Sunday evening saw BOGDANKA LUK Lublin and Steam Hemarpol Norwid Częstochowa clash in Round 26 of PlusLiga. Cezar Douglas Silva's proteges managed to offer resistance to Lublin in only one set. In the end, they were left without points and must defend eighth position in the table until the very end. Bogdanka is in fourth place. Leon rested this match.
Match progression by sets:
First set:Lublin started strong, led by Mikołaj Sawicki and Alex Grozdanov, and won 25:19.
Second set:Częstochowa responded by taking advantage of the hosts' errors and leveled the score 25:17.
Third set:After a competitive game, Lublin showed stronger mental resilience and closed the set 25:21.
Fourth set:The hosts dominated, and Grozdanov contributed to the victory with an ace at 13:8 for the final 25:20 and the match win.
MVP: Mikołaj Sawicki
The captain of the Bulgarian national team finished with 8 points (2 aces, 1 block), registering 62% in attack. After playing 100 sets, Grozdanov shares third place with Norbert Huber among blockers, with 63 block points, which is 0.59 per set.
BOGDANKA LUK Lublin – Steam Hemarpol Norwid Częstochowa 3:1 (25:19, 17:25, 25:21, 25:20)
Team lineups:
LUK: Tuinstra (9), Grozdanov (8), Sasak (18), Sawicki (19), McCarthy (7), Komenda (4), Hoss (libero) and Malinowski, Wachnik, Cisek and Nowakowski
Norwid: Adamczyk (4), Isacsson (3), Ebadipour (15), Popela (8), Indra (14), Lipiński (12), Masłowski (libero) and Kohut, Sługocki, Kowalski, Makosz (libero), Borkowski (2) and Schmidt (2)
