Volleyball club Vecumnieki wins only one of five games to start the season
Vecumnieki, a volleyball club from Vecumnieki municipality, has won just one of its first five games in the Latvian National Volleyball League this season. Several sets were lost by narrow margins.
The volleyball club Vecumnieki is again competing in the Latvian National Volleyball League this year, but its season has started poorly: the team has won only one of its first five games. Overall the results are not bad, but the team has struggled to close out sets in its favour.
Match results
On 17 October, playing away against RSU, the team lost 0:3. Vecumnieki dropped the second set 30:28.
On 24 October in Aizpute the team again lost 0:3. The first set ended 24:26, and the opponents were more convincing in the other two.
On 31 October, at home in the Misa primary school sports hall, Vecumnieki lost 1:3 to Ventspils. The sets finished 15:25, 25:19, 11:25 and 27:29.
On 5 November the team won 3:2 at home against Jēkabpils juniori/JSS. The sets went 25:22, 22:25, 28:26, 18:25 and 15:10.
On 8 November, away against Augšdaugava/Ezerzeme, the team lost 0:3, although the hosts won the first two sets only 26:24 and 25:23.
The squad
Young players play an important role in the team. Valts Benjavs is among the top scorers, while Niklāvs Neimanis, Rūdis Caune and the experienced Armands Grudulis have also performed well. Alvis Spangers is again playing as libero. The other players also score points regularly.
The source notes that coach Rolands Ozoliņš faces a difficult task, but there is hope that the team can deliver positive surprises in the second half of the season.
