Jeshi Stars put their campaign to regain the Nyerere Memorial Volleyball Cup on track after entering into the semifinal without losing a game.
At the tournament that will come to an end at the National Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam today, saw Jeshi complete their Group B match at the top of table on 8 points from four matches.
They completed their preliminary campaign with a resounding 3-1 win against Mzinga of Morogoro yesterday to add from 3-2 sets win against Gawasco of Mombasa in a thrilling opening match on Tuesday. They also beat Omuwasco also from Mombasa and Kijichi of Dar es Salaam 3-0 each.
They were in action late yesterday evening against Group A runners up Magereza of Tanzania in the semi-final. In another yesterday group B match Kijichi recorded their first victory in the tournament with a 3-1 sets victory against Omuwasco.
The visitor started the game impressively to take the opening set but Kijichi came back strong to take three straight sets to ensure that they at least leave the tournament with two points and settled in the third place, while Omuwasco finished in the bottom without a point.
In the Group A, defending champion Prisons of Mombasa finished top of the group to escape a date against tough contender Jeshi Starts. Mombasa Prisons who have also not lost a single group match were in action against their country man Gawasco, who finished second in Group B in another semifinal yesterday evening.
Jeshi Stars coach Lameck Mashindano recently said that they do not fear any team bragging that his charges will definitely be crowned champions this year and bring back 2011 memory when they last lifted the title.
Tournament coordinator Silaju Mwasha said that only two women teams are competing in the tournament –Jeshi Stars and Magereza after Mombasa’s Bokole failed to meet tournament criteria and left the country while nine men’s team are competing.
Source Tanzania Daily News