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30 May 2022

UMP VOLLEYBALL TEAMS MAKE HISTORY

UMP signed up to participate in a tournament that was organised by Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University for teams to test themselves before the upcoming USSA national championship in July. The three-game lineup was important for UMP – not only to test themselves but also to select their team to represent the institution in the USSA championship. UMP came out firing in their first two clashes when they took on NWU and SMU, with the results in favour of UMP.

It was the last game against UL that UMP dominated every aspect of the game. However, they also made way too many costly mistakes which saw them narrowly missing out on making it three out of three.

UMPUMP Volleyball ladies team.

The other institutions who took part in the tournament are, Sefako Makgatho, North West University, University of Limpopo, University of Johannesburg, Wits University and University of Venda. The results were as follows:

Men's team
1. UMP 01 vs 00 NMU
2. UMP 01 vs SMU
3. UMP 01 vs UL

Ladies' team 

UL Navigators VS UMP
Scores: 30:27
Points: 1:0

2. UL Navigators VS UMP
Scores: 30:21
Points: 1:0

3. NWU VS UMP
Scores: 30:20
Points: 1:0

4. SMU VS UMP
Scores: 30:19
Points 1:0

5. TUT VS UMP
Scores: 00:30
Points: 0:1

The team’s overall performance demonstrated a significant improvement when compared to previous years. UMP coach, Mr Sandile Nkosi, praised the team's performance and stressed that they need to improve so that marginal errors can be avoided.

This improvement could signal the start of big things to comes from UMP Volleyball.


@ Story and Pictures by UMP Sports.