Samator, Bank BNI grab volleyball title<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Home favorite Bank BNI women's volleyball club
\nhas retained the 2000 national volleyball league title while East
\nJava-based Samator outclassed Bank BNI for the men's title.<\/p>\n
Bank BNI women's club had no trouble in defeating Petrogres of
\nGresik, East Java, 3-0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-16) on the third day of
\nthe league's final four at the Senayan basketball hall on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Bank BNI topped the standings with nine points from three wins
\nand no losses from the overall three matches, making it the first
\nclub to win the title three times in a row since the league was
\nkicked off in 1998.<\/p>\n
Petrogres, Perhutani of Bandung and Yuso of Yogyakarta shared
\nfour points each from one win and two losses, but Petrogres
\noutshone Perhutani and Popsivo in match points difference.<\/p>\n
Perhutani beat Popsivo 3-1 (25-15, 25-18, 22-25, 25-14). Both
\nteams finished third and fourth respectively.<\/p>\n
Bank BNI's men's team failed to follow up on the women's
\nachievement. It finished at the bottom after only winning one
\nmatch and losing two.<\/p>\n
The team, which boasts many national players, gave up to
\ndefending champion Yuso 1-3 (25-23, 24-26, 23-25, 20-25) late on
\nSaturday. It only managed to win one set on Sunday before falling
\ndown to the eventual champion Samator 1-3 (22-25, 19-25, 25-18,
\n19-25).<\/p>\n
Yuso was second after it overcame Perhutani, which was third,
\n3-1 (25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 25-13).<\/p>\n
Bank BNI's team captain Siti Nurjanah expressed hope that her
\nteam could perform better in the 2001 league despite winning the
\ntitle.<\/p>\n
\"This is the highest we can achieve with the minimum of
\npreparation. We only trained for 10 days. I'm not satisfied with
\nour performance today. Hopefully, the team can become more
\nsolid,\" said the mother of Abdillah Gani, 2.<\/p>\n
Nurjanah, who was selected as best player of the league, said
\nshe would choose to attend the volleyball training program for
\nthe 2001 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games despite the fact that she
\nhad also been called up by the Indonesian Rowing Association.<\/p>\n
\"I have been training for volleyball for quite a long time. I
\nwant to get something to remember in this year's SEA Games. Who
\nknows, maybe I will quit the sport after that,\" said Nurjanah,
\nwho has participated in three SEA Games and one Asian Games.
\n(ivy)<\/p>",
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