Dresdner SC (volleyball)

The volleyball department of the Dresdner Sportclub was founded in 1990.[1] The women's team plays in the Bundesliga and has been German champion six times, DVV-Pokal cup winner six times and Challenge Cup winner at European level once.

Dresdner SC
Full nameDresdner Sportclub 1898
Short nameDSC
Founded1990
AssociationDeutscher Volleyball-Verband
LeagueGerman Women's Volleyball League
LocationMagdeburger Straße 12
01067 Dresden
ArenaMargon Arena
ChairmanJörg Dittrich
Head coachAlexander Waibl
ChampionshipsChampions 1999, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021
DVV Cup 1999, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2020
Challenge Cup 2010, 3. Platz 2008
Websitedresdnersportclub.de

As of 2021, current players include Jocelynn Birks,[2] Jenna Gray,[3] Madeleine Gates[4] and Swiss international Maja Storck.[5]

Bundesliga

The Dresden women have been playing in the 1. Bundesliga since 1997. In 1999 they became German champions for the first time. In the 2007 season they were able to win the title again. In the 2007/08 season they were runner-up. In the 2008/09 season they reached third place and fourth place in 2010. In 2011, 2012 and 2013, the Dresden women were only runners up to Schweriner SC.[6] In the 2013/14 season, the team celebrated their third championship title with three wins in the championship final against the Rote Raben Vilsbiburg. In the 2014/15 season, the Dresden women won the fourth championship title with three victories in the championship final against Allianz MTV Stuttgart. In the following season they defended the title after five finals against the same opponent. In the 2020/21 season, the Dresden women were again in the play-off final against Stuttgart. After the first two games of the best-of-five series were lost, Dresden won the remaining games and secured the championship title again.[7]

References
  1. "Dresdner SC 1898 » rosters :". Women Volleybox.
  2. "Dresdner SC". European Volleyball Confederation. 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02.
  3. "Volleyballerin Emma Cyris vom Dresdner SC beendet überraschend ihre Karriere". Sportbuzzer.de.
  4. "Madeleine Gates komplettiert den Mittelblock beim DSC". DresdnerSportclub.de.
  5. "Schweizer Volleyballerinnen wollen erneut Geschichte schreiben". BielerTagblatt.ch.
  6. "Rolfzen twins headed to Germany to start pro careers". JournalStar.com. Lincoln, Nebraska.
  7. "Dresdner Volleyballerinnen Meister" [Dresden volleyball champions]. Süddeutsche.de (in German). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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