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In the clash of unbeaten teams in Pool A, Developres Rzeszów took on Lokomotiv Kaliningrad Region at RCWS Podpromie Rzeszów. Both teams had their ups and downs, but being extremely eager to end the year with victory they produced a thrilling five-setter. In the opening set, Developres Rzeszów was powered by unstoppable Bruna Honorio who with 8 kills, had unbelievable 89% of success in attack! On the other side, the Polish leader of the Russian club - Malwina Smarzek couldn't find her rhythm and had only 1 point and 11% of efficiency in spike, thus the hosts needed only 19min to win the first set. Kaliningrad returned to the court motivated to showed their best - with great reception and strong serve they quickly tied the score. The third set was the most competitive, but own mistakes made by Lokomotiv (9 to 4 on side of Rzeszów) were crucial. Then, Russian captain Irina Voronkova showed her team a way to win the fourth part - scoring 8 points herself, she was motivating her teammates, who played brilliant in block having 6 winning stuffs in this set. Tie-break was, as always a battle of nerves, it started with passionate point-by-point race, but at 9-9 Anna Stencel went to serve, helping her team to jump to 13-9 lead. Even if Lokomotiv managed to tie, Rzeszów quickly get their chance to close the match, which they used, closing it 16-14 and staying unbeaten leader of Pool A. Bruna Honorio who scored match-high 27 points was named MVP.