In the 24th round of the Polish Men's Volleyball League (Przlyga), Nysa (8th place), of which Miyaura Kento plays, played against Zawiercie (3rd place) away on Sunday, February 12th local time, and lost 0-3 (19-25, 17-25, 15-25).
Kento Miyaura came on as a substitute in the first and third sets and scored two points with a spike and a serve.
First set starting lineup
Nisa
OH: Gerzhod (Poland), Kwasowski (Poland)
MB: Jankowski (Poland), Zerba (Argentina)
OP: Bentara (Tunisia)
S: Zukowski (Croatia)
L: Dembiec (Poland)
Xabierce
OH: Kuforek (Poland), Kovacevic (Serbia)
MB: Zniszczo (Poland), Schallach (Poland)
OP: Konarski (Poland)
S: Tavares (Portugal)
L: Danani (Argentina)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
The stats for this match areHere
Match Report
In the first set, Xavierche scored consecutive breaks with service aces from S. Tavares early on, extending his lead to 0-4.
Nisa then caught up at 8-8 with a block from OP Ventala and a service ace from OH Kwasovski, but then an attack from OH Kforek and a service ace from S Tavares put Xabierce back at 10-14.
Nisa continued to score with OP Ventara's spikes and looked for a break chance, but a series of mistakes allowed the score gap to widen to 14-22.
With Xabierce facing set point at 17-24, substitute Miyaura scored consecutive points with a spike and serve to get revenge, but in the end his serve went just wide, giving Xabierce the set, 19-25.
In the second set, OH Kuforek's serves were strong from the beginning, and Xabierce took a 1-4 lead with three consecutive breaks, including a service ace.
Zabierce continued to break the lead with spikes from OH Kovacevic and a service ace from MB Zniszczou, widening the gap to 5-12.
Nisa tried to turn the situation around by using OP Ventara to side out and replacing more than half of their players, but the score gap remained the same as the set ended at 14-21.
In the end, OP Konarski's powerful spike scored the winning goal, giving Xabierce the set, 17-25.
In the third set, Nisa, with no other options, started the game with the same players they had in the middle of the second set.
However, once again, early on, Zabierce took a large lead at 1-7 thanks to a service ace from OH Kuforek and a spike from OP Konarski.
From there, the game became a battle for side outs, but while Xabierche was scoring using a variety of spikers, Nisa was scoring mostly due to the opponent's serving errors, and the score progressed to 11-17.
In the final stages, OH Elgraoui fought hard for NISA, but in the end, OP Konarski's spikes and blocks were successful, and Zabierche won the set 15-25, defeating NISA 0-3.
MVP: OH Bartosz Kuforek (12 points (2 on serve), attack success rate 1001 TP3T, serve reception success rate 641 TP3T)
Miyaura scored two points (one on the serve) with an attack success rate of 251 TP and 3 T.
This brings Nisa's total score to 12 wins, 12 losses, and 37 points, dropping them to 9th place.
The next match will be against Bielsko-Biala, who are in 16th place, away from home on Friday, February 17th at 8:30pm local time (4:30am Japan time).
The report for the first half is here:
Thoughts on the match etc.
Hmm, that's tough.
Overall, I think it was the worst game of the season.
In fact, this was the first game we lost without ever reaching 20 points.
It is common for serve reception to be disrupted, but in this match no side player other than OP Ventala was able to score, and they were also unable to exchange serves at all.
As expected, Nisa is not suited to teams like Xavierce, who are good at control serves and have strong serve reception.
However, among them, the OP Ventara was the only one fighting alone.
Even though our teammates' serve reception was so awful that we were mostly hitting high balls, our attack success rate was 581 TP and 3 T (effectiveness rate was 47%).
As expected, there are rumors that he will be going to Perugia in Italy next season, and I was reminded once again that this player is on a different level.
This means that Miyaura cannot take a spot in the starting lineup.
I think it will be more difficult than taking the starting position from Nishida on the Japanese national team.
It was good that Miyaura got a chance to play in this match by replacing Ventala, but to be honest, Ventala himself did nothing wrong, so I have some doubts as to whether the substitution was necessary.
In this match, Miyaura came on as a substitute in the first and third sets.
As always, it may have been difficult for him to play in a situation where the score difference was quite large, but if he can score the first point immediately after coming on as a substitute, I think it will be easier for him to collect the ball as a setter.
I hope he will perform better in his next playing opportunity and win the MVP award after coming on as a substitute!!
Nisa is now in 9th place, and to advance to the playoffs they must finish in 8th place or higher at the end of the regular season.
There are six games left in the regular season.
Looking at the standings, it seems likely that we will finish at least 6th, so four teams will compete for the remaining two spots.
Nisa has already had no direct matches against these teams, so all that remains is for them to ensure they can beat the three lower-ranked teams while also beating one of the three higher-ranked teams.
It's a tough situation, but I hope you'll do your best.
Photo: PZPL
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