In the quarterfinals of the Polish Men's Volleyball League (Przlyga), Miyaura Kento's team, Nysa (who finished 8th), played against Rzeszów (who finished 1st) away on April 7th and 8th local time.
As a result, Nysa lost the first match 0-3 (21-25, 18-25, 24-26) and the second match 0-3 (12-25, 23-25, 20-25), putting Rzeszów on the brink of advancing to the semi-finals.
Kento Miyaura came on as a substitute in both the first and second games, and in the second game in particular he took to the court as a spiker and scored four points.
Round 1
First set starting lineup
Nisa
OH: Gerzhod (Poland), Kwasowski (Poland)
MB: Jankowski (Poland), Zerba (Argentina)
OP: Bentara (Tunisia)
S: Zukowski (Croatia)
L: Dembiec (Poland)
Rzeszow
OH: Chebuj (Slovenia), Defalco (USA)
MB: Kozamelnik (Slovenia), Kochanowski (Poland)
OP: Muzai (Poland)
S: Zizga (Poland)
L: Zatorski (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, both teams scored points mainly from side attacks in the early stages and the match was tied at 8-8.
However, with consecutive points from a service ace by Muzai and a block by Chebui, Rzeszow extended their lead to 8-12.
Nisa also managed to close the gap to within one point at 13-14 thanks to a spike from Kfasovski and a service ace from Gerdjot, but they were soon left behind at 13-17 thanks to a block from Zizga.
The match continued with this score difference until the end, and finally Defalco's consecutive attacks gave Rzeszow the set, 21-25.
In the second set, Rzeszow broke serve early on with a block from Muzaj, a service ace from Defalco, and a service ace from Kochanowski, and took a 2-6 lead.
Nisa then tied the score at 10-10 with a spike from Kfasovski and a block from Gerjot.
However, with a service ace from Kozamelnik and a block from Kochanowski, Rzeszow again extended their lead to 16-21, and in the final stages, Kochanowski also scored three consecutive breaks with a service ace, and Rzeszow took the set 18-25.
In the third set, Kwasovski started off with consecutive service aces to put Nysa ahead 3-0, but with blocks from Kochanowski and other help, Rzeszow quickly caught up at 3-3.
From there, consecutive blocks by Jankowski gave Nysa the lead again at 9-6, and then a series of attack mistakes from Rzeszow put them ahead at 19-14.
However, towards the end of the match, Muzaj's spikes and blocks put Rzeszow within one point at 21-20, and then when Nisa had set point at 24-22, Defalco's spikes and blocks scored four consecutive points to give Rzeszow a 24-26 win.
As a result, Nysa lost to Rzeszów 0-3.
MVP: S Fabian Zizga (1 point, 1 block)
Kento Miyaura came on as a substitute in the first and third sets but did not score any points.