Poland: Jastrzębski and Stal Nysa (3-0 over ZAKSA!!!) win advances of Round 5

Regardless of current positions in the standings, when defending champions lose to last-placed side in the last Polish Volleyball Championship at the start of the new season, could be considered a great upset.
In the 5th round of 2022/23 PlusLiga PSG Stal Nysa defeated the title defenders, Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in just three sets (25:21, 25:22, 25:20).
The Opole region derby it was an event this season even before the match because the tickets were sold out and the fans tightly filled the stands in a small hall in Nysa, that can host “only” 2,500 spectators.
Łukasz Kaczmarek was out of the starting six of ZAKSA due to illness, but this is no excuse for the European club champions, who had no chances in today’s game.
Moreover, they suffered as many as two defeats in just five rounds while, last season, the Kędzierzyn-Koźle side finished the first part of the last regular season undefeated.
Young outside hitter Michał Gierżot (Best Outside Hitter and Best Spiker of the last CEV U22 EuroVolley) top-scored the winners with 16 points while Kamil Kwasowski made 79% reception (14 digs, 29% perfect). There were no double-digit players on ZAKSA’s scoresheet.
With this result, Stal Nysa temporarily climbed to the vice leader position in the standings with a score of 4-1 and 13 points, and they are settled just behind Jastrzębski Węgiel, who remained undefeated.
In fact, in second game of the day, the current league’s runners-up swept the newcomers BBTS Bielsko-Biała on the road by 0-3. In each of the three sets they won, Jastrzębski conceded 19 points!
After just over an hour of a one-sided match, the Jastrzębie-Zdrój side scored a full set of points to boast 15 and top position in the charts.

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🏐| Plusliga 2022/23 | Round 5

👉🏼 Friday | October 21, 2022
• 17.30 (Local Time) | BBTS Bielsko-Biała – Jastrzębski Węgiel 0-3 (19:25, 19:25, 19:25)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | PSG Stal Nysa – Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 3-0 (25:21, 25:22, 25:20)

| Saturday | October 22, 2022
• 14.45 (Local Time) | PGE Skra Bełchatów – Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 2-3 (18:25, 25:13, 25:22, 22:25, 8:15)
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie – Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 2-3 (25:20, 24:26, 23:25, 25:20, 12:15)
• 20.30 (Local Time) | LUK Lublin – GKS Katowice 2-3 (25:20, 27:25, 16:25, 21:25, 12:25)

| Sunday | October 23, 2022
• 14.45 (Local Time) | Barkom Każany Lwów – Ślepsk Malow Suwałki 1-3 (25:20, 22:25, 18:25, 16:25)
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Projekt Warszawa – Cuprum Lubin 3-1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:22, 25:19)

| Monday | October 24, 2022
• 17.30 (Local Time) | Trefl Gdańsk – Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom 3-0 (25:21, 25:21, 25:20)

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day)
1. Jastrzębski Węgiel 15
2. PSG Stal Nysa 13
3. Asseco Resovia Rzeszów 12
4. Grupa Azoty ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 9
5. PGE Skra Bełchatów 9
6. Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie 8
7. Trefl Gdańsk 6
8. Indykpol AZS Olsztyn 6
9. Ślepsk Malow Suwałki 6
10. Cerrad Enea Czarni Radom 6
11. GKS Katowice 5
12. Cuprum Lubin 3
13. Projekt Warszawa 2
14. BBTS Bielsko-Biała 2
15. Barkom Każany Lwów 2
16. LUK Lublin 1

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