Manipur top Gujarat in Volleyball Nationals
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 22 2019:
Manipur carved out a 3-2 sets win against Gujarat in a group A league match of the 27th Mini National Volleyball Championship 2019 which kicked off yesterday at Kopargaon Shirdi in Maharashtra under the auspices of Volleyball Federation of India.
A total of 23 mini boy's teams clubbed into four groups are taking part in the tournament and Manipur are drawn in Group A along with Gujarat, Jharkhand, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
On the other hand, State's girls team are clubbed together in Group B along with Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand.
In the boys competition, Manipur earned a 25-21, 24-26, 25-17, 21-25, 18-16 win against Gujarat in an exciting Group A clash today.
Manipur will face Jharkhand and Haryana tomorrow.
Meanwhile, State girls suffered a straight set loss (18-25, 15-25, 16-25) in the hands of Rajasthan.
They will meet Tamil Nadu in another group stage fixture today.