UP and Punjab would clash in the finals of 60th National Volleyball under-17 boys event on Saturday at Pavilion ground while in the girl’s final Haryana and Karnataka would contest for the title.
The semifinal matches which were played in the arena of the tournament on Friday were very close and keenly contested. In the most awaited and watched semi finals, the hosts Uttarakhand locked horns with neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
The match thrilled the audience with players of both the teams displaying wonderful skills in the most closely contested match of the tournament. Uttar Pradesh won the match with a score line of 25-21, 18-25, 20-25, 29-27 and 20-18.
The match had moments and the predominately local audience was disappointed as hosts were one time one set up but failed to capitalise on
this lead. In the other semifinals of the event, the favorites Delhi easily outsmarted the team of Kerala.
Delhi won the match and the score line of 25-19, 25-16 and 25-22 underlined the dominance of Delhi team. Hosts Uttarakhand would try to salvage some pride on Saturday for third and fourth place when they will compete with Kerala.
In the girls semifinal events the match between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka turned out to be a thriller. The Tamil Nadu girls eventually clinched the match by 27-25, 22-25, 25-14 and 25-20. In the other semi finals the girls of Haryana defeated the team of Maharashtra 25-22, 25-21 and 25-18.