1:3 at the start

Volleyball girls lacked the final consistency

PSVBG Salzburg lost their first match of the new season. However, coach Ingrida Schweiger was satisfied with their performance. "The season is long," says Uli Sernow's successor.

The post-Uli Sernow era at PSVBG Salzburg started with a defeat for successor Ingrida Schweiger. The volleyball girls were beaten 1:3 by the Erzbergmadln from Eisenerz (seventh last season) in the Austrian Volley League in front of a home crowd in Rif. "Of course it hurts to lose," sighed coach Ingrida Schweiger. What was missing was the final consistency: "The opponents scored points at the crucial moments, we didn't manage that. You can tell Eisenerz have a routine." Nevertheless, the performance gives her hope: "Everyone played well." Anastasiia Tyshchenko stood out with 19 points.

But that doesn't make them nervous. Schweiger knows that the goal of finishing in the top four (sixth in the previous season) is far from being in jeopardy: "Everyone understands that it's only the first game and that we have a long season ahead of us."

Things went better for the men in the second-highest league. There was a narrow 3:2 win against the second set from Union Waldviertel.