Volleyball. Saint-Herblain plays its role in N3M

It has now become a habit to talk about this elevator mechanism that Saint-Herblain volleyball has known for several years. This season is no exception to the rule, since after reaching Nationale 3 last year, Herblinois finds itself in the wagon again.

A situation that Thomas Louëdoc’s men would of course have liked to avoid, but which seems to be chasing them and sending them once more to the Prénationale. However, they still have a small chance to hope for survival: two days before the end of the championship, the Saint-Herblain players will receive the leader Rezé, before traveling to Tarascon to end the season.

“We can regret”

These are two games that they absolutely must win if they want to retain any glimmer of hope. And we have to take into account the results of Montaigu Boufféré, who occupy the non-relegation spot by one point in advance. This shows that the situation is tense. “One thing’s for sure, we’re going to play hard in these last two games, promotes the president-player, Thomas Louëdoc. If we manage to scrape this little point to draw with Montaigu Boufféré, we will progress because we have one more win. Now Montaigu Boufféré plays against Tarascon this Sunday, a team that is also not saved yet. »

All sorts of scenarios are running through their minds at the moment, as the people of Herblin remember the missed opportunities during the season. “It is true that we may regret, adds Louëdoc. First there are the changes of coaches, with the departure for transfer of Franck Rajonhanes, who I had to replace at short notice for several weeks, before Christophe Demeslay joined us at the beginning of the year. And then these games, against Toulouse or Neptunes, where we had the opportunity to take points without being able to realize our good intentions. These few points that we lack today. »

This Sunday, in their Sensive room, and facing a Rezéenne team that has nothing left to play for as it will surely finish on top and gain access to the N2M, the Saint-Herblain VB players will have to fight hard to take the three the points, and this time no regrets.