France: Nice close Round 14 with a great win over Toulouse and 7th place in the standings!

Round 14 of 2025/26 Marmara Spike League has been completed today with the clash between Nice and Toulouse, ended with the score of 3-1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:16, 25:22) in favor of the home side, now at 7th place in the standings with the same number of points, 20, of No.6 Sète, defeated yesterday at tie break on the field of Narbonne.
For Nice, this was third home win in a row in the competition!
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH.
Dawid Dulski led the charge with 17 points to his name, while both middle blockers Merrick McHenry (16 points through 81% in attack, 2 blocks and 1 ace) and Lohan Nack Minyem (14 points through 75% in attack, 5 winning blocks and MVP honors) made the difference in a very important win for playoff race.
Double digit also for a heroic Shay Liberman who remained to the court despite an injury in second set, and also contributed with 10 points including 3 winning blocks and 3 aces.
Nice will return to the court again already on Thursday with the advance of Round 15, the derby on the field of Cannes.

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🏐| MARMARA SPIKE LEAGUE 2025/26 | JOURNÉE 14 | Round 14

Saturday January 3, 2026
• 17.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – Montpellier 1-3 (26:24, 21:25, 22:25, 21:25)
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Paris – Tours 1-3 (25:21, 22:25, 16:25, 16:25)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Poitiers 3-2 (22:25, 26:24, 26:28, 26:24, 15:12)
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Chaumont – St-Nazaire 0-3 (22:25, 18:25, 20:25)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Narbonne – Sète 3-2 (17:25, 21:25, 25:23, 25:21, 15:11)
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Ajaccio – Cannes 3-2 (25:19, 19:25, 20:25, 25:18, 15:13)

👉🏼Sunday January 4, 2026
• 16.30 (Local Time) | Nice – Toulouse 3-1 (25:18, 23:25, 25:16, 25:22)
| PHOTOGALLERY OF THE MATCH

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🏐| STANDINGS (updated on this day):
1. Tours 35
2. Montpellier 34
3. Tourcoing 31
4. Plessis Robinson 26
5. Poitiers 22
6. Sète 20
7. Nice 20
8. Narbonne 18
9. Toulouse 17
10. Cannes 16
11. Paris 15
12. Saint Nazaire 14
13. Ajaccio 14
14. Chaumont 12.

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🏐| NEXT GAMES | JOURNÉE 15 | Round 15

Thursday January 8, 2026
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Cannes – Nice

Saturday January 10, 2026
• 18.00 (Local Time) | Toulouse – Paris
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Poitiers – Narbonne
• 19.00 (Local Time) | Plessis-Robinson – Ajaccio
• 19.30 (Local Time) | Sète – Chaumont
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tourcoing – St-Nazaire
• 20.00 (Local Time) | Tours – Montpellier

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