Bogdanka LUK Lublin continues its successful performance in the Polish PlusLiga. The champions defeated Skra Bełchatów at home with a score of 3:1 (25:27, 25:20, 26:24, 26:24) in front of 4002 spectators after 135 minutes of play.
Bulgarian national player Alex Grozdanov participated in three of the four sets and finished with 4 points - 3 from attack and 1 from block. The captain of Bulgaria scored 3 out of 9 attacks (33%), without making a single service error in 9 attempts.
The strongest match for the winners was played by Mikołaj Sawicki, who was chosen as MVP. The Polish outside hitter finished with 22 points, including 18 from attack, 3 aces, and 1 block. He achieved 57% success in attack, scoring 18 out of 31 attacks.

Wilfredo León, the big star of the hosts, also stood out with 22 points, scoring 21 attacks and 1 ace. In reception, León took on the biggest load in the team - 31 balls, with 52% positive reception.
Mateusz Malinowski added 13 points with excellent efficiency in attack - 12 successful attacks from 19 attempts (63%).
For the guests, the most effective scorer was the Brazilian Alan Souza with 20 points, including 3 blocks. Michał Szalacha added 11, while Igor Grobelny and Antoine Pothron finished with 10 each.
The match started difficult for the champions, who lost the first set 25:27. After a convincing 25:20 in the second set, Bogdanka had to show character in the next two sets, won by 26:24 each.
Statistics show a significant superiority of the hosts in attack - 68 successful attacks against 43 for Bełchatów, with 49% against 39% success rate. However, the guests dominated in blocking with 18 against 6 points, which made the match significantly more contested.
An interesting detail is also the speed of the serve. Sawicki topped the ranking for the strongest serve in the match with 111 km/h, followed by Igor Grobelny with 109 km/h. Wilfredo León also made it into the top five with a serve of 101 km/h.