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The victory marked a triumphant homecoming for UCU, which has now hosted the AUUS Games a record four times.
The Uganda Christian University (UCU) Cardinals have beaten the Makerere University Enzymes to win gold at the Association of Uganda University Sports (AUUS) games. The Cardinals went back and forth with the Enzymes in normal time and the game ended goalless.
Both UCU Canons and Lady Canons receiving fierce rivalry and attacking threat from the two sides of Victoria University, there was minimized point margin compared to other teams they played before the final.
With the FUFA Women’s Super League coming to an end, the UCU Lady Cardinals are in an unsafe position, currently ranked ninth in the league with only 14 points and two matches remaining. Despite recently winning the FUFA Women’s Cup, there are still worries over whether their cup success can translate into league survival.
It is the Trinity semester at Uganda Christian University (UCU), different from the ones before, coming right at the peak of the year. It is the perfect moment to check in on the goals we set at the beginning of the year.
Lady Cardinals made a double change introducing Sandra Kisakye and Meble Kusasira for Winfred Atimango and Peace Aloyo.
UCU Canons returned to winning ways with a remarkable 92-72 victory against Power in a National Basketball League encounter at Lugogo Arena.
“We learned early that relationships would be the key to the success of the program,” said Mark Bartels, now executive director of a USA-based nonprofit, Uganda Partners. “Beyond the essential rapport with the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU) and UCU was that the program provided relationships with other students, host families, faculty members and supervisors – primarily Ugandans.”
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