The champion Bogdanka LUK Lublin started the new season with a strong performance after a clean sweep victory in their away match against Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Częstochowa. National team captain Alex Grozdanov played a strong game, finishing with 8 points (2 blocks) and 85% attack efficiency. Wilfredo Leon was the top scorer for the winners, tallying 16 points (5! aces and 1 block). The other Polish national, Kevin Sasak, scored 14 points for the win. The most prolific scorer for the hosts was Czech national Patrik Indra, who recorded 14 points, but did not receive enough support from his teammates, none of whom finished with a double-digit score.

Result:
Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Częstochowa – Bogdanka LUK Lublin 0:3
(16:25, 26:28, 17:25)

MVP:Marcin Komenda

Teams and Scorers:

Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Częstochowa:

• Lipinski – 4 pts.

• Popiela – 3 pts.

• Ebadipour – 7 pts.

• De Cecco – 2 pts.

• Indra – 14 pts.

• Adamczyk – 7 pts.

• Maslowski (libero)

• Kedos – 2 pts.

• Jeanlys – no points

• Kowalski – no points

• Nowak – 1 pt.

Bogdanka LUK Lublin:

• Heno - 5 pts.

• Komenda - 5 pts.

• León - 16 pts.

• Grozdanov - 8 pts.

• McCarthy - 7 pts.

• Sasak - 14 pts.

• Hoss (libero)

• Guima - no points

• Malinowski - no points

• Young - 4 pts.

The Lublin team showed excellent organization in attack and impressive balance – León was the leading scorer, but Sasak and Grozdanov consistently supported him. Komenda's good work in setting and aggressive serving were decisive for the dominant 3:0 victory.