As Volleyball league ends, multiple winners emerge

By Pranavi Ambati
The last of the Men's volleyball league matches ended in a tight, closely contested match between the 2 branches of Graphic Era university - Dehradun, and Haldwani. It was the second and only match after Bennett A vs B to go into 3 sets.

In the first set, Haldwani won with a 10 point lead, but then fell short of 4 in Set 2. While Graphic Era (D) had hoped to win the third set in succession, the game took a turn once again and ultimately, Graphic Era (H) settled with a win. This placed them one pedestal higher on the podium, second to Subharti that had lost not any matches it had played this Sportikon 2023.

"We came with the intent of winning and I'm happy that we were able to do exactly that. It was highly competitive - I particularly enjoyed the matches with Graphic Era university," said Team Subharti's captain.


Women's league also saw a wrap up in the third and last girl's volleyball match between Bennett University and Gargi College for Women, which Gargi won with a marvellous lead.

Set-1 saw Bennett score 4 against Gargi's 25, which improved in Set-2 where Bennett managed a 10 points. BU Girls' volleyball captain Samayrra, reflecting on the team's performance, said, "What we found ourselves to be lacking in is co-ordination and defense. Playing against Gargi has shown us that it is exactly what we need to hone."

Muskaan Tanwar, Gargi's leader, was primarily glad to have participated. "Sportikon at Bennett has given us another feather in the cap. We travelled afar, got exposed to new teams and on top, even won both of the matches we played. It couldn't be any better for us," she added.

With this, in girls' volleyball, Gargi went onto earn Gold, Mata Sundari - Silver, and Bennett - Bronze.
(The writer is a Semester II student of BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) programme.)