The basketball athletes of Universitas Dian Nuswantoro (Udinus) won third place in two categories simultaneously in the national championship, SBL 2024. This achievement is the latest in a series of achievements for the Udinus Basketball Student Activity Unit (SAU), which was achieved on Wednesday (5/15/2024).
The competition was initiated by one of the private universities in Semarang City. Attended by 35 teams, the college-level competition consists of 10 men's teams, and 9 women's teams. For now, The Udinus team is happy enough to go home with third place in the men's and women's college categories.
One of the Men's Basketball Athletes, Javier Nathaniel Binsar Marpaung managed to become the top scorer of the event. Although he has not achieved the best results, he and the entire team are grateful for the support from everyone. Especially the support given by the student affairs and the academic community of Udinus.v
“This attainment is also our motivation to continue to improve and achieve better achievements. Furthermore, the evaluation will be carried out to prepare for the upcoming event," said the student who studies the Information Systems Program student.
The match took place at the Basket Sports Arena of Unika Soegijapranata Bendan Dhuwur Campus, Semarang City. Participants came from universities throughout Central Java Province, The Special Region of Yogyakarta, and even the Lampung Region.
The Udinus Men's Basketball team came out third after defeating host SCU, with a score of 94-64. Meanwhile, the Udinus Women's Basketball Team defeated the UKSW team with a score of 47-40.
Taking the Alma mater's Name to the Top
The Head of the Student Affairs Bureau (Bima Udinus), Dr. Rindra Yusianto S.Kom., MT, remains proud of the achievements made by the basketball athletes at the national level. It is hoped that this achievement can continue to motivate athletes to continue to exist in the national and international arena. To the point of upholding the name of Udinus' alma mater.
"Congratulations on the double-winning achievement by Udinus Basketball Team. All achievements at the national level deserve our appreciation. Hopefully, the athletes can give their best performance for the next match," Said Rindra. (PR Udinus/Ika. Photo: Personal. Doc.)
