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Interesting - Lelonkiewicz will stay in Budowlani and Hryshchuk in ŁKS. So looks like Wrocław plans will flop 😬

So many questions 🤯

Setters: What happened to Kowalewska? Last year Lavarini gave her a chance after an injury and right now after a solid season in Greece she is out. I guess Nowicka is still out of Lavarini’s plan. Makarowska called after a half of season and she wasn’t on the list in her peak, okay…

Opp: Great for Sieradzka! She deserved it. Is she better than Rasińska? Not sure, though.

OHs: I really want Górecka to comment her absence, I don’t understand why she and her boyfriend called her former NT’s member. Players like her are really neeeded, especially after such a solid season in all aspects. Różański after this great season in Japan really doesn’t want to give it a try? Is she mad about last season?

MB: Where are Drożdż/Moszyńska/Lelonkiewicz?! This position will be a crap 😩 I guess Gryka can still be back, but what about Pierzchała? Is her injury so serious?

L: At least here we can be calm, I would even call more players.

Oh, it will be an interesting season 😬

Omg, I didn't think Aga's farewell from the NT would come so soon She could easily keep playing for a few more years and would still be our best MB. My heart is bleeding... We have to admit she’s made incredible progress over the years. At first, many people wrote her off because of her strange movements and mannerisms on the court, but to me she’s become the best Polish MB ever.

Her season at Fenerbahçe was a beautiful final of her career. She earned the chance to play for such a great team. Unfortunately, I don’t think we’ll see another MB like her anytime soon and our game will look much weaker without her. She was the one who raised the level of this team by two or three times I can't believe we won't watch her anymore

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Is she playing as oh? How is her reception?

Yeah, she plays the whole season as OH and she has 36% of positive reception, but she received 906 balls - the most of all players. Unfortunately after NT season she is going to switch to beach volleyball, so Opole after developing another great talent (Karina Olaya, Guereca) has to find a replacement 😔

Bronze medal games

BKS Bielsko - UNI Opole 0:3

MVP: Hellvig

Opole leads 2:0, one more win and Opole will debut in Champions League next season

Really a groundbreaking season for Hellvig, today: best scorer of the game - 17 points, almost 60% in attack, solid reception around 40%.

BKS - I have no words to comment Laak’s performance, Podlaska never makes any changes, though. Still can’t believe they won against ŁKS 😬

Brambilla will come back to Brazil

S Julia Sobalska will play in ŁKS

Gryka with some serious injury during tonight’s game 😭😭 If Pierzchała is not healthy enough, we will probably end up with Jurczyk and Centka 😭 But at least Maja Koput will be on a long list.

Referring to the part about not watching the matches - he does watch them, statistician Kacper Duda who works with Lavarini in Milano, told about them watching Tauron Liga at every free moment during one of the interviews with Joanna Kaczor and Polsat’s people on YouTube. You can find that episode.

About the roster - last season, Lavarini said that each of the absent players had presented their reasons for rejecting the national team call-up. He respects that and doesn't intend to make those reasons public. Later, it turned out that Alagierska was pregnant, Pacak was getting married or Obiała was recovering from an injury. I completely understand Olivia's rejection cause she was in terrible shape. The only question mark is actually Górecka, because we haven't learned her motivation for leaving the national team, unless I'm mistaken. And this whole drama with Pierzchała (who is injured again ☠️). I understand his actions to some extent and I'd like to see if he's drawn any conclusions.

I also don't see anything wrong with Łukasik being called up despite her lack of playing time, as she has proven many times that she can rebuild, opposite to Jurczyk and Centka, who are in the same situation this season.

Btw, I’d love some surprises on the list like Moszyńska or Łyczakowska, probably the only setter in the whole league who is middles’ enthusiast 😍

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When do you guys think will we know out roster for this season?

The deadline is May 13th.

Stysiak won’t be available during the first week of VNL (her brother’s wedding) so I guess we can finally expect Szczurowska’s debut. Or it will be just Malwina + 5 OHs 😝

MB Martyna Piotrowska will join BKS Bielsko.

Semi-finals (2 wins required)

Developres Rzeszów - BKS Bielsko-Biała 3:0 (25:17, 25:20, 25:20)

MVP: Bannister

Bannister 23, Dorsman 12 / Laak 12, Gryka 11

Budowlani Łódź - UNI Opole 3:0 (25:18, 25:17, 27:25)

MVP: Storck

Storck 25, Damaske 13 / Hellvig 14, Guereca 11

Hellvig with 34 points today (53%) 🤯 Maybe Haak sisters will finally have someone decent to play with 😝

Best scorers

1. Katarzyna Zaroślińska-Król - 365 pkt (Opole)
2. Aleksandra Kazała - 336 pkt (Mielec)
3. Anna Bączyńska - 324 pkt (Mielec)
4. Taylor Bannister - 312 pkt (Rzeszów)
5. Wiktoria Kowalska - 308 pkt (Mogilno)
6. Julia Orzoł - 307 pkt (Chemik)
7. Kertu Laak - 307 pkt (BKS)
8. Natalia Mędrzyk - 306 pkt (Chemik)
9. Paulina Damaske - 284 pkt (Budowlani)
10. Hanna Hellvig - 283 pkt (Opole)
11. María Tsitsigiánni - 282 pkt (Mogilno)
12. Weronika Gierszewska - 279 pkt (Chemik)
13. Anna Obiała - 272 pkt (ŁKS)
14. Maja Storck - 266 pkt (Budowlani)
15. Mariana Brambilla - 264 pkt (ŁKS)
16. Uxue Guereca - 262 pkt (Opole)
17. Regiane Bidias - 260 pkt (ŁKS)
18. Victoria Foucher - 251 pkt (Bydgoszcz)
19. Pola Nowakowska - 240 pkt (Bydgoszcz)
20. Aleksandra Gryka - 229 pkt (BKS)

....

Some flops

22. Gałkowska - 222 (Radom)

44. Szedmak - 147 (BKS)

58. Jasper - 127 (Rzeszów)

69. Heyrman - 103 (Rzeszów)

Standings after the regular season

1. KS DevelopRes Rzeszów - 61 pkt
2. PGE Budowlani Łódź - 56 pkt
3. UNI Opole - 49 pkt
4. BKS BOSTIK ZGO Bielsko-Biała - 41 pkt
5. ŁKS Commercecon Łódź - 35 pkt
6. ITA TOOLS STAL Mielec - 31 pkt
7. LOTTO Chemik Police - 29 pkt
8. Metalkas Pałac Bydgoszcz - 28 pkt
9. MOYA Radomka Radom - 25 pkt
10. Sokół & Hagric Mogilno - 22 pkt
11. #VolleyWrocław - 14 pkt
12. EcoHarpoon NOWEL LOS Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki - 5 pkt

Play-offs

Rzeszów - Bydgoszcz

Budowlani Łódź - Chemik Police

Opole - Mielec

BKS Bielsko-Biała - ŁKS Łódź

Rzeszów and Budowlani should win without big troubles, Mielec plays incredibly well recently (including the win against Rzeszów) so Opole may have some difficulties, but they should win as well, BKS vs ŁKS - you never know which versions of these teams will appear, but I bet on ŁKS.

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Agree! Bannister and Sieradzka are very strong Opp duo. Pity that management wont keep this.

I'm sorry, but who is Grbavica?!

She plays for FC Porto, Portugal this season (with Murek, and Veltman who is supposed to join ŁKS). She is 24, 191cm tall, played for NT team many times, as OH and OPP. She was considered to be a great prospect, but unfortunately she had a serious injury and underwent surgery. If I’m not mistaken she scored 144 points during 21 matches this season. Overall I would say it’s not the worst move, but Rzeszów could definitely find someone on a higher level. The question is whether she is going to be their first option or just a safe substitute.

Btw, really talented OH Leonarda Grabić from Croatia may play in our league, her agency which cooperated among others with ŁKS, Opole or BKS sent her name to several clubs.

L Magda Kubas will play in Mogilno

OPP Mika Grbavica to Rzeszów

One of the managers confirmed that these players from 1 liga will play in TL next season:

- OPP Magda Bagniak, 183cm, 25 years old

- MB Patrycja Wróbel, 185cm, 24 years old

- OH Marta Twardoch, 178, 20

- S Karolina Hochołowska 180, 23

+ he believes Aneta Burzawa (OH) and Nikola Witkowska (MB) will join them as well so probably they both will play in Kalisz next season

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If Martyna Grajber returns to the Tauron League in the new season, it will probably not be to Chemik.

It all depends on where her husband will be playing in the new season.

If it's somewhere in Silesia, Martyna will probably want to be close to him.

So, Bielsko, Opole?

Grajber will play in Budowlani. So I guess Fedusio won’t join them after all

German OH Romy Jatzko is rumored to join Uni Opole

Adamczyk, Sobiczewska, Moszyńska, Bińczycka and Mazur all stay in Mielec

The best MB of 1 liga Nikola Witkowska (185cm, 25 years old, 7th best scorer of the whole league 🤯) will probably join BKS

Polish Cup Semi 1

Developres Rzeszów - Budowlani Łódź 1:3 (22:25, 25:19, 13:25, 18:25)

MVP: Maja Storck

Bannister 11, Dorsman 11, Heyrman 10 /// Storck 23, Damaske 20, Buterez 10

Quite a surprising result, and Rzeszów wasn't even close (Heyrman face at the end of the 4th set said everything ) Btw, I don't understand the commentators' enthusiasm for Alicja Grabka - she only played to the MBs 8 times during the entire match. If Nowicka is predictable because she plays on the wings and has always been criticized for it, then the same should be in that case. Kudos for Storck, probably her best game this season (56%).