ASV

I was a little disappointed that we didn't have a game scheduled this weekend. After the beating that we took last Wednesday, it would have been nice to be able to wash the stink off of us by playing again quickly. As it turned out, we had to wait until Tuesday in Aarhus to get back on the court.

The result of the match was a fairly convincing 3-0 win for us. Fairly typical for us this year, we played one really good set, one okay set and one set where we let the other team hang around much too long. It should be said, we were never really in danger of losing, and we responded when necessary, but besides the first set we didn't play to the top of our abilities.

ASV was weaker than the last time we played them. I'm not sure if it is the loss of the Brazilian middle or the poor play of their opposite, or a general team wide malaise, but they didn't offer very much opposition in this match. Maybe it was because I was so focused on our own side throughout the match that I didn't notice them very much.

In any case, we won and we played a lot better than we did on Wednesday. I'm not sure what it means for the pokal final on Sunday as Middelfart has pretty much dominated in all three of their matches since the Christmas break. We'll probably have to be even sharper in sideout and defense because, from what I can gather, they've done it by blocking a lot of balls and feeding Vandenburg on the right side.

One thing is for sure, they are the favorites heading into this one. They have all the momentum, a completely healthy team, confidence from their win over us and a better recent record. We have our work cut out for us and we know it - hopefully we can figure out a better way to move their block around and challenge them in other ways. Honestly, if I were a spectator, I'd be first in line on Sunday because I think this game has a chance to be really, really good...