – UVC Holding Graz
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Hypo Tirol Volleyballteam – UVC McDonalds Ried/Innkreis
• 19.00 (Local Time) | VBC TLC Weiz – VCA Amstetten NÖ
• 20.15 (Local Time) | Union Raiffeisen Waldviertel – SK Zadruga Aich/Dob

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