WG Karlsruhe convinces at DHM in Cologne

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For the first time in the history Karlsruhe University Sports succeeded in entering a women's team into the German University Championship in indoor field hockey.

In the group with the defending champion from 2010 (in the previous years no DHMs were held), the WG Aachen and the teams from Munich and Göttingen, we were able to convince with fighting spirit and a concentrated and a concentrated performance. Without common playing practice the tournament against the team from Munich, but they were able to control the game However, they were able to dominate the game for the entire duration and won clearly with 5:0. The second game against Göttingen was much more balanced and demanded everything from the WG Karlsruhe. By a closed team performance and a bravura team performance and a bravura penalty seven-meter held by Charlotte Schmid shortly before the end of the game, they were able to celebrate a 4:3 victory celebrate and thus move into the semifinals. In the last group game against the tournament favorites from Aachen, it was a matter of winning the group. Missing concentration and stamina were noticeable and the team lost the match clearly the game clearly with 1:9 against the strong team from Aachen.

An exciting game was played in the against the team from Frankfurt, which was peppered with strong individual players. Frankfurt. An outstanding performance gave the ladies from Karlsruhe a 3:2 lead. 3:2 lead, which could be equalized by the Frankfurt team shortly before the end of the game. could be equalized. The 2x3 minutes long overtime used the WG Karlsruhe to a 4:3 victory and thus secured the final.

The final was a chance to make up for the for the embarrassing 1:9 defeat in the group phase against Aachen. After a strong first half first half, the team took a surprising 2:0 lead against the well-rehearsed team from Aachen team. In the second half was then a different picture. Aachen could equalize and 20 seconds before the end of the regular even equalized. Thus it went again into overtime, where one could not hold the Aachener storm run could not withstand any more and with 4:2 had to give up defeated had to give.

Chairwoman Stefanie Milles said about the tournament in Cologne: "Despite the unfortunate defeat, we are very satisfied with our result as runners-up and have far exceeded our own expectations. Expectations far exceeded. The tournament was a lot of fun for us and we hope to hope to be able to compete with a women's team again in the summer. with a women's team again in the summer."