The Sathaye-Burhani final was closer, stretching to four games. Mahesh Kagawale and National Bhavesh Parmar spiked well to rally Burhani, but Jaymin Parab, Ninad More and Yogesh Bhambid helped Sathaye through 25-19 25-16 20-25 25-20. The winners will represent Mumbai in the state championship at Nagar, from November 2-4.

BPCA, Pendharkar on par

BPCA and Pendharkar were tied with equal points as the women's league in the Inter-college handball tournament entered its final phase at Somaiya, Vidyavihar. Both have four points from two matches in the semi-final league. Today, BPCA beat NM Commerce 8-7, while Pendharkar accounted for CHM 2-1.In the men's league, KJ Somaiya Arts and Commerceand Mahatma began their campaigns with rousing wins.

Results

Men's league: KJ Somaiya 23 (Karan Patel 10, Suraj Nambisan 5, Sachin More 4, Nilesh Jadhav 3) bt NM 15 (Chinmaya D 5, S Kulraj 4, R Ashutosh 4); Mahatma 26 (Ajay Kulkarni 7, Sushant T 6, Munnalal Yadav 6, S Dinesh 2, G Mahesh 2, K Parikshit 2) bt CHM 16 (Sandesh Gotpagar 6, Sagar Kulkarni 6, Milan Bhojane 2, Manmandir Singh 2); (QF): CHM 16 (Sandesh Gotpagar 7, Sagar Kulkarni 2) bt Mithibai 9 (Sandeep Bhatia 7); Women's league: BPCA 8 (Sabina Silveira 6, Surekha Remedios 2) bt NM 7 (Shruti Jain 4, Gandha Koneri 2, G Prakruti); Pendharkar 2 (Meenal Landge, Shraddha Joshi) bt CHM 1 (M Angelina).

Ruia bow out

Ruia felt the absence of Shalaka Damle today, as they lost 0-2 to St Xavier's College in the women's third round of the Inter-college badminton team championship at University Pavilion today. Shalaka, who had fetched Ruia a title two years back, has given the tournament a miss due to injury.

Results

MenTeam C'ship (4th round): Jai Hind bt Xavier's 3-1; RA Podar bt Bhavan's 3-0; RD National bt Lala 3-1; KC Law bt KC 3-0; Joshi Bedekar bt Elphinstone 3-0; Sydenham bt Finolex 3-0.

Women Team C'ship (3rd round): Bhavan's bt NM 2-0; RA Podar bt Jai Hind 2-0; SIES Arts bt SIES Commerce 2-0; Xavier's bt Ruia 2-0.