The champion Bogdanka LUK Lublin started the new season with a strong performance after a clean 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.Grozdanov now has 101 blocks to his name after 40 matches played!

Wilfredo Leon was above all for the winners, scoring 16 points (5! aces and 1 block). The other Polish international, Kewin Sasak, scored 14 points for the win. The top scorer for the hosts was Czech international 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 Checo – 2 pts.

• Indra – 14 pts.

• Adamczyk – 7 pts.

• Maslowski (libero)

• Kiedos – 2 pts.

• Jeanlys – no points

• Kowalski - no points

• Novak - 1 pt.

Bogdanka LUK Lublin:

• Heno - 5 pts.

• Komenda - 5 pts.

• Leon - 16 pts.

• Grozdanov - 8 pts.

• McCarthy - 7 pts.

• Sasak - 14 pts.

• Khos (libero)

• Guima - no points

• Malinowski - no points

• Young - 4 pts.

The Lublin team showed excellent organization in attack and impressive balance - Leon was the leading scorer, but Sasak and Grozdanov consistently stood behind him. Komenda's good work (finishing with 5! blocks) in distribution and aggressive serving were decisive for the convincing 3:0 victory.