Neftochimic 2010 defeated Montana 3:2 (21:25, 25:22, 25:17, 21:25, 20:18) in the last match of the tenth round of the Bulgarian men's volleyball championship.

In the "Boycho Branzov" hall in Burgas, the hosts had to save three match points to achieve success after an attack by Kaloyan Balabanov of Montana went out for a final 20:18.

Prior to that, both teams had a game lead in the match. Guests from Montana took the opening set 25:21, but had to catch up after losing the second and third 22:25 and 17:25.

Daniel Peev's volleyball players were trailing 15:18 in the fourth set and seemed to have lost the match, but showed great spirit and forced the match into a tie-break after finishing with a 10:3 run.

In the tie-break, neither team had a lead of more than 2 points. Montana led 12:10, but Neftochimic reached match point first at 14:13. A new turnaround followed, with three match points for the team from Northwest Bulgaria - at 15:14, 16:15 and 17:16.

However, with a powerful attack by Rozalin Penchev, Neftochimic took a 19:18 lead, and immediately after that came Balabanov's error, who sent the ball behind the end line from zone 4.

Rozalin Penchev was the most effective for the Burgas team with 25 points. Axel Truhchev scored another 22, and Rafal Faryna finished with 13. For Montana, the Russian Vasily Molotkov was above all with 27 points. Pavel Dushkov scored 12 points.

In the standings, Neftochimic remains in second place with 24 points after eight wins and only two losses. Levski is the leader with 30 points. Montana is in seventh place with 14 points from five wins and five losses.

In the other match played today, Hebar won 3:0 (25:23, 25:22, 25:23) against Dunav Ruse and escaped from last place in the standings. For the "tigers" this is their third victory of the season, but all three came in the last four matches.

Uriel Batista was the top scorer for Hebar with 15 points, while Alex Nikolov scored 19 for Dunav. The Ruse team is tenth in the standings, while Hebar is in 11th place.