Poland: Katowice (to playoffs!) and Stal Nysa win at tie break advances of Round 26

First two matches of Plusliga Round 26, last of regular season (despite there are still two matches to play, Trefl Gdansk against leaders Jastrzebski Węgiel, on April 9, and ZAKSA, on April 11).

In the afternoon GKS Katowice, led by setter MVP Ma’a, win at tie break (21:25, 27:25, 18:25, 25:21, 17:19) on the field of Slepsk Malow Suwalki, with a comeback from 13-11 and 14-13 in fifth set.
Very good performance of Jarosz, who ended the game with 31 points, 65% in attack and 52% efficiency.
This result is worth the surpass in the standings at the expenses of Projekt Warszawa who, in the evening, and despite finally in full force, has been defeated at home from Stal Nysa 2-3 (20:25, 20:25, 25:23, 25:20, 12:15), after a comeback from 0-2 and 2-8, and even 18-20 in third set.
This victory, though, closed by three aces in a row from Ben Tara and an error from Szalpuk, who gave the 11-13, was basically useless, as Stal Nysa would need three points to leave last place in the standings, and they are now forced to perform play out to keep the top division. The tesm from Polish capital, on the other hand, slipped to eight place and now they will wait for next match of Gdansk to know if they will play playoffs…or not.

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🏐| PLUSLIGA 2021/22 – Round 26

| April 1, 2022

• Slepsk Malow Suwalki – GKS Katowice 2-3 (21:25, 27:25, 18:25, 25:21, 17:19)
Top Scorers: Boladz 21, Halaba 15, Buchowski 13, Sapinski 11 ; Jarosz 31, Szymanski 17, Kania 13, Rousseaux 11, Lewandowski 8.
MVP: Ma’a.

• Projekt Warszawa – Stal Nysa 2-3 (20:25, 20:25, 25:23, 25:20, 12:15)
Top Scorers: Petkovic 21, Kwolek 15, Nowakowski 13, Wrona 9, Szalpuk 7; Ben Tara 32, El Graoui 21, Kwasowski 14, M’Baye 12.
MVP: Komenda.

| April 2
• PGE Skra Belchatow – Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom 3-2 (25:23, 21:25, 19:25, 25:23, 15:10)
• Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie – LUK Lublin 3-1 (25:22, 25:18, 22:25, 25:21)
• Asseco Resovia Rzeszów – Cuprum Lubin 3-0 (25:19, 25:14, 25:20)

| April 3
• Jastrzebski Wegiel – Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle 0-3 (20:25, 16:25, 15:25)
• Trefl Gdansk – Indykpol AS Olsztyn 3-0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:20)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
Jastrzebski Wegiel 63
Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle 61
PGE Skra Belchatow 58
Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie 44
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 42
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 41
Projekt Warszawa 36
GKS Katowice 36
Trefl Gdansk 30
Cuprum Lubin 26
LUK Lublin 24
Slepsk Malow Suwalki 24
Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom 20
Stal Nysa 20

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