NAIROBI, Kenya, June 1 – Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) women’s volleyball team sauntered into the finals of the national league playoffs with a 3-0 win over Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a one-sided semi-final at the Kasarani Indoor arena on Saturday morning.
The sleuths were easy pickings for the bankers, who won 25-21, 25-23 and 25-16 to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their best-of-three series.
The first meeting between the two sides on Friday was more competitive, ending 3-2 (25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 17-25, 16-14) in favour of KCB.
The national league champions will now await the winner between Kenya Pipeline and Kenya Prisons with the two locked at 1-1 after two matches of the best-of-three series.
The prison wardress surprised the oil merchants in straight sets on Friday, winning 25-21, 25-23 and 25-16 in a high octane encounter at the Kasarani Indoor arena.
However, the African Club Championships bronze medalists recovered to win 3-1 in a thrilling encounter at the same venue on Saturday afternoon.
Coach Esther Jepkosgei’s ladies won 25-11 and 25-17 in the first and second sets before Josp Baraza’s charges won 25-16 in the third one.
However, the 2022/23 champions wrapped the game with a 28-26 in the decider set to set up a tantalising third match at the same venue on Sunday.
