Commercecon currently sit at the top of the standings with 22 points (seven wins, one loss), with DevelopRes coming right next with 21 (eight wins). The winners of the match will end the week in first place in the Tauron Liga.
The only undefeated team in the Polish League, DevelopRes will have the homecourt advantage in Saturday’s encounter, playing in front of their fans in Rzeszów. The team also has a slight lead in the history of matches between the two sides, having triumphed 16 times to Commercecon’s 14.
“We played them in preseason during the Giganci Siatkówki tournament and won, but I don’t think that will have any impact on Saturday’s match,” said DevelopRes and Polish national team middle blocker Magdalena Jurczyk. “We want to win this match to get to first place and the way we do it is going out, giving our 100% and fighting. We won every match but are not in first place, so we want to take all three points to change it.”
Brazilian opposite Sabrina Machado, ranked sixth among the scorers (114 points), star middle blocker Agnieszka Korneluk, tenth among the blockers (19), and Dutch outside hitter Marrit Jasper, tenth among the passers (48.09% efficiency), are some of the team’s standouts this season.