{"id":95564,"date":"2025-02-09T15:40:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T15:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/police-vc-overcome-gisagara-vc-in-thrilling-league-battle"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T15:43:08","slug":"police-vc-overcome-gisagara-vc-in-thrilling-league-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/police-vc-overcome-gisagara-vc-in-thrilling-league-battle","title":{"rendered":"Police VC overcome Gisagara VC in thrilling league battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Police VC avoid a possible upset from Gisagara VC and overcame them in four sets (25-22,25-22,14-25,25-20) in an intense game held at Petit Stade indoor gymnasium on Saturday, February 8.<\/p>\n<p>Fred Musoni\u2019s side has been in fine form but Gisagara, coached by Joseph Ndahiro, were eager to beat the odds and stop them at any cost.<\/p>\n<p>However, Police remained a tough customer before the Southern Province-based side, going on to claim the opening set 25-22.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Gisagara trying hard in the second set to even the scores, Musoni filled his six men in the court with both outside hitters Bettim Matheus and K Elphas Makuto, leading the charge, hence winning the set 25-22 to lead the game with a 2-0 set lead.<\/p>\n<p>Gisagara VC captain Gloire Niyonkuru motivated his teammates as they regrouped themselves to win the third set 25-14. There was a possibility to bring the game 2-2 level and force the game into tiebreak but Police couldn\u2019t allow it as they claimed it 25-20 to sum the game up with a 3-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda Energy Group, in another fixture, beat East African University (EAU) in three straight sets (25-23,25-21,25-11).<\/p>\n<p>An earlier volleyball spectacle was opened by Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) who eased past IPRC Huye women\u2019s club in three straight sets (25-15,25-17,25-13) while Police VC defeated Wisdom VC 3-0 (25-216,25-18,25-15).<\/p>\n<p>The round 9 games of the second phase of the league continues on Sunday, February 9, when Kepler take on RP Ngoma at 3 pm. APR VC go head to head with KVC while, early in the morning from 9 am, in women\u2019s category, Ruhango VC face APR as RP Huye meet Kepler.<\/p>\n<p>All games will take place at NPC gymnasium in Remera.<\/p>\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 avoid a possible upset from Gisagara VC and overcame them in four sets (25-22,25-22,14-25,25-20) in an intense game held at Petit Stade indoor gymnasium on Saturday, February 8. 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