Wapda defend national volleyball title

ISLAMABAD: Wapda successfully defended the National Men’s Volleyball Championship title beating Navy in a hotly contested final at the POF Sports Complex in Wah Sunday.

Wapda tamed Navy 25-22, 26-28, 25-17, 25-18. Earlier, Army beat PAF 26-24, 21-25, 25-18, 25-20 to get third position in the event. The sailors entered the court amid thunderous support from the crowd and started the first game in highly aggressive style.

Wasit and Abuzar exerted pressure on Wapda and made them to work extra hard to earn points. They smashed forcefully and also blocked Wapda’s attack effectively. In the last minutes of the game, Naseer Ahmad and Muneer Khan rescued their team with three straight points to end the game at 25-22.

Navy’s Mubashir, Wasit and Abuzar again guided their team to get some valuable points and got a decent lead for their team which they maintained till 23-21 in the second game. Murad of Wapda evened the points with his brilliant display of smashes.

But the highly charged sailors won the game.Wapda bounced back forcefully in the third game amid excellent demonstration of smashes and blocking Navy’s attacks. The sailors showed more aggression and toiled hard to reduce the margin but Naseer and Muneer kept them busy making mistakes through their effective blocking and forceful serves.