GNDU spikers upset Awadh

KURUKSHETRA, November 11: Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, trounced last year’s All-India champion RML Awadh University, Faizabad, 25-13, 25-13, 29-15 on the third day of the North Zone Inter-University Volleyball (men) championship at Kurukshetra.

In another match, Punjab University, Chandigarh, beat Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, 25-21, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15. Panjabi University, Patiala, defeated CCS University, Meerut, 25-19,25-13, 25-16. Earlier, the host Kurukshetra University beat PTU, Jalandhar, 25-6,25-5, and 25-14 in a one-sided match while HPU, Shimla, defeated Jammu University 25-13, 25-13, 25-9. The quarterfinals commence tomorrow.