In the 30th round of the Polish Men's Volleyball League (Przlyga), Nysa (8th place), of which Miyaura Kento plays, played against Lviv (14th place) at home on Friday, February 24th local time, and won 3-0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-23).
Miyaura Kento came on as a relief server in every set and scored one point with a service ace.
First set starting lineup
Nisa
OH: Gerzhod (Poland), Kwasowski (Poland)
MB: Kramczynski (Poland), Zerba (Argentina)
OP: Bentara (Tunisia)
S: Zukowski (Croatia)
L: Dembiec (Poland) / Biniek (Poland)
Lviv
OH: Kvalen (Norway), Fircal (Slovakia)
MB: Shchulov (Ukraine), Smoler (Ukraine)
OP: Tupchiy (Ukraine)
S: Yenipazar (Türkiye)
L: Kanayev (Ukraine)
*Positions: OH = outside hitter, MB = middle blocker, OP = opposite, S = setter, L = libero
The stats for this match areHere
Match Report
Early in the first set, Nisa used side attackers such as OP Ventala to get side outs, while also scoring breaks with blocks from OH Kfasowski and MB Kramczynski, as well as service aces, to extend their lead to 11-6.
Lviv also scored points mainly through three left-handed side attackers, OH Kvaren and OP Tupči, but they were unable to get a break.On the other hand, Nisa extended the lead to 22-14 with attacks, blocks and service aces from OH Gerdjot.
Miyaura was brought in as relief server at 23-16, but unfortunately made a mistake on the serve.
After that, Nisa had a set point at 24-17, but Lviv narrowed the gap to 24-20 with a service ace from OP Tupči, but in the end, Nisa took the set 25-20 after an attack error from OP Tupči.
In the second set, from the beginning OH Fircal targeted OH Gerdjot with his serve, and broke three times in a row, including an ace, giving Lviv a 2-6 lead.
From there, Nisa caught up with OP Ventara's attack and an ace from OP Miyaura, who came in as a relief server, to make it 15-15, but Liviu pulled away with consecutive service aces from MB Smoiler to take the lead at 18-23.
However, when the serve came to OP Ventara, he blew away the opposing receivers one after another with his powerful serves, and eventually turned the game around with six consecutive breaks, including five serves, to take the set 25-23.
The third set was a close one from the beginning, with Nisa scoring mainly through OP Ventala and OH Gerdjot, while Lviv scored mainly through OH Kvaren, to advance to 13-13.
From there, Lviv took the lead at 13-15 with a service ace from OP Tupči, but Nisa also caught up to 15-15 with OH Kfasovski blocking OP Tupči, and the game remained close with the score never being more than two points apart.
With the score at 20-19, OP Miyaura was brought in as a relief server again, but he made a serve error and the score was tied at 20-20 again.
However, at 23-22, OP Ventala shut out OP Tupči's spike to give Nisa a two-point lead at 24-22 and set point, and finally, OP Ventala's sharp spike pierced the Lviv court, giving Nisa the set 25-23 and a 3-0 victory over Lviv.
MVP: OP Wasim Bentala (21 points (5 serves, 2 blocks), attack success rate 501 TP 3 T)
Miyaura was instrumental in scoring one point with his serve.
With this, Nisa has risen to 7th place with a total of 14 wins, 12 losses and 43 points.
Their next game will be against 12th-placed Katowice away at 8:30pm local time on Monday, March 6th (4:30am Japan time).
Thoughts on the match etc.
The first half of the match against Lviv was Miyaura's first time in the starting lineup, so I was watching the game thinking that he might start again this time, but unfortunately that was not the case.
OP Ventara has been doing really well lately, so it can't be helped.
In this match too, Ventala demonstrated his monstrous abilities, achieving a remarkable feat of turning the game around from 18-23 down with five aces and six breaks.
Miyaura's 8 breaks in the previous match were amazing, but this time, he turned the situation around at 18-23, when it looked like his opponent was sure to win the set, and 5 of his 6 breaks were direct service aces!!
My eyes were already wide open on the screen when they made those two consecutive goals, but when they tied the score I couldn't help but let out a yell, and when they took the lead again it was so incredible I could only laugh, and when they won the set I was just dumbfounded (laughs).
If they do something like that, Miyaura's service ace into the net and Gerjot's two consecutive service aces will all be for nothing...
Ventala's spike efficiency in this game was 361 TP3T, and he conceded a lot of points, so I don't think he was in top form, but this play instantly snatched the MVP award.
The atmosphere at the venue must have been crazy...
Lviv was also an interesting and good team with all three side attackers being left-handed, but their serves were not strong enough to beat Nysa and they made quite a few mistakes in attack.
Still, I was happy to see that OH Quaren, former player of FC Tokyo (now Tokyo GB), performed so well.
Also, the cheers of the Lviv side were quite audible during this match.
I guess Ukrainian people living nearby came to support them.
It's already been a full year since Russia invaded Ukraine.
There are still many casualties from this war, and when it comes to volleyball, the Russian team has still been banned from international competitions since the invasion.
The players were not at fault, but war is truly a terrible thing, causing casualties in many different ways and in many different places.
I just hope that the war will end as soon as possible.
Photo: PSG Stal Nysa
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