Calicut crush Kochi 5- 0 in PVL

Kochi, Feb. 9 : The Pro Volleyball League saw its first white- wash of the season as Calicut Heroes crushed heavyweights Kochi Blue Spikers 5- 0 ( 1511, 15- 9, 15- 14, 15- 13, 15- 10) with a bonus point from the much- anticipated bigmatch here Saturday.

Skipper Jerome Vinith led from the front for Calicut with 16 points ( 14 spikes and 2 serves). K Praveen Kumar put up a valiant effort for Kochi with 10 points ( 9 spikes and 1 block).

Ajith Lal and Vinith also became the leading scorers of spike points with 38 and 33 respectively from three matches.

Calicut started the first set not winning points just on attack but with their immaculate defence as they raced to an 8- 4 lead entering the first Paul Lotman of Calicut Heroes prepares to spike against the Kochi Blue Spikers in a Pro Volleyball League match in Kochi on Saturday.

Technical Time Out ( TTO). Ajith Lal, Paul Lotman, Iluoni Ngampourou and skipper Jerome Vinith led the Calicut scoring business.

Right after the TTO, Calicut called for a Super Point but Lal put up a bad serve.

Kochi looked like making a comeback as they closed the gap to 9- 11 and called for a Super Point but a