 The 7th Ayva Cup started last Thursday (April 1) at Bilkent University with the first games of the tournament taking place at the Main Campus Sports Hall with crowds of fans.
The tournament contained both men and women categories and participating teams came from Bilkent University, Başkent University, Hacettepe University and METU. Three matches took place in the first day:
Bilkent: 42 - METU: 45 (Women)
Bilkent: 47 - Baskent: 41 (Men)
METU: 65 - Hacettepe: 61 (Men)
The first game of the day was between the women teams of Bilkent and METU. In the first period, METU took the lead and increased the score interval. In the second and third period, METU was very successful in keeping the score advantage. In the last period, Bilkent's efforts were not enough to take the lead and the game finished with a close score of 45-42.
 The Men's teams of Bilkent and Baskent competed in the second game of the day. In the first period, Baskent had a good start, but Bilkent took the lead in the end. During the second period, we watched a very close game between two teams and both teams continued their performance in the third period. Bilkent was able to keep the lead till the end of the game and got the victory with a score of 47-41.
“We had a great tournament today, all teams played very successfully,” said head couch of the Bilkent teams Kağan Eynak. “Although, our women's team could not win the match, I am satisfied with their performance. I am also pleased with the men's team for their victory. I congratulate the participating teams and wish them luck for the next games.”
The coming fixture is listed below:
Tuesday, April 13 at Hacettepe Beytepe Campus
4 p.m. Bilkent - Hacettepe (Women)
5:30 p.m. Başkent - Hacettepe (Men)
7 p.m. METU - Bilkent (Men)
Thursday, April 15 at Bilkent Main Sports Hall
4 p.m. Hacettepe - METU (Women)
5:30 p.m. Başkent - METU (Men)
7 p.m. Hacettepe - Bilkent (Men)
Mehmet Ali Salman (MAN/II)
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