Kathmandu, Nov. 16 -- Karnali Yashvis cemented themselves as the dominant force in the franchise women's volleyball scene of Nepal after winning the 2nd Everest Women's Volleyball League on Saturday. It was a consecutive EWVL title for Karnali, who faced Lalitpur Queens, the same opponent from the first season, in the final played at Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu.

The second season of the EWVL, the first franchise-based women's club volleyball league in South Asia, started between six teams in Pokhara on September 5. However, after the eighth and ninth league-stage matches were completed on September 8, the tournament was suspended following the September 9 Gen Z uprising throughout the country.

The six teams had brought in foreign pla...