Tauron MKS Dabrowa Gornicza lost with Atom Trefl Sopot 2:3 (25:18, 25:20, 23:25, 17:25, 12:25) in the 5th and last match of Polish Championship Final of Orlen Liga.
Host team was leading 2:0 in sets and 16:12 and 20:17 in third set. From this moment everything has been changed. The Athletes from Sopot took the initiative. Isabela Belcik directed the actions of her friends very well, at the end she was considered as the MVP of the match.
Atom Trefl won third set after the fight, and in the fourth even outclassed its rivals. At the beginning of the tie-break, after two blocks on Rachel Rourke, girls from Dabrowa scored advantage 4-2. Next three points were scored by the guests team and they led 8:6. The athletes of coach Adam Grabowski, who during the season, replaced Jerzy Matlak, didn't gave away the initiative.
Atom Trefl Polish defended the title from last year. At the end of last season a lot of changes in the team have taken place. - A team of Sopot showed that fights to the end. This was the case matches the number three and four, and the fifth, the decisive match - said the Olympic and world champion Tomasz Wojtowicz.
Let's recall, that Tauron MKS after two matches ran in the final play-off 2-0. Two further meetings were lost 2:3, despite leading in a tie break 14:11 and 8:3. - Athletes from Dabrowa were very close to gold medals, and certainly feel hunger - said Tomasz Wojtowicz.
These two teams met alreayd in the final of the Polish Cup. The trophy won Tauron MKS. The athletes led by coach Waldemar Kawka for the first time first advanced to the final matches of the Polish Championship. In the last match didn't play Elzbieta Skowronska - real team leader.