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Sunday, 07 March 2010 12:01
1-3 for Knack in Waasland The last match of the regular season showed how Knack still wants to win every single match they participate in. The first set was a dominating one for Knack imposing their service and attack against a team that on paper is a dangerous one but in reality depend on the performance of a few players in the court and that makes them vulnerable. The score of that first set was a lob sided win of 15-25. The second set showed how Knack started to relax a bit already and gave the chance to PNV Waasland to stay in the set longer than in the first. At the end Knack was able to finish that set too with a score of 21-25. After the 10 minute break which has been a thorn in Knack's season so far proved once again to disrupt the playing rhythm of our guys in blue to make things a lot harder in the 3rd set. Waasland came out and capitalize on mistakes by Knack players in every aspect to take that 3rd set witha score of 25-18. The 4th saw once again how Knack found a better playing rhythm and were able to dominate once more the actions in the court to take that final set 17-25. Now Knack has to focus once again on raising their level of play and to be consistent since the playoffs start this coming Wednesday and the week promises to be one that might be the most important of the coming weeks for Knack in terms of results. Wednesday they face off against Lennik in their home where they have already dropped the only match they lost during the regular season in 5 sets. Then on Saturday they receive the visit of Maaseik in Schiervelde so if they have a good result in these two matches that will give them some breathing room for the coming weeks to keep preparing for the rest of the season.
Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 March 2010 12:50 )

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Sunday, 21 February 2010 11:40

Knack beats Lennik 3-1 and clinches the first place in competition!

Last night was a night where we saw two sides of Knack Randstad in the court, while the first two sets were a walkover the opponent of the night in Euphony Lennik then the 10 minute break came and for some reason it changed everything.

Once the play resumed it was obvious that the concentration and determination Knack showed in the first two sets was no longer there and Lennik saw its opportunity and took it by wining that 3rd set and forcing play in the 4th. That last set was also a close one since Lennik had found the rhythm and a way to make themselves a lot more uncomfortable for Knack blockers and they were also able to put some pressure in the Knack receivers.

At the end Knack is able to finish the match in 4 sets with scores of 25-15, 25-18, 20-25 and 25-21 and with that clinching the first place of the regular competition with one match left to play.

For stats of the match click here.

Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 February 2010 11:50 )

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Thursday, 18 February 2010 01:09
Trentino too strong for Knack! A nice match the fans got the chance to watch when Knack received the visit of one of the best teams in Europe for the moment in Trentino Volley. They had faced off a week ago and Trentino had come out on top 3-1 so they needed 2 sets to solidify their continuation in the Champions League. The first set was a nail biter when Knack was leading early by a score of 8-4 and continue to lead until the set hit the 20's and Trentino forced some actions with great pressure in their service. At the end Trentino takes the set 26-28. The second set showed how determined Knack was to not let Trentino just roll over them so easy and gave them a good fight and took the set 25-18 to tie the match at one set a piece. The third and most important set was a close one but in the latter part of it Trentino showed that they were just too strong both in serve and in block and within a couple of minutes ran away in the score and took that set with 21-25 in their favor and with that the qualification for the next round of Champions League 2009-2010. The fourth set was just paperwork to finish the match; Trentino took it and finished the match at 25-14. Congratulations to the Italian counterpart, they showed they are the best team and that they will be a force to reckon with in the coming phases of Champions League no matter who they have to face.