Dachau saw off Gräfing 3-0 in the 2. Bundesliga South on Saturday evening. The hosts moved up to fifth in the table with nine points from four matches, while their visitors remain languishing in ninth on five from five. By then the result had already done the job of separating the two sides for good.
Dachau's record before kick-off told a story of mixed fortunes. They had lost three of their last five, including a heavy 1-3 defeat to L.E. Voley on September 13th, but they had also picked up a 3-0 win against VKO Berlin. And here's the thing — the form they carried into this fixture was more about inconsistency than collapse.
Gräfing arrived with a different pattern. Two wins and a loss in their last three outings, including a 3-2 victory over Karlsruhe II and a 3-0 shutout of Friedrichshafen 2. To be fair, they had looked capable of troubling opponents, but Saturday's performance offered no such reassurance.
The scoreline reflected a match where Dachau controlled the tempo from the opening exchanges. Three sets to nil is not a scoreline that suggests a close contest, and it meant Gräfing's recent runs of good results came to an untimely halt. The visitors were left exposed after the first set, and they never found their footing again.
What the result means on paper is straightforward. Dachau sit fifth with nine points, four games played, three wins and one loss. Gräfing remain ninth on five points from five matches, with two wins and three losses. There is no dramatic reshuffling of the table, but the gap between fifth and ninth is now wider than it was before Saturday.
