KATOWICE, Poland (Interstat) — Bartosz Nowak scored a hat trick and GKS Katowice held off visiting Widzew Lodz 3-2 on Saturday at Arena Katowice. Nowak scored in the 33rd minute, again in the 59th and completed his hat trick in the 65th. Widzew Lodz cut into the deficit when Steve Kapuadi scored in the 70th, and Karol Swiderski made it 3-2 in the 74th. Ilia Shkurin, Mateusz Kowalczyk and Jusuf Gazibegovic recorded assists. Lukasiak and Milewski of GKS Katowice received yellow cards, as did Cheng, Vermesan and Alvarez of Widzew Lodz. GKS Katowice improved to 7-6 in the competition and 7-7-1 across all competitions. Widzew Lodz moved to 0-2-2 in the competition and 0-2-2 across all competitions. Widzew Lodz had entered after draws against Gornik Zabrze and Wisla and a loss to Piast Gliwice. GKS Katowice had lost to Gornik Leczna and Korona Kielce in its previous two matches.