DERBY University's women's volleyball team were beaten in their Midlands Conference Cup final – but they pushed a strong University of East Anglia side all the way in a three-set loss.
Having been formed only in September, it was the team's first year in action and coach Raj Bual says they can be proud of their progress.
"The scoreline is how the game went but it's not how the players performed," said Bual.
"We performed well – and better than I expeced originally."
Derby took an early lead in the first set before East Anglia fought back to 16-16. It was nip and tuck up to 25 each before East Anglia nicked the set 28-26.
The second set was a similar story, with Derby just unable tofind the winning point at 24-23 before going 2-0 down.
In the third, Derby hauled back a deficit to level it at
20-20 before East Anglia pulled away to a 25-21 win.
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