Neuchâtel UC remains the measure of all things in Swiss women's volleyball. The women from Neuchâtel have been crowned Swiss champions for the sixth time in a row.
24.04.2025, 20:42
SDA
Six years to the day after winning its first championship title, NUC added another chapter to its success story. With a 3:1 home win in the third game of the final series against Kanti Schaffhausen, the club from Lake Neuchâtel completed the double of championship and cup for the third consecutive year. The NUC had already won the first two games of the series 3:1.
For the team coached by Swiss national team coach Lauren Bertolacci, it was the crowning glory of another phenomenal season that had gone almost perfectly. Only once, in a 3-2 defeat in Schaffhausen in November, did the French-speaking Swiss team have to concede defeat at national level.
The NUC managed to master the upheaval that followed the numerous departures and retirements a year ago. The team was able to count on two outstanding individual players in the decisive phase: Tia Scambray and Maia Dvoracek. The American diagonal attacker Dvoracek only joined the team during the season to replace her injured compatriot Gloria Mutiri and proved to be a stroke of luck.
VC Kanti can also be satisfied with what they have achieved. The Schaffhausen team proved to be at least on a par for long stretches of the final series, but had the misfortune of having to do without their first ace Brigitta Petrenko in the final due to injury.
The last time Kanti Schaffhausen played for the title twelve years ago, the club was beaten by Volero Zurich. The days of Zurich's serial victories in the Swiss championship came to an end in 2018 when Volero withdrew; since then, the dominant team has come from Neuchâtel. NUC has an impressive 18-3 record in the last six play-off finals (no champion was crowned in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic).
