Published: Sep 26, 2014, 07:02 PM (IST)
Edited: Sep 26, 2014, 07:02 PM (IST)
Incheon: Sep 26, 2014
Indian volleyball teams had a mixed day with the women spikers entering the quarter-finals but their male counterparts losing their final preliminary group encounter at the 17th Asian Games here Friday.
The women’s team recorded a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Maldives in the last-eight qualification match, winning 25-12, 25-7, 25-11 in 54 minutes at the Ansan Sangroksu Gymnasium.
The Indian team raced away to a comfortable lead right from the start. Tiji Raju top scored with 16 points. India take on China in the last-eight clash Saturday. But at the Songnim Gymnasium centre, India’s male spikers went down fighting 0-3 against Iran in their last Group C match, losing 22-25, 22-25, 18-25 in one hour 11 minutes.
The Indians put a brave fight but lacked the edge as they were narrowly defeated in all the three sets. Lavmeet Katariya top-scored for the team with 11 points but it wasn’t enough. The men’s team is second Iran in the group with two wins out of the three matches. They had earlier beaten Hong Kong 23-25, 25-18, 25-16 and 25-21 and Maldives 25-10, 25-19, 25-17.
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