Last season’s bronze medalists PGE Projekt Warsaw also made it five victories in a row with Saturday’s 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23) shutout of their hosts Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Czestochowa, for whom it was the sixth consecutive loss. Projekt climbed two positions up the standings, to fourth place on 22 and 8-2, while Steam remain second from the bottom, in 13th place on 5 and 1-9. The winners’ German opposite Linus Weber contributed 10 points, including two aces, and received the MVP nomination. French outside Kevin Tillie was Projekt’s best scorer with 12 points, including two aces and two kill blocks, while Steam’s Czech opposite Patrik Indra delivered a match-high 22 points.
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie, participants in the upcoming FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship, consolidated in first place after a 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-18) sweep of their home game against bottom-placed Slepsk Malow Suwalki on Saturday. Aluron top the table on 27 and 9-4. However, they have already played three games more than most of their PlusLiga rivals. Slepsk Malow are stuck in 14th place on 5 and 1-9, on a slightly lower set ratio than that of Steam. Middle blocker Mateusz Bieniek was on fire for Aluron and emerged as the best scorer of the match with nine spike kills at a 64% success rate, three aces and four kill blocks towards a match-high 16 points, earning the MVP honors.
PGE GiEK SKRA Belchatow climbed to third place on 24 and 8-2 after beating Barkom Kazhany Lviv in Sunday evening’s closing match of the leg. They achieved a 3-1 (25-16, 25-19, 23-25, 28-26) home victory over the Ukrainian team with a match-high 19 points from French outside Antoine Pothron. He took the MVP award after firing 18 kills in offense at an impressive 82% success rate. Barkom Kazhany kept their 10th place in the table, now on 10 and 3-7.
