Gisagara face UNIK and UTB seeking to go top

Gisagara will be seeking to go top of the men’s national volleyball league table when they play against Kibungo University (UNIK) and University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies (UTB) at Amahoro Indoor Stadium on Saturday.

Friday, March 03, 2017

SaturdayAmahoro Indoor StadiumAPR vs IPRC-South 10amUTB vs UNIK 12pmUNIK vs Gisagara 2pmGisagara vs UTB 4pm

SundayKVC vs REG 1pmREG vs Kirehe 3pmKirehe vs KVC 5pm

Women: Amahoro Indoor StadiumRRA vs St Aloys 9amRRA vs APR 11am

At RuhangoSt Joseph vs IPRC-Kigali 9amRuhango vs IPRC-Kigali 11am

Gisagara will be seeking to go top of the men’s national volleyball league table when they play against Kibungo University (UNIK) and University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies (UTB) at Amahoro Indoor Stadium on Saturday.

The league debutants are in second place with 22 points level with leaders IPRC-South, who have won more sets.

"We want to win the two games to lead the table and are looking forward to both games with a lot of optimism. It is going to be tough but we will give our best,” said Gisagara head coach Eric Gakwaya.

In the first game, Gisagara will play against defending champions UNIK, who are in sixth position with 15 points, before taking on seventh-placed UTB, who are 12th with 10 points.

In other matches, fourth-placed APR, with 18 points, will host table leaders IPRC-South at Amahoro Indoor Stadium.

Action will continue on Sunday at Amahoro Indoor Stadium when bottom side Kigali Volleyball Club, with two points, host fifth-placed Rwanda Energy Group (REG), who have 18 points before the latter face third-placed Kirehe (22 points), while Kirehe will play against KVC in the last match.

Meanwhile, in the women category, defending champions Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) will play against St Aloys before taking on archrivals APR. Both matches will be played at Amahoro.

APR top the women league table with 12 points after four games, while RRA are second on nine points from three matches.

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