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Tough match-ups as Kenya Volleyball League returns
Reading Time: 3min | Tue. 14.05.24. | 14:50
GSU men are looking to extend their unbeaten run as they look to reclaim the title won by Prisons last season
After over a month’s break, paving the way for national team assignments, the Kenya Volleyball Federation (KVF) leagues return on Thursday 16 to19 May for the fourth leg.
Matches will be played at Kasarani, Nyayo, and Ulinzi Complex gymnasiums.
Players will be out to pick crucial points that will guide their respective sides to qualify for the KVF National League playoffs.
This season’s play format has been altered, introducing a playoff after the regular season instead of the round-robin format previously used. The top eight teams, as opposed to four in previous editions, advance to the knockout stages.
In the men’s league, former champions General Service Unit (GSU) hope to continue their unbeaten run when they take on Administration Police (AP), Western Prisons, Kenya Forest Services (KFS) and Prisons Kenya across the four days.
As they go to battle without the services of head coach Gideon Tarus who is away on other assignments, middle blocker Shadrack Misiko says they will be pushing to maintain their unbeaten run as they aim to head to the playoffs with a good run.
“The ambition is to remain unbeaten and we have worked on our game to be ready for the fourth leg. The entire squad is focused. In the absence of Tarus, we are more motivated to do it for him,” Misiko told Mozzart Sport ahead of the matches.
Misiko says all four matches carry the same weight, calling on the team not to be complacent as they need all the points on offer. The side will hope to put their Pipeline @50 semis exit behind them for a weekend of wins.
A lot of attention, however, will be on the side’s final day fixture where they face league champions and African bronze medalists Prisons Kenya who denied them a record-extending seventh title.
“We have put that behind us and are out to fight for victory in that match just as the others,” Misiko added.
16th May fixtures
Men (Kasarani)
1. APK VS KENYA ARMY - 9 am
2. KENYA ARMY VS EQUITY - 1 pm
3. TRAILBLAZERS VS PRISONS RIFT -3 pm
4. APK VS GSU - 5 pm
Men (Nyayo)
1.WESTERN PRISONS VS KPA - 9 am
2. KFS VS DOD -11 am
3. KENYA PRISONS VS NRB PRISONS -1pm
4. MT.KENYA VS KDF -3 pm
5. KENYA PRISONS VS DOD - 5pm
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Women (Kasarani)
1.DCI VS. KENYA PRISONS at 11 am
(Ulinzi Complex)
1. KENYA ARMY VS MARANATHA - 9 am
2. KDF VS KCB - 11 am
3. KPC VS POSTBANK - 1pm
4. NAIROBI PRISONS VS KDF - 3 pm
17 May fixtures
Nyayo
0800HRS KENYA ARMY VS PRISONS RIFT
1000HRS PRISONS NAIROBI VS GSU
1200HRS DOD VS APK
1400HRS KENYA ARMY VS KDF
1600HRS DOD VS KENYA ARMY
Kasarani
0800HRS POSTBANK VS MARANATHA - WOMEN
1100HRS KENYA ARMY VS NAIROBI PRISONS - WOMEN
1300HRS KENYA PRISONS VS KFS - MEN
1500HRS EQUITY VS MT.KEN. BASEYETU - MEN
1700HRS KFS VS TRAILBLAZERS - MEN
