Boyagama Siri Parakum SC- Women's Novices Champions (10th Munchee National Volleyball Championship 2017)
Boyagama Siri Parakum SC and Sri Lanka Army Ordinance Corps (SLAOC) SC defeated Rathanapala SC & Golden Tigers SC respectively to win the Women’s and Men’s Novices Championships at the 10th Munchee National Volleyball Championship.
Siri Parakum, Rathanapala, SLAOC & Golden Tigers into Novices finals
Boyagama Siri Parakum SC, Rathanapala SC, SLAOC SC & Golden Tigers SC qualified for the women’s and…
The matches were played at the National Youth Service Council Indoor Stadium.
Women’s Novices Final
Defending champions, Boyagama Siri Parakum SC defeated Rathanapala SC, Mahauswewa in straight sets. The two school sides met a couple of weeks back in the DSI Supersport Schools’ Volleyball Championship U17 Girls Final, Siri Parakum as Galigamuwa Central & Rathanapala SC as Sri Rathanapala MV Mahauswewa. It was the same result as Galigamuwa Central defeated Rathanapala MV 3-0.
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In the semi-finals Siri Parakum SC had a comfortable 3-0 win against Omega Line. The scores read 25-15, 25-14 & 25-16. In the 2nd semi-final Rathanapala SC destroyed Black Lions SC 25-9 & 25-7.
Siri Parakum had the upper hand throughout the match and though the 1st two sets were close, they were able to win it 25-20, 25-21. Siri Parakum won the 3rd set 25-18 and with it the match.
Results
Final
Boyagama Siri Parakum SC 25-20, 25-21, 25-18 Rathanapala SCSemi-Finals
Boyagama Siri Parakum SC 25-15, 25-14 & 25-16 Omega Line SC
Rathanapala SC 25-9 & 25-7 Black Lions SC3rd Place
Omega Line SC 25-11, 25-20 & 25-19 Black Lions SCAwards
Best Setter – Sunethra Priyadarshani Wijesinghe (Boyagama Siri Parakum SC)
Best Attacker – Dilukshi Harshani Senarathne (Boyagama Siri Parakum SC)
Best Player – Nimeshika Sewwandi Gunawardena (Boyagama Siri Parakum SC)
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Men’s Novices Final
The final went the distance, with SLAOC winning the final 3-2 against the Golden Tigers.
After a close battle, SLAOC won the 1st set 25-22. In the 2nd set SLAOC were leading and seemed as if they will win it comfortably. However, Golden Tigers made a furious comeback to win a thriller 25-27.
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SLAOC took a 6-point lead early in the 3rd set only to see the Tigers bring it down to 3-midway through the set. SLAOC again extended it to 6 at 23-16 and won the set 25-18.
SLAOC again took a 6-2 lead in the 4th set but the Golden Tigers equaled the scores at 13-13. Tigers took the lead and never looked back as they won the set 22-25 and sent the game into a deciding 5th set.
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In the 5th set both sides matched each other point for point. With the scores reading 9-9, SLAOC went on a 4-0 run to lead 13-9 and there was no come-back from the Golden Tigers as they lost 15-11.
Results
Final
SLAOC SC 25-22, 25-27, 25-18, 22-25 & 15-11 Golden Tigers SCSemi-Finals
SLAOC SC 25-23, 25-20 & 25-20 Wagonners SC
Golden Tigers SC 25-21, 27-25 & 25-22 Creators SC3rd Place
Creators SC 25-23, 25-23 & 25-17 Wagonners SCAwards
Best Setter – G.P.Dushyantha (SLAOC SC)
Best Attacker – J.H.Udayantha (Golden Tigers SC)
Best Player – P.H.G.Ariyarathna (SLAOC SC)
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