The first division derby lasted 140 minutes, and then the Roten Raben Vilsbiburg, who had been badly plucked in the meantime, won the duel against Nawaro Straubing 3:2 (25:15, 25:16, 24:26, 23:25, 15:13). . For the Ravens it was ultimately a lost point in front of 1325 spectators, the team can use every point on the way to the playoff qualification. They have to reach eighth place, nine rounds of the second half of the season are still to come. And at the moment they are not doing so badly in seventh place with a five-point lead over ninth-placed VfB Suhl.
But Straubing managed to win a set and a point at fear opponent Vilsbiburg for the first time in history. “After the first two sentences, where we couldn’t show our performance, there was a speech in the dressing room. It had an effect,” said Straubing’s assistant coach Bernhard Prem. Straubing won sets three and four, in the fifth set the guests were tied up to 12:12 – before Yeisy Soto and Dayana Segovia Vilsbiburg saved. Straubing remains penultimate, the playoffs are out of reach, but so is relegation – because it has been suspended again by the volleyball Bundesliga.
