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CEV Champions League
A few matches took place on Tuesday, including a match in Pool B that featured American players on both teams. Micah Ma’a set Halkbank Ankara to a .421 attack average in a 25-16, 35-33, 25-22 victory over the Berlin Recycling Volleys. Cody Kessell came off the bench in the second and third sets for Berlin but did not score.
Poland
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów fell back into third place after going five sets with Trefl Gdańsk last week. TJ DeFalco led with 20 kills (.333) and a block in the 20-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-19, 15-13 victory.
LUK Lublin got swept by PGE Skra Bełchatów 25-15, 25-22, 25-17 over the weekend. Jeff Jendryl scored six points in the middle on four kills (.571) and two blocks. Nicolas Szerszen led Lublin with 11 kills and an ace. Dustin Watten finished with 41 percent positive and 22 percent perfect passes.
Indykpol AZS Olsztyn beat Cerrad Czarni Radom 25-20, 25-22, 25-18 in Matt West’s Polish debut. Taylor Averill hit .875 with seven kills and three blocks. Josh Tuaniga set Olsztyn to a .421 hitting percentage and put away two kills. West did not play for Radom.
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Kozle knocked Jastrzębski Coal out of first place with a 25-20, 19-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-11 victory. Dave Smith was back in the lineup after a long rehabilitation. He scored on five kills (.556), one block, and one ace. Erik Shoji put in a 62 percent positive and 38 percent perfect passing performance.
Resovia finished the first half of the season on Monday with a 26-24, 25-16, 25-23 sweep of GKS Katowice on Monday. DeFalco with 16 points on 11 kills (.733), three aces, and two blocks.
Jake Hanes scored 11 points for BBTS Bielsko-Biała in a 25-21, 25-19, 25-15 loss to Ślepsk Malow Suwałki. Hanes finished with 10 kills (.077) and a block.
Russia
Micah Christenson set Zenit Kazan to a .517 hitting percentage in a 25-23, 25-15, 25-12 victory over Fakel Novy Urengoy. He also scored on a kill and a block.
Matt Anderson led Zenit Saint Petersburg with 22 points in a 23-25, 25-15, 25-21, 25-16 victory over ASK. Anderson, who continues to play at opposite, hit .441 while earning 18 kills, three blocks…
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