Champions Deacons suffered a weak start to the defence of their senior women’s knockout volleyball title when the preliminary rounds of that competition were served off at the Wildey Gymnasium on Monday night. In a Zone C game which meandered for over two hours, Deacons took the first set from Hill Road before losing a five-setter 25-19, 20-25, 16-25, 26-24, 13-15. After Chargers had earlier lost a five-setter to the …