{"id":267237,"date":"2025-09-29T21:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/nwu-wen-varsitybeker\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:54:43","slug":"nwu-wen-varsitybeker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/nwu-wen-varsitybeker\/","title":{"rendered":"NWU-arende vier eerste oorwinning in Varsitybeker-netbal in nege jaar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BLOEMFONTEIN.<\/strong> Dit was &#8216;n naelbyt-netbaleindstryd, maar in die laaste vyf minute was dit duidelik dat die span van die Noordwes-Universiteit vanjaar se Varsitybekerkroon met mag en mening wou h\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e1 Kovsies se oorwinning oor die Universiteit van Stellenbosch (Maties) in verlede week se semi-finaal in die Callie Human-sentrum in Bloemfontein, het dit aanvanklik gelyk of Kovsies baie gemaklik speel. Die Arende van NWU het egter in die Kovsies se nekke geblaas met die telling n\u00e1 die eerste kwart op 13-12 vir Kovsies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ook die telling teen halftyd was baie gelykop met Kovsies wat net-net met 26-24 voorgeloop het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teen die derde kwart het die gaping &#8216;n bietjie gerek met Kovsies wat met 39-34 op die telbord gaan asem skep het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"724\" data-attachment-id=\"267239\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/nwu-wen-varsitybeker\/mari-du-raan-29-spt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mari du Raan 29 Spt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt-1024x686.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vrystaatkroon.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt.jpeg?fit=1024%2C686&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mari-du-Raan-29-Spt-600x402.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kovsies se doel Mari du Raan in aksie in die eindstryd om die Varsitybeker-netbal Maandag 29 September in Bloemfontein. 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