Report by: Talha Iqbal (Senior Rep)

UCL sports gala was held from 11th November to 17th November. Cricket Hardball matches were to be conducted from 11th-14th November while the other sports matches were to be held from 15th-17th November.

LUMS Volleyball (female), Basketball (male) and Cricket team participated in the event. LUMS cricket team, on 11th November, faced LHR GİANTS as its only opponent and got knockout of the series. LUMS Basketball (male) got a walkover on its first match against LSE and faced GCU in its second match. After a tough match, the Basketball team lost 38-25 from GCU.

LUMS Volleyball team (female), however, faced two teams i.e. UOL and FAST. The team played best of three against UOL and won two sets. The final was against FAST comprising of 5 sets. İn the end, the LUMS Volleyball female won the final.

Report by: Safwan (Senior Rep)

The tradition of LUMS vs IBA home and away series each year was upheld this time around too as LUMS Cricket Team traveled to Karachi to compete in a fiercely fought three-match series between the two teams.

The first match was a low scoring encounter where IBA chased down 118 in the final over to start of the series with a win. In the second match, LUMS turned up with their A-game, chasing IBA’s mere target of 111 with 9 wickets to spare. These results made sure that the 3rd match was a virtual final, where IBA edged home in a tightly contested match to secure the series 2-1.LUMS gave a target of 135 runs which IBA chased down in the last over.

Zair Riaz was declared the Man of the Series for his all-round performance.

Event Head: Hashim Javed

Clash of Societies was held on the 21^st of November 2019 by Sports at LUMS (SLUMS). Event head Hashim Javed along with their able team pulled off a fun-filled event for the Societies of LUMS. There was a high turnout of societies intending to showcase their prowess in every sport. Keeping up with SLUMS promise to women empowerment, the participation of females was compulsory in every team. Overall the societies participated enthusiastically in the event and enjoyed the facilities that the LUMS sporting community had to offer to them. At the end of the event, results were analyzed, and awards of Winners and Runner-ups of the respective sports were announced.

The event consisted of four sporting events for both boys and girls. The sports included Tug of War, Dodge-the-ball, Volleyball and Arm Westling. Overall eleven societies registered for the event. It can be estimated that more than 200 players participated in the event

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Report by: Sharjeel Javed (Junior Rep – Basketball)

The basketball team management at SLUMS showed great initiative by organizing friendlies against opposing universities in Karachi.

Their first match was against Habib University on Thursday, 14^th November. They achieved a comprehensive victory over Habib and the final score was 47-22. They were led by exceptional performances by forwarding Sharjeel Javed who was able to collapse the opposing defense using strong drives towards the rim. Guards, Haider and Rumi, also had brilliant performances as they orchestrated the offense and shot lights out.

The next match was played against IBA on the 15th of November. Due to some poor play in the first half, the LUMS team found themselves down by 17 in the first half. However, they rallied behind some strong performances by forwarding Aaraiz and clutch 3 point shots by Rumi. At the end of regulation, they tied the game 55 all, however they lost in overtime courtesy of some controversial calls by the ref.

Their final match was against NED on the 16th of November. The game remained close throughout however LUMS was able to seal the game after back to back buckets by Sharjeel and 2 clutch free throws by Aaraiz at the end of the 4th quarter.

Overall the LUMS Basketball team performed exceptionally well and their only loss came in overtime.