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Bogdanka with a complete turnaround against SKRA in a record-breaking match, Grozdanov among the top scorers

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January 4, 2025 at 18:26

Bogdanka with a complete turnaround against SKRA in a record-breaking match, Grozdanov among the top scorers

Bogdanka Luk Lublin made an impressive comeback in their away game against Skra Bełchatów. The hosts took a two-set lead, and could have even closed the match in the third set, but Leon and co. managed to give their best to win a set. The visitors started the fourth set at maximum speed, bringing the score to 3:16, after which they closed the set with 12:25, having registered 7 (!) aces for Bogdanka in it.
The tie-break started evenly, and after an ace by Grozdanov came the first equalization (4:4), followed by five more ties. The visitors were the first to reach the eighth point, and after another equalization (8:8), an attack by Leon and a block by Grozdanov gave Bogdanka the advantage. The last tie (13:13) came after an ace by the hosts on the well-playing Kevin Sasak. However, he redeemed himself and gave his team the first match point, and then closed the match with an attack against the block.
Sasak finished the match with 23 points (4 aces, 4 blocks), but Wilfedo Leon was chosen MVP, scoring 27 points (6 aces).


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The ratio of points won from serves was 17/10 in favor of the visitors from Lublin.This match will go down in PlusLiga history, as the two teams recorded a total of 27 aces from serves - 10 for the hosts from Bełchatów and 17 for the visitors. The previous record in PlusLiga was 26 aces!
Alex Grozdanov played a very strong match, scoring 13 points (2 aces, 6 blocks!).The hosts' opposite hitter Esmaeilnezhad finished with the most points - 27 (2 aces, 4 blocks), but even those were not enough for the win. Rado Parapunov did not play in this match.

PGE Skra Bełchatów – Bogdanka LUK Lublin
2:3 (25:23, 25:18, 20:25, 12:25, 8:15)

Skra: Lemanski (9), Wisniewski (3), Kujundzic (10), Lomacz (1), Stern (12), Esmaeilnezhad (28), Buszek (libero), Nowak (1), Nowak, Salacha, Dinculeasca, Peric, Marek (libero)

LUK: Komenda (1), Leon (27), Grozdanov (13), Thales (libero), Tuinstra (9), McCarthy (4), Sasak (23), Nowakowski (6), Wacnik (2), Cirek, Zajac
MVP: Wilfredo Leon