After five victories in a row, the FHC women's handball team suffered an expected opening defeat (19:26 (8:12)) at the hands of league leader HC-Rödertal on 1 May. Coach Wolfgang Dahlmann defended his team, saying that despite considerable personnel problems, they had performed well over long stretches and that the result did not reflect the course of the game. In the first half, the team defended well and conceded only 12 goals, but they were a bit unlucky up front, hitting the post or crossbar six times. The second half also went well at first. The FHC even came within one goal in the 44th minute (16:17). After that, however, they ran out of energy. Coach Dahlmann: "We normally can't win against Rödertal, for me they clearly belong in the Second Division and I would be surprised if they don't finish first in the group".
Unfortunately, FHC could not win the second game on 7 May at home against SG Main-Bretzenheim and, after a good start with a 7:5 lead in the first four minutes, lost 21:26 (9:12). After the visitors had turned the game around, FHC started to catch up in the 36th minute and came back to within 15:17 in the 41st minute. The Oderstadt team was able to maintain the two- to three-goal deficit until the 52nd minute, but was unable to reduce it. The SG was able to use the final phase to their advantage and won the game.