<p>The Sappers posted a facile 25-18, 25-16, 25-11 win to move to nine points from five matches, the same as SWR.<br /><br />With no real challenge in sight, MEG didn’t really have to stretch themselves and their strategy remained more or less the same throughout the game. A relatively older BEL side, apart from the first-change spikers Gopi and Sagar, made no real attempt of putting up a fight and instead, they relied on MEG’s errors to notch up some points.<br />In the first set, BEL ran up a 8-2 lead, but MEG stepped their ante to level the score at 10-10. MEG spikers Ayyappan and Vinod made most of the short-passes to help their side to a 1-0 lead.<br /><br />BEL’s Gopi tried hard to get his frail smashes past MEG’s blocking duo of Sachin and Prince, but his efforts went in vain as the score sheet read 10-1 at first time-out in the second quarter. The Sappers, in brief phases, looked as clueless as their rivals. Terrible passes and wayward smashes had pegged MEG back, but a string of powerful smashes and deft drops from Vinod gave them a 2-0 lead.<br /><br />With dark clouds hovering overhead, MEG, finally, urged three of their spikers to move to the front-line. Vinod, on the left, bruised and battered BEL blockers with his fierce smashes while Ayyappan and Prince took turns on the right to complete the win.<br />Other results: BSNL bt Sports Hostel 25-15, 25-20, 25-22; KSP bt ITI: 27-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-17; SAI bt Postal: 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-17; BSNL bt HMT 25-20, 25-23, 25-14.</p>
<p>The Sappers posted a facile 25-18, 25-16, 25-11 win to move to nine points from five matches, the same as SWR.<br /><br />With no real challenge in sight, MEG didn’t really have to stretch themselves and their strategy remained more or less the same throughout the game. A relatively older BEL side, apart from the first-change spikers Gopi and Sagar, made no real attempt of putting up a fight and instead, they relied on MEG’s errors to notch up some points.<br />In the first set, BEL ran up a 8-2 lead, but MEG stepped their ante to level the score at 10-10. MEG spikers Ayyappan and Vinod made most of the short-passes to help their side to a 1-0 lead.<br /><br />BEL’s Gopi tried hard to get his frail smashes past MEG’s blocking duo of Sachin and Prince, but his efforts went in vain as the score sheet read 10-1 at first time-out in the second quarter. The Sappers, in brief phases, looked as clueless as their rivals. Terrible passes and wayward smashes had pegged MEG back, but a string of powerful smashes and deft drops from Vinod gave them a 2-0 lead.<br /><br />With dark clouds hovering overhead, MEG, finally, urged three of their spikers to move to the front-line. Vinod, on the left, bruised and battered BEL blockers with his fierce smashes while Ayyappan and Prince took turns on the right to complete the win.<br />Other results: BSNL bt Sports Hostel 25-15, 25-20, 25-22; KSP bt ITI: 27-25, 21-25, 25-15, 25-17; SAI bt Postal: 22-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-17; BSNL bt HMT 25-20, 25-23, 25-14.</p>
