Uganda, April 26 -- The opening games of the men's National Volleyball League semi-finals largely went as unexpected at Old Kampala Arena last weekend.

After a 3-2 win over Sport-S in their second meeting of regular season, many believed that Uganda Christian University (UCU) had a bit more to show in the playoffs but they were swept 3-0 last Sunday and were left with a lot of soul searching to do ahead of Game Two today.

In the other match-up between KAVC and Nemostars, the latter were seen as outright favourites but the former came from a set down twice to win 3-2 and set up what should be an edge of the seat second meeting tomorrow.

Here is what we learnt from all four sides last weekend.

Sport-S technical experience

Sport-S could...