{"id":119887,"date":"2026-02-15T17:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T18:17:18","slug":"police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race","title":{"rendered":"Police VC Sweeps EAUR to Remain in Playoff Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Police VC produced a commanding 3\u20130 victory over East African University Rwanda (EAUR) on Saturday at Sainte Famille Gymnasium, leapfrogging Rwanda Energy Group (REG) into fourth place in the national volleyball league standings.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Musoni\u2019s side, who started the day in fifth position, claimed the straight-sets win 25\u201317, 25\u201322, 28\u201326 to keep their playoff hopes alive.<\/p>\n<p>The law enforcers began on the front foot, with Elphas Makuto leading the charge through powerful spikes that repeatedly dismantled EAUR\u2019s defence. Police comfortably secured the opening set 25\u201317.<\/p>\n<p>They maintained their aggressive approach in the second and third sets. Although EAUR mounted resistance, Police held their composure in key moments to seal the sets 25\u201322 and 28\u201326 and complete the sweep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t been performing well in our previous fixtures, but we are regrouping and confident going into our next matches. Nothing is guaranteed yet, so we must stay focused,\u201d middle blocker Placide Sibomana told Times Sport after the match.<\/p>\n<p>Despite moving up to fourth place, Police must win their remaining fixtures against APR VC, Kepler VC and Kigali Volleyball Club (KVC) to secure a guaranteed playoff berth.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, APR VC defeated Rwanda Polytechnic\u2013Ngoma in four sets (25\u201323, 24\u201326, 25\u201311, 25\u201317). The victory lifted coach Sammy Mulinge\u2019s side to the top of the standings with 33 points, two ahead of Gisagara VC, who dropped to second following their tiebreak loss to REG on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s category, Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) strengthened their top-four position with a convincing straight-sets win over RP\u2013Ngoma (25\u201310, 25\u201314, 25\u201321).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ruhango VC suffered a setback against EAUR, falling in three straight sets (16\u201325, 12\u201325, 12\u201325).<\/p>\n\r\n                <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                    \r\n                    #td_uid_1_69f1a05739fed  .td-doubleSlider-2 .td-item1 {\r\n                        background: url(https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125-80x60.jpg) 0 0 no-repeat;\r\n                    }\r\n                <\/style>\r\n\r\n                <div id=\"td_uid_1_69f1a05739fed\" class=\"td-gallery td-slide-on-2-columns\">\r\n                    <div class=\"post_td_gallery\">\r\n                        <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-top\">\r\n                           <div class=\"td-gallery-title\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <div class=\"td-gallery-controls-wrapper\">\r\n                                <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-count\"><span class=\"td-gallery-slide-item-focus\">1<\/span> of 1<\/div>\r\n                                <div class=\"td-gallery-slide-prev-next-but\">\r\n                                    <i class = \"td-icon-left doubleSliderPrevButton\"><\/i>\r\n                                    <i class = \"td-icon-right doubleSliderNextButton\"><\/i>\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <div class = \"td-doubleSlider-1 \">\r\n                            <div class = \"td-slider\">\r\n                                \r\n                    <div class = \"td-slide-item td-item1\">\r\n                        <figure class=\"td-slide-galery-figure td-slide-popup-gallery\">\r\n                            <a class=\"slide-gallery-image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125.jpg\" title=\"sm_1771166761.501125\"  data-caption=\"\"  data-description=\"\">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125.jpg 900w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166761.501125-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" alt=\"\">\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                            \r\n                        <\/figure>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                        <div class = \"td-doubleSlider-2\">\r\n                            <div class = \"td-slider\">\r\n                                \r\n                    <div class = \"td-button td-item1\">\r\n                        <div class = \"td-border\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Police VC produced a commanding 3\u20130 victory over East African University Rwanda (EAUR) on Saturday at Sainte Famille Gymnasium, leapfrogging Rwanda Energy Group (REG) into fourth place in the national volleyball league standings. Fred Musoni\u2019s side, who started the day in fifth position, claimed the straight-sets win 25\u201317, 25\u201322, 28\u201326 to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":119885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,20,18],"tags":[3858,758,980],"class_list":["post-119887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-photo","category-sport","tag-police-vc","tag-rwanda","tag-volleyball"],"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>Police VC Sweeps EAUR to Remain in Playoff Race - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police VC produced a commanding 3\u20130 victory over East African University Rwanda (EAUR) on Saturday at Sainte Famille Gym ...\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police VC Sweeps EAUR to Remain in Playoff Race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police VC produced a commanding 3\u20130 victory over East African University Rwanda (EAUR) on Saturday at Sainte Famille Gym ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T17:51:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-15T18:17:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166766.47686.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police VC Sweeps EAUR to Remain in Playoff Race\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-15T17:51:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-15T18:17:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race\"},\"wordCount\":289,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2026\/02\/sm_1771166766.47686.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Police vc\",\"Rwanda\",\"volleyball\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Photo\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-sweeps-eaur-to-remain-in-playoff-race\",\"name\":\"Police VC Sweeps EAUR to Remain in Playoff Race - 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