Commercecon stronger after complicated path
Commercecon, who will be playing for their fourth national title after victories in 1982-1983, 2018-2019 and 2022-2023, have been in the Finals six times before, settling for silver in three other occasions.
Their path to the Finals was much rougher than their opponents’ as, after finishing second in the regular season, they were upset by ITA TOOLS STAL Mielec at the start of the quarterfinals, needing three matches to advance, and defeated crosstown rivals PGE Grot Budowlani Łódź 2-0 in the semifinals thanks to a dramatic five-set victory last Tuesday.
“Despite everything we went through, our goal has never changed,” said outside hitter Zuzanna Górecka. “Since the start of the season we wanted to play for gold, and we’ll play for gold. During the series against Mielec, we told ourselves that if we managed to advance, we would win gold. It’s going to take us three steps to do it and, of course, it’s not going to be easy, but we are where we wanted to be and we’ll fight for it.”
