TN, Railways bag men's and women's volleyball titles

Tamil Nadu and Railways today bagged men's and women's titles respectively in the 62nd Senior National Volleyball Championship here today.
Tamil Nadu thrashed Uttarakhand in the men's summit clash 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-14).
Naveen Raja Jacob and G R Vaishnav smashed the backbone of Uttarakhand defence in the first set. The second set saw explosive spikes by TN's Jerome Vinit and Naveen.
Furious jump serves by Naveen gave no chance to Uttarakhand in the final set as last year's runners-up Tamil Nadu ran away with the winners trophy.
Last edition champions Kerala finished third after defeating Services 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-10).

In the women's final match, defending champions Railways hammered Kerala 3-1 (25-17, 25-10, 23-25, 25-21) to retain their title.

Captain Minimol Abraham and Soumya V their way to take the first set. Set two was again dominated by Railways as Minmol kept striking. Kerala fought back in third set as S Rekha attacked smartly.
Railways did not allow Kerala any further leeway in the fourth set and wrapped up the match and the title.
Tamil Nadu secured third place in women's section by thrashing Haryana 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-21).