Despite the fact they secured a playoff berth earlier, Zaksa still have an important goal in the regular season ahead – to claim the top-seed. Katowice stood on the way of Zaksa to come very close to achieving this, beating them on the road in Round 24 by a 3-1 (25-20, 25-19, 24-26, 25-23). The Argentinean Gonzalo Quiroga topped Katowice with 19 points (3 aces), while Ukrainian Serhiy Kapelus added 4 kill blocks. The Puerto Rican Maurice Torres scored 20 points for Zaksa.
No.13 Aluron Virtu Warta Zawiercie made a huge step toward avoiding relegation. They defeated Łuczniczka Bydgoszcz in straight sets to break their six-game losing streak and make a 13-point gap compared to No.15 BBTS Bielsko-Biała, who are in the relegation zone along with the 16th-placed Dafi Społem Kielce. Grzegorz Bociek delivered 18 points (3 aces, 2 kill blocks) for Aluron Virtu, while American David Smith made 88% attack (14/16, one error). Bartosz Filipiak scored 19 points for Łuczniczka.
There are six more rounds until the end of the regular season.
To see complete results, stats, and standings, visit our POL National Championship 2017/2018 / Male / Seniors page.
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