IGO, KSC and NNCKA win at LRS Volleyball
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, March 16 2015: IGO Oinam, KSC khoupum and NNCKA Nongren registered victories in their respective group matches in the ongoing L Rajbapu Sharma Memorial State Level Cash Prize Volleyball Tournament at Heirangoithong, organised by Youth Men's Development Organisation (YMDO) under the supervision of All Manipur Volleyball Association on Monday.

All the group matches were keenly contested though the final score line did not reflect the intensity in the field.

In the first match, IGO Oinam overcame stiff challenge from KLAYDC Nambol in four sets.

Both the teams matched each other smash for smash in the first set and no team dominated the game.

Eventually, KLAYDC won the first set (25-22) .

NNCKA & MC players trying to out manuvour its other during the match

IGO came back strongly in the second set and won it with an identical score.

Once parity was restored, IGO did not give KLAYDC any chance of coming back to the game and won the subsequent two sets, 25-16 & 25-12 to register their win.

The second match between KSC Khoupum and LSA Lilong was a contrast to the first match with with KSC winning the first set(26-24).Not losing any hope, LSA came back strongly in the second match.

However KSC did not wilt under the pressure and won it 25-23 after nerve wrecking exchanges.

Once the opening two sets were lost, LSA players resigned and KSC comfortably won the third set at 25-10 to wrap up the match.

The final group match of the day between NNCKA Nongren and MC Senapati kept the capacity crowd on their feet by the high quality volleyball displayed by both teams.

The first two sets were won by NNCKA at 25-21 and 25-19 .

Loss of two sets did not deter the spirit of MC players and they tried to stay in the match by fighting for every point.

The effort of MC was awarded when they pocket the 3rd set at 28-26 .

The ensuing set was no different, MC fought for every point to stay in the match while NNCKA tried to finish off the game.

No team could dominate the other & their exchanges glued the crowd to their places though the sun was fast descending in the horizon.

Resistance of MC was finally snapped when NNCKA defended the game point and won the set & match at 25-23 .