Panaji: St Xavier's Mapusa clinched the men's and women's inter-college table tennis titles defeating V M Salgaocar Law and MES respectively.
Results: (Men) St Xavier's bt V M Salgaocar 3-2. Myron Pereira bt Kenric D'Souza 11-1, 11-9, 11-5; Nandu Bharati lost to Suneet D'Mello 5-11, 9-11, 12-14; Ryan Pinto lost to Sarullo Fernandes 10-12, 9-11, 8-11; Myron bt Suneet 13-11, 11-7, 11-7; Nandu bt Kenric 11-4, 11-3, 11-6. Earlier in the semi-finals, St Xavier's defeated P Chowgule 3-1 while Salgaocar trounced MES 3-1.
Women: St Xavier's bt MES 3-1. Lorena Pinto bt Preeti Kulkarni 11-5, 11-9, 13-11; Tereza D'Souza lost to Nashinha Aswani 8-11, 2-11, 6-11; Unaine D'Souza bt Surbala Khadapkar 11-6, 11-7, 11-2; Lorena Pinto bt Nashinha 11-0, 11-5, 11-6. In the semi-finals, St Xavier's edged out Padre Conceicao 3-2 while MES downed Don Bosco 3-0.
Fr Paul D'Souza, rector of Don Bosco, Panaji, was the chief guest and gave away the prizes. Meanwhile, the inter-college judo championships will be held on August 4 and 5 at Peddem-Mapusa.