{"id":119282,"date":"2024-05-22T18:24:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T18:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg"},"modified":"2024-05-22T19:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T19:07:20","slug":"lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg","title":{"rendered":"Lagat shifts focus to KVF playoffs after power-disrupted fourth leg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Administration Police assistant coach Richard Lagat has decried challenges they faced during the Kenya Volleyball Federation fourth leg over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>AP saw one of their matches, against General Service Unit, postponed twice \u2014 Thursday and Monday \u2014 due to power failures at Kasarani Indoor Arena and Nyayo Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delay affected us psychologically. There was a lot of back-and-forth in the game. Once a player sets his mind on the timing of a match, their performance gets affected when there are changes in scheduling,\u201d said Lagat, whose side AP lost the match in straight sets of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-19.<\/p>\n<p>They have now shifted focus to this weekend\u2019s playoffs at Nyayo Stadium and Kasarani Indoor Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Lagat added: \u201cWe have qualified for the quarterfinals, which will be based on the best-of-three matches. If we win, we proceed to the semifinals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, AP beat Kenya Army 3-1 (25-16, 25-15, 16-25, and 25-21) with Lagat saying the soldiers brought the best out of his charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had opposite hitter Weldon Kipchirchir and setter Edward Wekesa against Kenya Army but they got injuries which forced them out of the GSU match,\u201d said Lagat.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Army were on the losing end again, falling 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-23) to Trailblazers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The top eight teams in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s standings will proceed to the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>GSU finished top of the men\u2019s standings with 36 points, having lost just once in 13 matches. Champions Kenya Prisons followed with 34 points after two defeats.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Ports Authority (29 points), Kenya Forest Service (27), Kenya Defence Forces (26), Trailblazers (25), Administrative Police (23) and Equity Bank (22) all reached the playoffs. Mombasa Prisosn and Nyanza Prisons were relegated.<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s champions KCB remain undefeated at the top with 23 points from eight matches.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya Pipeline (20), Kenya Prisons (19), DCI (14), Nairobi Prisons (10), KDF (10), Postbank (nine) and Kenya Army (three) will play at the playoffs. Bunge, Vihiga and Nairobi Water will play in Division II next season.<\/p>\n<p>Attention has now shifted to the KVF Division Two League with the fourth and final leg set for May 24-26 at Nyayo gymnasium (outdoor).<\/p>\n<p>Twelve teams will compete for the two automatic promotion spots.<\/p>\n<p>The teams include Eldoret Water, Engineers, Central Prisons, Bunge, Vihiga, Pamoja Tujijenge, Micro Spikers, Rapid Deployment Unit, Kenyatta University, Kapu, National Youth Service and Langata High Secondary School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Administration Police assistant coach Richard Lagat has decried challenges they faced during the Kenya Volleyball Federation fourth leg over the weekend. AP saw one of their matches, against General Service Unit, postponed twice \u2014 Thursday and Monday \u2014 due to power failures at Kasarani Indoor Arena and Nyayo Stadium. \u201cThe delay affected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":119280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[6857,7003,544],"class_list":["post-119282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-kenya"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagat shifts focus to KVF playoffs after power-disrupted fourth leg - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Administration Police assistant coach Richard Lagat has decried challenges they faced during the Kenya Volleyball Federa ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagat shifts focus to KVF playoffs after power-disrupted fourth leg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Administration Police assistant coach Richard Lagat has decried challenges they faced during the Kenya Volleyball Federa ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-22T18:24:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-22T19:07:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2024\/05\/sm_1716388522.919177.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lagat shifts focus to KVF playoffs after power-disrupted fourth leg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-22T18:24:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-22T19:07:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg\"},\"wordCount\":406,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2024\/05\/sm_1716388522.919177.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Kenya\",\"Kenya\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/lagat-shifts-focus-to-kvf-playoffs-after-power-disrupted-fourth-leg\",\"name\":\"Lagat shifts focus to KVF playoffs after power-disrupted fourth leg - 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