Calicut Heroes defeat U Mumba Volley, reach final

: Calicut Heroes defeated U Mumba Volley 3-0 (15-12, 15-9, 16-14) in the semifinal of the inaugural Pro Volleyball League here Friday and become the first team to reach the final.

Skipper Jerome Vinith led the scoring for Calicut with 12 points (10 spikes and 2 serves) whereas Vinit Kumar was the leading scorer for U Mumba with 7 points (4 spikes and 3 blocks).

The first set started with Calicut taking the early advantage with a 4-2 lead.

Calicut entered the first Technical Time Out (TTO) with a two-point advantage at 8-6.

U Mumba called for a Super Point at 6-9 and successfully converted the same with a Pankaj Sharma spike taking U Mumba within a points distance.

They soon levelled the score at 10-10, Calicut now called for a Super Point and converted as Sharma misdirected his spike.

The score stood at 12-10 in Calicuts favour.

Calicut emerged on top as Vinit Kumars second service error handed them the set.

The second set saw a close tussle in the initial stages before .