Commercecon win Derby and hold on to Tauron Liga’s first place

ŁKS Commercecon Łódź held on to the top spot of the 2024-2025 Polish Women’s Tauron Liga and sent a strong message to their rivals, beating the last undefeated team in the country, KS DevelopRes Rzeszów, in the ninth leg of the regular season.

The victory established Commercecon at the top of the standings with 25 points (eight wins, one loss). They have a three-point lead over second-placed PGE Grot Budowlani Łódź, who have 22 points (seven wins, one loss). The first loss in the season took DevelopRes down from second to third, as they remained with 21 points (eight wins, one loss).

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Playing on the road on Saturday, Commercecon handled the pressure well, dominating DevelopRes to secure a 3-1 (25-18, 26-24, 14-25, 25-23) victory that ended their rival’s eight-match winning streak in the Tauron Liga.

The team’s leading scorer with 21 points (19 kills, one block, one ace), Ukrainian opposite Anastasiia Hryshchuk was awarded as the player of the match. Slovenian outside hitter Lana Ščuka, with 13 points (12 kills, one block), and Polish national team middle blocker Klaudia Alagierska, with 12 (eight kills, four blocks), were other standouts on the winning side.

“This match showed that we’re a really good team and that we are very strong when we work together,” Ščuka reacted. “I believe that the most important thing was remaining focused throughout the match because we really wanted to win it.”

DevelopRes had both star middle blocker Agnieszka Korneluk, who registered an impressive eight blocks, and outside hitter Monika Fedusio matching Hryshchuk’s production with 21 points and Brazilian opposite Sabrina Machado producing another 15.

“We definitely have some things to work on as we want to continue developing as a team,” Sabrina reflected. “But I thought that our blocking and defense worked really well today. We thought they could be important today and took some time to work on them ahead of the match.”

Budowlani up to second place

Budowlani, who were in first place in the Tauron Liga at the start of the season, moved up to second with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-17) road win over #VolleyWrocław on Friday. Serbian outside hitter Jelena Blagojević was their leading scorer with 17 points, one more than fellow outside hitter Paulina Damaske.

In the first match of the leg, on Thursday, MOYA Radomka Radom needed the tie-breaker to overcome UNI Opole 3-2 (24-26, 25-16, 25-12, 22-25, 15-9). On Saturday, at 20:30 local time (19:30 GMT), Sokół & Hagric Mogilno will try to get their first victory against defending champions LOTTO Chemik Police. On Sunday, Metalkas Pałac Bydgoszcz will be up against Energa MKS Kalisz, at 19:00 (18:00).

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