Bogdanka LUK Lublin suffered their first loss of the season, falling 1–3 to PGE GiEK Skra Bełchatów in the fourth round of PlusLiga. Just a few days after lifting the Polish Super Cup, the Lublin team couldn’t maintain their winning rhythm and were surprised at home by a determined Skra side.
Wilfredo Leon led Bogdanka with 20 points, while Jackson Young added 12 and Mateusz Malinowski 10. For Skra, Daniel Chitigoi scored 18 points, Antoine Pothron 15, and both Bartłomiej Lemański and Arkadiusz Żakieta contributed 13 each. Lemański was named MVP. The champions fought hard but couldn’t stop Bełchatów’s momentum, losing in four sets: 20–25, 24–26, 25–19, 26–28.
In another fourth-round encounter, Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Częstochowa finally broke their losing streak, defeating Ślepsk Malow Suwałki 3–2 in a dramatic five-set clash (25–18, 23–25, 25–21, 20–25, 15–12). Patrik Indra was the top scorer for Częstochowa with 24 points, supported by Jakub Kiedos with 16 and Milad Ebadipour with 14. On the Suwałki side, Bartosz Filipiak scored 21 points and Asparuh Asparuhov 18. Despite numerous serve errors from both teams, veteran setter Luciano De Cecco guided Częstochowa to victory and earned the MVP award.
