South C stun Marist University in Langata Sports tournament

Women football team goalkeeper is beaten during a past training session. Oserian beat Leeds Kisumu in the FKF Women League over the weekend. [PHOTO: FILE/STANDARD]

By REBECCA GICHANA

Women premier league side Oserian Ladies beat new comers Leeds Kisumu 4-1 over the weekend.

Jacinta Auma scored a brace to help her team past the hosts and take home three points in their last match of the first leg to end the Kisumu tour on a high.

Juliet Muhehe scored the opener just seven minutes into the match to give the Naivasha based side a 1-0 lead in a fixture palyed at  the Jomo Kenyatta Sports Grounds, Kisumu.

Irene Okuta scored the second goal for Oserian after 35 minutes while Jacinta Auma added two in the 58th and 70th minute of the match. This was a second win for the flower girls after they defeated another Kisumu based side Galactico Youth 2-0.

Oserian head coach Johnson Mukhwana was a happy man after earning the six points away and finishing the first leg with the two wins.

“It was a successful outing in Kisumu and I give credit to all my players who coordinated very well to register the wins,” said the tactician.

Deserved break

He added: “We will take a two-week break in order to prepare for the second leg. I will use the opportunity to recruit new players in the team to prepare well for the league. I will bring on new blood in the defence that has not been stable throughout the first league with three players, one striker and a midfielder.”

This is the first time Oserian is taking part in the premier league after participating in the second league tie division one last season and qualified from the Eastern Zone.

Kakamega Muslim put their sorrows of losing 2-0 behind after the Saturday encounter against Mombasa based Spedag to beat Kilifi based side Moving the Goal Post 2-0.

Langata sports

Elsewhere, South C edged Marist International University College 2-0 to win the Langata Sports Tournament.

The two-day tournament that was played at the Marist International University College attracted seven football, volleyball and basketball men with only three women’s team taking part in volleyball.

Marist beat the tournament’s favourites Mugumo  Ini  2-1 in the semi finals while South C beat Karen 4-3 in post match penalties after both teams settled for a barren draw. Karen had beaten Mugumo Ini 2-0 to take the third position in the first edition of the tournament.

Highrise  beat Marist 2-1 in the men’s volleyball finals while Mugumo Ini women beat the hosts Marist 2-1.

Mugumo Ini men’s basketball team beat Highrise 65-42 at the same venue.

Langata Member of Parliament Joash Olum, who was the tournament sponsor,  said the event was a great initiative to bring youths together in the region.

“This will be an annual event,” said Olum. “The initiative has brought the youth together and this will boost the peace initiative in the region and we encourage many young people to embrace sport.”