VIJAYAWADA: The South Zone inter-university men’s volleyball tournament 2019 began at SRR and CVR Government Degree College in Vijayawada on Tuesday.
A total of 56 matches were played on the first day of the five-day tournament.
GITAM University entered the second round post a walkover by Karunya Institute of Technology and Science, Tamil Nadu, as the latter was not present for the match. Andhra University beat Vellore Institute of Technology (25-15, 25-13, 25-17).
Dravidian University won against Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University, while Dr NTR University of Health Science lost against University of Hyderabad (25-20, 13-25, 25-19, 19-25, 15-13).
Rayalaseema University lost to Davangere University 24-26, 25-10, 25-15, 25-19 while JNTU Kakinada defeated Ramkrishna Mission Vivekananda Edn & Res (25-22, 25-14, 25-20). Krishna University also qualified for the next round by defeating University of Agricultural Sciences (25-7, 25-6, 25-7).