Pro Volleyball | Chennai Spartans beat Kochi Blue Spikers to set up summit clash with Calicut Heroes
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Chennai Spartans have made it to the final of the inaugural edition of Pro Volleyball by beating Kochi Blue Spikers in a five-set thriller 3-2 (16-14, 9-15, 10-15, 15-8, 15-13). Man of the Match Ruslans Sorokins was the top-scorer for Chennai with 17 total points in the second semi-final.
The first set started with both teams in no mood to
The script of the second set looked to follow the same route as first as both teams were cancelling out each other until 5-5. At that point, Kochi Blue Spikers called for a Super Point and converted with a Manu Joseph spike to lead 7-5. Kochi went into the TTO with an 8-5 lead. Chennai called for a Super Point when 6-9 down in the set and failed to convert. Kochi had now established a five-point advantage at 11-6. It was
In the third, Kochi raced into an early 3-0 lead. Down 3-7 in the set Chennai called for a Super Point and converted. Winning the Super Point wasn’t enough as a Manu Joseph spike helped Kochi to an 8-5 lead at TTO. Kochi was now thriving on the momentum from the previous set they now led 10-5. Lee and Joseph led from the front in the set as each scored 4 and 3 points respectively to win the set 15-10.
It was do-or-die for Chennai in the penultimate set and Chennai established a 7-6 lead. At that point, Kochi called for a Super Point. Umpire called the serve from Chennai out and when it seemed, they had won the point, Chennai called for a review and it went in their favour and it became a Super Serve. As a result, Chennai went into the TTO leading 8-6. Chennai kept on piling the pressure and also converted off Kochi’s Super Point to eventually win the set 15-8 to take the match into the decider.
Chennai had the momentum in the fifth. In spite of a close fight for points till 4-4, Chennai picked up their game as
Chennai Spartans will now play Calicut Heroes in the final of Pro Volleyball League on February 22 in Chennai.