Date:18/09/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/09/18/stories/2007091857342000.htm

Sport - Sports : General

Karunya clinches title

Sports Reporter

Coimbatore: Host Karunya University got the better of Loyola College (Chennai) 3-2, via tie-breaker, to clinch the football title in the 15th Karunya Evangeline South India-level tournament at the Karunya campus on Sunday. It was Karunya’s maiden title.

Karunya’s Yesudas came up with a good effort in the 10th minute of the first half. The Chennai team fought back to level the score through striker Siva midway through the second session.

In the tie-breaker, Karunya netted three to Loyola’s two.

Madras Christian College (Chennai) defeated Pachaiyappa’s College (Chennai) 3-2, via tie-breaker, to take the third spot.

The results (league):

Basketball: Sathyabama (Che) bt Malabar Christian (Ker) 51-23; MCC (Che) bt Bishop Heber (Try) 46-26; Kabaddi: Loyola (Che) bt Presidency College (Che) 31-22; Kongu Arts (Karur) bt Karunya (Cbe) 22-10; Volleyball: SRM (Che) bt Karunya 25-7, 25-14, 25-13; Sri Krishna (Cbe) bt PSG CAS (Cbe) 25-21, 25-16, 25-17.

Football (final): Karunya bt Loyola 3-2, via tie-breaker; Third place: MCC bt Pachaiyappa’s (Che) 3-2, via tie-breaker.

Final standings: Basketball: 1. Sathyabama (Che), 2. MCC, 3. Malabar Christian, 4. Bishop Heber; Football: 1. Karunya, 2. Loyola, 3. MCC, 4. Pachaiyappa’s.

Women: Basketball: MOP Vaishnav (Che) bt Jyothi Nivas (B’lore) 40-22; Govt. Brennen (Thalassery) bt Ethiraj (Che) 52-30; bt MOP Vaishnav 63-41; Ethiraj bt Jyothi Nivas 42-32.

Volleyball: Ethiraj bt VSR Govt. College (AP) 25-16, 25-22; Govt. Brennen bt Ethiraj 25-21, 26-24.

Final standings: Basketball: 1. Govt. Brennen, 2. MOP Vaishnav, 3. Ethiraj, 4. Jyothi Nivas; Volleyball: 1. Govt. Brennen, 2. Ethiraj, 3. Alphonsa, 4. VSR Govt. College.

Big win for Dolphin

Dolphin Cricket Club posted a comfortable 91-run win over Janaranjani Sports Club in the Canara Bank-CDCA third division league at the TNAU grounds on Sunday.

The scores:

Dolphin CC 258 in 48.5 overs (S. Prasanna 68, G. Sanjeev Kumar 79) bt Janaranjani SC 167 in 40.5 overs (Vignesh Manikandan 53, R. Radhakrishnan four for 27).

Coimbatore Friends CC 284 for nine in 50 overs (G. Karthikeyan 50, Atheesh Sankaran 47, K. Thiagu 46) bt Rainbow Wizards CC 155 in 37.5 overs (J.P. Venkatesh 44).

Kaleeswar CC 230 for nine in 50 overs (S. Arun 68, A. Saravana Kumar 44) bt R.S. Puram CC 201 in 47.3 overs (Arvind 53).

Friends RC 189 in 42 overs (N. Senthil Raj 64, A. Mohammed Ismail 44, R. Loganathan four for 34) bt Senthil Srinivasan MC 121 in 26.3 overs (B. Balasubramaniam five for 26).