Men's Volleyball Squad Win National Colleges Cup.

NUL College 2-0 Petroc

After winning the toss NUL chose to serve and started with some good serves from Joe Richardson to take an early lead which really set them tempo of the whole game. Petroc came back into the game but once some good passing from Cameron Rhodes and hits from Zakk Hadgett and Jordan Adelburgh Newcastle raced into the lead. Once Will Richardson saw a run of 8 serves becoming unanswerable from Petroc it was only a matter of time that Newcastle would take the first set 25-14. Again in the second set Newcastle started well but Petroc gathered some flow to keep a tight second set close up until the scores reached 14-14. Jordan Adelburgh then showed some class and experience in some great hits. Cameron Rhodes chipped in with some big winning points too. Newcastle reached 24 leaving Petroc behind on 18. A late rally from Petroc saw the scores 24-22 but the reliable Joe Richardson set up Connor Grimes for a lovely improvised winner that brought the game to an end at 25-22. A well deserved MVP went to captain Will Richardson who hit 6 winning points from a possible 6 sets and never gave Petroc a sniff with his relentless accurate serving. Some individual great performances today but an outstanding team performance from all players saw the national knock out cup brought back to NULC academy towers!