Rhein Neckar Lowen suffered defeat after long run of win in DKB Bundesliga. Tough schedule ended with one bad night in Kassel, where MT Melsungen were highly motivated to add another big scalp after beating THW Kiel in the first weeks of the season.
MT Melsungen – Rhein-Neckar Löwen 29:26 (15:13)
MT Melsungen: Sjöstrand, Simic (2); Kühn (9), Lemke, Golla, Reichmann (5/2), Mikkelsen (1), Danner, P. Müller (2), Boomhouwer, Schneider (3), Allendorf (5/1), Jaanimaa (1), M. Müller (1), Haenen,
Rhein-Neckar Löwen: Appelgren, Palicka; Schmid(8), Bliznac, Sigurdsson (4/1), Radivojevic, Baena, Tollbring, Rnic (4), Mensah (1), Pekeler (1), Groetzki (2), Reinkind (1), Taleski, Guardiola, Petersson (5)
RESULTS:
SC Magdeburg 28 – 22 Erlangen
HSG Wetzlar 30 – 21 Ludwigshafen
Hannover-Burgdorf 27 – 20 Stuttgart
Minden 29 – 37 Fuchse Berlin
Kiel 29 – 19 Lemgo
Flensburg-H. 38 – 23 Huttenberg
MT Melsungen 29 – 26 Rhein-Neckar
STANDINGS:
1. Fuchse Berlin 14 11 1 2 428:379 23
2. Flensburg-H. 13 10 1 2 384:318 21
3. Rhein-Neckar 12 10 0 2 364:303 20
4. Hannover-Burgdorf 13 9 1 3 365:342 19
5. MT Melsungen 13 9 1 3 357:339 19
6. SC Magdeburg 14 9 0 5 434:393 18
7. Kiel 13 8 1 4 377:331 17
8. Leipzig 13 7 1 5 357:354 15
9. Lemgo 13 5 3 5 340:353 13
10. HSG Wetzlar 13 5 2 6 338:324 12
11. Minden 13 3 5 5 335:355 11
12. Goppingen 12 2 5 5 331:336 9
13. Stuttgart 13 4 1 8 315:352 9
14. Gummersbach 12 3 0 9 307:340 6
15. Ludwigshafen 13 2 2 9 312:351 6
16. Erlangen 13 2 2 9 304:364 6
17. Huttenberg 13 1 3 9 333:377 5
18. N-Lubbecke 12 0 3 9 258:328 3
