DevelopRes Rzeszów beats PGE Budowlani Łódź 3-0 to win Polish women's Super Cup

Match result

DevelopRes Rzeszów beat PGE Budowlani Łódź 3-0 in the AL-KO Superpuchar Polski women's match on Saturday, 24 October, at the DMD Arena in Częstochowa. The sets ended 19:25, 27:29 and 18:25. Budowlani are the Polish champions and cup holders, but they lost to the runners-up from Rzeszów, who kept the trophy they had won a year earlier in Katowice, where they beat ŁKS Commercecon. It is DevelopRes's fourth Super Cup, after titles in 2021, 2022 and 2025, and it matches the four wins of Chemik Police. One report adds that Rzeszów avenged a spring defeat by Budowlani in the TAURON Liga Kobiet final.

Set by set

Rzeszów led from the start of the first set, moving from 4:7 to 6:13 during a run on the serve of Alicja Grabka. Budowlani closed the gap to 18:21, but Taylor Mims won the set point and Uliana Kotar finished the set with a spike from the middle. Coach Jelena Blagojević replaced Croatian Mika Grbavica with the American Taylor Mims after Grbavica had eight unsuccessful attacks. In the second set Budowlani opened with a 6:4 lead, but DevelopRes won runs of four and then five points to lead 7:13. Budowlani cut the deficit to 13:16 and the teams stayed level for a long stretch. Rzeszów missed a set point at 20:24 but won the set 29-27 with two blocks. In the third set Budowlani led 6:4 before DevelopRes turned it around at 8:12, led 15:20, and closed the match when Marrit Jasper's attack ended it at 18:25.

Set 1 (19:25)19

Set 2 (27:29)27

Set 3 (18:25)18

Set 1 (19:25)

19 points

Set 2 (27:29)

27 points

Set 3 (18:25)

18 points

Data from the article text

Key performers

Weronika Centka-Tietianiec was named MVP, hitting 8 of 15 in attack (53%) and adding four blocks. Julita Piasecka scored 17 points and Marrit Jasper 16 for DevelopRes, with Centka-Tietianiec and Taylor Mims on 12 each. For Budowlani, Sasa Planinsec and Maja Storck scored 14 points each and Rodica Buterez 13. Budowlani's attack efficiency was 34% against 47% for Rzeszów, and they scored 41 points to their opponents' 52. They also lagged on serve (1 point against 3) and block (9 against 10), and committed 14 errors to Rzeszów's 13.

Context and the weekend

The women's match opened a Super Cup weekend at the DMD Arena, with the men's match scheduled for Sunday. Tickets for the men's game sold out quickly, while the women's match filled about half of the six-thousand-seat hall. Before the season the two sides' setters swapped clubs: Alicja Grabka moved from Budowlani to Rzeszów and Katarzyna Wenerska went the other way. This season DevelopRes has won all its matches and leads the league table, while Budowlani lost a derby to ŁKS Commercecon.