In the 7th-8th place ranking match of the Polish Men's Volleyball League (Przlyga), Miyaura Kento's team, NYSA, played against Olsztyn at home on Friday, April 21st local time, and won 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21).
Kento Miyaura came on as a substitute in the fourth set only, scoring one point with a service ace.
First set starting lineup
Nisa
OH: Buszek (Poland), Kwasowski (Poland)
MB: Zerba (Argentina), Abramovic (Poland)
OP: Bentara (Tunisia)
S: Zukowski (Croatia)
L: Dembiec (Poland)
Olsztyn
OH: Pilinski (Poland), Simendera (Poland)
MB: Szywczyk (Poland), Jakubishak (Poland)
OP: Krull (Poland)
S: Jankiewicz (Poland)
L: Ciunaitis (Poland)
*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, Nysa took a 7-3 lead early on thanks to Kfasowski's blocks and consecutive attacks.
Olsztyn also added points with quick plays from Cifczyk to make it 13-10, but service aces from Zukowski and Abramovic helped Nysa extend the lead to 21-13.
Olsztyn then closed the gap to 24-21 with a service ace from Simendera and a spike from Krul, but in the end, a spike from the in-form Kwasovski made it 25-21 and Nysza took the set.
In the second set, Olsztyn took a 9-6 lead early on with a spike from Sivczyk and a service ace from Jakubishak.
From there, Nisa scored consecutive points off Busek's serve to tie the score at 11-11, and from there, with both players breaking the serve, the score remained close and the match progressed to 16-17.
However, Nisa's Ventala continued to make attacking mistakes, allowing Olsztyn to take the lead 18-21, and then Simendera scored a spike to give Olsztyn the set 23-25.
In the third set, Nisa scored consecutive points from the beginning with a spike from Busek and a service ace from Ventala to take an 8-3 lead.
From there, Olsztyn narrowed the gap to 11-9 with spikes from Krul, but Nysa quickly broke through with spikes from Kwasowski and widened the gap again to 19-13.
Nisa continued to take the lead until the end, and finally, with a spike from Busek, Nisa took the set 25-17.
In the fourth set, Olsztyn took a 5-7 lead early on thanks to Krul's spikes and blocks.
However, Nysa turned the game around with a block from Abramovic and an ace from Zerba to lead 9-7, and then a spike from Kwasovski and an ace from Zukowski put them ahead 13-8.
Olsztyn also narrowed the gap to 14-12 with consecutive blocks by Czywczyk, but Nisa again widened the gap to 22-17 with a block by Kwasovski and a service ace by relief server Miyaura (OP).
In the end, Busek scored a spike to take the set 25-21, and Nisa went on to win the match against Olsztyn 3-1.
MVP: OH Kamil Kwasovski (19 points (1 serve, 3 blocks), 58% attack success rate, 49% serve reception success rate)
Kento Miyaura played as a relief server in the fourth set and scored one point with a service ace.
Their next match will be against Olsztyn away on Monday, April 24th at 17:30 local time (0:30 the next day Japan time).
The next race will be Nisa's final race of the season.
Thoughts etc.
First of all, I'm relieved that we won our last home game of the season.
Their opponent, Olsztyn, had been playing in the quarterfinals just two days before the match and had lost a lot of their members, so this was a game that NISA could not afford to lose.
To be honest, the opposing team's starting lineup included two players who had hardly played in any games this season, even being substituted during the game, so I thought Nisa would win in straight sets, but I never expected them to lose the second set (laughs).
But from the third set onwards, our serves started to flow again, and Miyaura also got a service ace, which gave us the win, which was a real relief.
As for Miyaura, it's really amazing how it has become commonplace for him to appear as a relief server this season and score service aces.
I believe this experience will be of great use to him on the Japanese national team.
However, as I have been watching Milan's precise volleyball recently, I was quite impressed with the roughness of Nisa's play.
It can't be helped that we are not good at receiving serves, but there were many cases where the second set was not a clean one, which ultimately limited the attacker's options and led to us conceding points.
Also, Nisa's setter, Zukowski's sets were particularly rough, with his side sets either too close or too far from the net, and his sets into the middle and pipes often too low.
It's a real shame that the setter is over 2 metres tall yet the set is so low.
On the other hand, in the same Polish league, Sanchez (Argentina), who is 173 cm tall, is able to toss the ball higher and easier to hit.
As a general trend in the league, I think the Italian league is more rough around the edges and more power volleyball, while the Polish league is more precise and technical, but among them, Nysa may be the roughest team in the Polish league and Milan the most precise team in the Italian league (lol).
Now, Nisa has one game left.
About a third of the starting lineup on this day was different from usual, so I'm hoping that for the next and final game they may replace all the members who weren't in the starting lineup this time.
To be honest, it doesn't really matter to the team whether we finish 7th or 8th, so I personally think it would be better to have all the players play in the final game.
So, maybe we'll see Miyaura in the starting lineup and as MVP in the final game of the season!?
I plan to be there for the final race on Monday, so I hope to be able to see Miyaura there and send him off in the best possible way.
Photo: PZPL
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