Saturday’s big clash between ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle and BOGDANKA LUK Lublin offered a five-set battle that went 3-2 (22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 21-25, 15-11) the way of the visitors from Lublin. Cuban-born star outside Wilfredo Leon led the way with 28 points, including two aces and two blocks, towards the defending champions’ success, while setter Marcin Komenda picked up the MVP award. ZAKSA are now seven points away from the playoff zone, in ninth place on 17 and 5-9. Lublin top the table on 32 and 11-3, one point clear of second-placed Projekt.
PGE Projekt Warsaw did not shy away from producing a solid 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-23) sweep of their home game against FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship bronze medalists Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie on Saturday afternoon. The squad from the Polish capital was fueled by outside Bartosz Bednorz with a match-high 18 points and steered by playmaker Jan Firlej, who earned the MVP recognition. Aluron are now four points behind Projekt in the standings, in third place on 27 and 9-5.
In Friday’s leg opener, Energa Trefl Gdansk achieved a 3-1 (23-25, 26-24, 25-19, 27-25) home victory over Asseco Resovia Rzeszow to narrow the distance between the two in the table down to two points. Trefl moved up to seventh place on 24 and 9-5, while Resovia stand sixth on 26 and 9-5. Opposites Aliaksei Nasevich of Trefl (three aces, two blocks) and Karol Butryn of Resovia (one block) shared the top scorer honors with 22 points each, while the winners’ American playmaker Joseph Worsley claimed the MVP nomination.
