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Victory over the masters

Safe victory to Middelfart at home over Marienlyst

Af Tommy Beck

Volleyball: After having lost to the four teams in front in Volleyball the league and thus for the first time in fairly many years being outside that top-four placement which gives access to the semifinal game about the Danish championship, so that we Friday evening a fairly convincing and lit Middelfart-team that put the masters from Marienlyst in that degree on place with a safe 3-1 victory in Lillebæltshallen.

There is hardly doubt that Marienlyst had gone to the west-Funen in the safe belief that the fight would become a "fairly normal day against Middelfart at the office". Completely different was the local team put up, and first during third set they put a little championship game over Marienlyst. The figures in the fight stayed: 25-21, 25-22, 19-25 and 25-21.

At the day depended the visitors' games very much with the star Shaun Powell's games. At the first two sets he arranged far too many mistakes. At third set he was strong with his great jump force, but at fourth and last set he failed again far too much, and it surprisingly but rather safe victory for the hosts was a fact.

At first sets the two teams we went to 9-9, but with four balls i-pulls together got the home team the lead which helped to secure the set.

The visitors didn't come closer on than 17-16 and 19-18, and typical of the set scored the home team its 25. point at a serve mistake by the visitors.

At other set an especially the home team's server and blockades were completely on the top. With big safety the visitors' Michael Søes and Shaun Powell were blocked. At other set the visitors led only at the position 4-5. The teams we went together to 13-13 in the middle of the set, where the home team again took decisive to 17-13. The densest, the visitors put into the final phase, was at the position 23-21, before the home team again moved off with making sure the two next point.

Third set started again very just, but from 10-9 to the home team Marienlyst went to 10-12 and the rest of the set there stood Marienlyst on. At this point came the thoughts, whether the home team would go the distance, but during fourth set there wasn't more doubt about the home team's strength at the day.

The visitors' last lead at fourth set was at 3-4. From 9-9 the home team went to 14-10 and 16-11. Here was the fight really decided. Later it stayed 20-13, but closer on than 23-19 didn't put Marienlyst.

With the victory Middelfart played oneself back i top-four, and with the game last Friday proved the team that they also belong to there. The art is forward-oriented to manage to raise the bottom-level up to what they achieved against the masters.

On the winning team Matt Lebourdai's were strongly the game joints, but also Scott Townsend, Parrish Offer, Søren Brunke and Ulrik Degn beautifully showed games.

The team's next struggle is at Friday in Århus against the bottom team Skovbakken, before HIK Ålborg will come to the town on Thursday December 4th at 19.45. Especially the last fight will be decisive for Middelfart's prospects in the top of the row.