Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) will be seeking to increase on their titles during this year’s Kenya University Sports Federation (KUSF) play-offs set for Kenyatta University grounds.
The three day event that starts tomorrow (Friday March 28th to March 30th), MMUST will be up to defend their overall title won last year at the Kakamega based university.
Universities head of sports Geoffrey Barasa said that they are going for more medals compared to last year when they won five titles out of 12.
“This time, we are well prepared to conquer the play-offs and I am carrying the largest contingent of seven teams. That means that we are going not shot of seven titles,” said Barasa.
In 2024, MMUST won both men and women volleyball, men and women hockey and soccer women. He says that this time, he has seven teams consisting of volleyball both men and women, hockey men and women, soccer men and women and handball women.
According to the fixtures released by KUSF, MMUST is in pool B in men volleyball alongside hosts, Zetech and Catholic University, in women, the champions’ leads pool A that has Laikipia, Chuka and Mount Kenya University.
Last year, MMUST women were 3-1 winners against Kirinyaga University in 21-25, 25-14, 25-15 and 2-15
Zetech University will be on card to defend women’s basketball title after beating United States International University (USIU) 47-29 in the final. They face Chuka, Maseno and JKUAT in pool A. in men, new champions will be crowned after Maseno missing the championships.
Playing in the Kenya Handball Federation (KHF) league, the hosts Kenyatta University (KU) and Daystar University will have an opportunity to defend the men and women handball titles.
KUSF president Kibet Rono is optimistic that the championships will showcase top talents in the universities because of what they have gone through.
“These are the top of the top championships in the calendar of universities and we hope that each one who will attend the play-offs will return home a changed person,” said Rono who assumed office November 2023 during elections.
He said that each conference produced two teams in each discipline and with six conference, they have 12 teams in each discipline.
“We selected teams from each conference, meaning we have 12 teams hoping that everybody will enjoy these championships. We hope every student will adhere to discipline and rules, same as coaches to avoid any disciplinary actions,” he said.
17TH KUSF NATIONAL PLAYOFFS B 2025
March 28th – 30th 2025 @Kenyatta University
POOLS
BASKETBALL – MEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | USIU | JOOUST | MURANGA | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | KABARAK | TTU | ANU | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | EMBU | MKU | LAIKIPIA | |
| 4 | TUM | STRATHMORE | MMUST |
BASKETBALL – WOMEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | ZETECH | TUM | KISII | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | CHUKA | UOE | USIU | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | MASENO | MURANGA | KABARAK | |
| 4 | JKUAT | STRATHMORE | TTU |
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | UoE | TUM | MERU | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | KISII | KU | STRATHMORE | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | CHUKA | RONGO | EGERTON | |
| 4 | DAYSTAR | MACHAKOS | TUK |
HANDBALL – LADIES
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | MACHAKOS | DAYSTAR | – | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | MMUST | KARATINA | EGERTON | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | GARISSA | UoE | KU | |
| 4 | EMBU | UoN | MASENO |
HOCKEY – MEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | EGERTON | TUM | CHUKA | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | MMUST | USIU | STRATHMORE | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | DeKUT | KABIANGA | MAASAI MARA | |
| 4 | KCA | UoN | GARISSA |
HOCKEY – LADIES
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | KU | MMUST | STRATHMORE | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | EGERTON | – | CHUKA | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | UoN | KARATINA | KAIMOSI | |
| 4 | – | JKUAT | LAIKIPIA |
NETBALL – MEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | KU | MASENO | MACHAKOS | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | UoE | TUM | THARAKA | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | UoN | DeKUT | KISII | |
| 4 | MERU | SPU | KABARAK |
NETBALL – WOMEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | EMBU | MASENO | UoE | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | MACHAKOS | KU | EGERTON | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | UoN | EGERTON | CHUKA | |
| 4 | KISII | CUEA | MKU |
SOCCER – MEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | STRATHMORE | TTU | MMUST | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | CHUKA | KABARAK | KU | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | MASENO | MURANGA | MAASAI MARA | |
| 4 | JKUAT | MACHAKOS | LUKENYA |
SOCCER – LADIES
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | KU | MMUST | CHUKA | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | EGERTON | TUM | ZETECH | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | THARAKA | MKU | UoE | |
| 4 | TTU | MACHAKOS | MASENO |
VOLLEYBALL – MEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | KIRINYAGA | MMUST | UOE | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | UoN | KU | CUK | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | TUM | ZETECH | KARATINA | |
| 4 | MASENO | CUEA | MKU |
VOLLEYBALL – WOMEN
| POOL A | POOL B | POOL C | POOL D | |
| 1 | LAIKIPIA | TTU | KIRINYAGA | Best Loser 1 |
| 2 | MMUST | SPU | STRATHMORE | Best Loser 2 |
| 3 | CHUKA | JOOUST | MAASAI MARA | |
| 4 | MKU | UoN | GARISSA |