Miyaura Kento Nisa struggles with his serve and loses 1-3 to Olsztyn

In the 22nd round of the Polish Men's Volleyball League (Przlyga), Nysza, which is in 8th place and includes Miyaura Kento, played away to 7th place Olsztyn on Friday, January 27th (local time) and lost 1-3 (24-26, 25-22, 15-25, 21-25).

Kento Miyaura participated in each set but did not score any points.

First set starting lineup

Nisa

OH: Gerzhod (Poland), Kwasowski (Poland)
MB: Jankowski (Poland), Zerba (Argentina)
OP: Bentara (Tunisia)
S: Zukowski (Croatia)
L: Dembiec (Poland) / Biniek (Poland)

Olsztyn

OH: Pilinski (Poland), Andringa (Netherlands)
MB: Evril (USA), Poreba (Poland)
OP: Butorin (Poland)
S: Jankiewicz (Poland)
L: Havriluk (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, Olsztyn hit consecutive service aces from OP Butrin and OH Lipinski to take a 2-5 lead early on.

From there, Nisa continued to score with spikes from OP Ventara and other efforts, catching up to within one point at 9-10, but Olsztyn pulled away again with three consecutive breaks, including two aces, from a hybrid serve from MB Evril immediately afterwards, putting her at 9-14.

Nisa also got a side out with a spike from OH Kwasowski, and with blocks from MB Zerba and MB Jankowski, they tied the score again at 18-18 and the game went to deuce, but in the end OP Butrin stopped OH Kwasowski with a block and Olsztyn took the first set 24-26.

In the second set, Nisa got a side out with a spike from OH Gerjot, and the two MB players each scored blocks early on to take the lead 7-3.

Olsztyn then scored with a quick from MB Evril and an attack from OH Lipinski to tie the score at 11-11, and from there the game became a close battle between the two teams.

However, Nisa took the lead 17-15 with spikes from OH Gerdjot and other efforts, and continued to break in the final stages, with a final high spike from OH Gerdjot giving Nisa the set 25-22.

In the third set, Olsztyn started the match with MB Jakubiszak (Poland) replacing MB Poreba.

Furthermore, Nisa broke OH Lipinski with a good serve from OP Ventala, and made it 3-2 with two consecutive breaks, including an ace, and Olsztyn brought on OH Kaliczek (Germany).

From there, Olsztyn succeeded in breaking with service aces from MB Evril and OP Butrin, and then with a pipe attack from OH Andringa off a serve from S Jankevich, Olsztyn made it three consecutive breaks and widened the lead to 9-14.

Olsztyn continued to break one after another with a block from MB Jakubishak and an ace from OH Kaliczek, widening the gap to 13-23.

Nisa brought on OP Miyaura to replace OP Ventara, but it was too late, and in the end, OH Andringa's spike made it 15-25, and they took the set safely.

In the fourth set, Nisa, with no other options, started the match with OH El Graoui (Morocco) in place of OH Gergiot and MB Abramovic (Poland) in place of MB Zerba.

In the early stages, OP Ventara's spikes and opponents' mistakes put Nysa ahead 6-3, but OH Kwasovski lost consecutive points on OH Andringa's serve, and Olsztyn managed to turn the game around to 9-10.

From there, Olsztyn was shown a red card for delaying the serve, giving Nisa a temporary lead of 14-12, but Olsztyn managed to reverse the score again with two aces and three breaks shortly afterwards, giving him a 14-15 lead.

Olsztyn further extended the lead to 16-19 with a block from MB Jakubishak and a spike from OP Butrin, and finally OH Andringa's pipe attack was successful, giving Olsztyn a 21-25 victory over Nysa, 1-3.

MVP: MB Taylor Everill (14 points (3 serves, 2 blocks), 75% attack success rate)

Kento Miyaura played as a relief server in the first, second, and fourth sets, and as an opposite in the third set, but he did not score any points and did not get a break on his serve.

With this, Nisa's overall record now stands at 11 wins, 11 losses and 34 points, dropping them to 9th place.

The next match will be at home against Lublin, who are in 8th place, on Saturday, February 4th at 17:30 local time (1:30 the next day Japan time).

The report for the first half is here:

Photo: PZPL