On Saturday, October 22, the BTS Elektros Bolesławiec volleyball players hosted the leaders of the fourth group of the second division, Sobieski Żagań. The hosts made an excellent start, confidently winning the first set 25:21. In the second set, however, the visitors proved better, at one point taking a nine-point lead (20:11). Despite an ambitious fight, the “Electrics” were unable to make up the deficit, and the set went to the team from Żagań (25:17).
The third set was a point-for-point battle. The “Electrics” had already built a lead of several points. Unfortunately, Sobieski’s players were again better in the closing stages, winning the set 25:22. Bolesławiec had a chance to force a tie-break, but their opponents once again pulled away from the team from the City of Ceramics and won the fourth set 25:21, taking the entire match 3:1.
“In the first set, we gave Sobieski Żagań’s volleyball players quite a scare,” says Jacek Łuczkowski, head of the Bolesławiec Volleyball Association. “BTS Elektros have started with a won set in four consecutive matches. This shows that there is potential in this team. But we need a victory as much as we need oxygen. And this is not a matter of ability, because if we win the opening set in our fourth consecutive match—regardless of whether we play a team from the lower part of the table or the leaders—it means we are not falling behind. We are not worse than the other second-division teams. We need a breakthrough match.”
As the BTS president emphasizes, every match is a new experience for the “Electrics,” which will certainly pay dividends in the future. “Everything is still ahead of us. The level in the group is very even. Our goal of staying in the second division is realistic,” adds Jacek Łuczkowski. “The team deserves praise for its fighting spirit. Despite the difficulties we face as newcomers, we are not pushovers.”
BTS Elektros: Mateusz Świerzewski, Wojciech Nitecki, Artur Sławnikowski, Piotr Filistyński, Damian Śliwiński, Dariusz Tkaczuk, Filip Michalewski, Jakub Koncewicz, Łukasz Mesjasz, Wojciech Marcinkiewicz, Paweł Kozłowski, Kamil Razik and Tomasz Włoszczyński.
WKS Sobieski Żagań: Artur Sułczyński, Paweł Pełka, Paweł Toch, Seweryn Smętek, Alan Goltz, Adrian Milczarek, Paweł Skibicki, Michał Majewski, Michał Trzmiel, Patryk Bogdanowicz, Piotr Sajdak, Damian Siuta, Kamil Kulczycki and Rafał Bareta.
During the breaks between sets, dancers from the Canon group of BOK-MCC performed. They are coached by Katarzyna Tomczyk-Jakubowska. What is more, during the match, the BTS president presented an award to the winner of the competition for a poster announcing the “Electrics’” match—Emilia Kucharska from the Zespół Szkół Elektronicznych.
Update
Results of the other matches in this round:
- AZS UAM Poznań vs Chrobry Głogów 0:3
- Volley Żarów vs Astra Nowa Sól 0:3
- Bielawianka Bielawa vs Olavia Oława 3:1
- AZS UZ Zielona Góra vs Gwardia Wrocław 2:3.
Table
- WKS Sobieski Arena Żagań
- KS Bielawianka Bester Bielawa
- MKST Astra Nowa Sól
- SPS Chrobry Głogów
- KU AZS UAM Poznań
- KU AZS Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
- MKS Olavia Oława
- KS Gwardia Wrocław
- BTS Elektros Bolesławiec
- UKS Volley Żarów.