Just a couple of days after picking up their first ever Puchar Polski trophy and adding it to a collection, already featuring their first ever CEV Challenge Cup trophy, their first ever PlusLiga national title and their first ever national super cup crown, harvested over a period of less than a year, BOGDANKA LUK Lublin were stunned at home by PlusLiga newcomers InPost ChKS Chelm. The visitors managed to disappoint a home crowd of over four thousand fans in the stands of the Globus in Lublin with a sensational 3-1 (25-17, 20-25, 25-23, 29-27) upset, taking full advantage of the absence of many of BOGDANKA’s top-caliber stars from the court.
Chelm’s opposite Remigiusz Kapica contributed a match-high 26 points, all in swings at a 59% success rate and claimed the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. His teammate, outside hitter Tomasz Piotrowski, added another 16 points, including four kill blocks. As many as four players reached the double digits on Lublin’s side – Canadian sub-in outside Jackson Young with 13 points (one ace, one block), outside Jakub Wachnik with 13 (two blocks), French outside and opposite Hilir Henno with 11 (two aces) and Canadian middle blocker Daenan Gyimah with 10 (four blocks, three aces).
Chelm, who were at the very bottom of the table before this match, rocketed three positions up to 11th place on 13 points and a 4-11 win-loss record, while at the opposite end of the standings, Lublin gave up their first place and fell to second on 32 and 11-4.
