Police were looking to thump the students and move to three points within the reach of defending champions Butali Warriors.
Police are ranked third with 20 points from ten matches and will hope that both Jaguars and Butali will have a falter at some point so as to stand a chance of reclaiming the title they last won in 201
Western Jaguars made good use of home advantage to beat former champions Kenya Police 1-0 at the Eregi Teachers Training College grounds on Saturday.
Butali, Jaguars and Police occupy the first three positions on the standings with 20, 19 and 17 points from eight matches each played in that order respectively.
Forward George Mutira struck the back of the students' goal twice to hand Butali who are bidding to retain the league title maximum points.
Kenyan men’s hockey team has dropped to position 57 on the global log due to lack of international matches.
Following the win, the 2016 league winners moved a slot high on the log with eleven points after seven matches.
The fierce rivals were to lock horns on April 30 but the union was forced to postpone the duel after rains rendered the City Park Stadium unplayable.
Butali were relegated to the third place last weekend but one after former champions Kenya Police and Wazalendo gathered maximum points.
Champions Butali were relegated to the third spot with seven points although it is worth noting that, the sugar men who were on top before last weekend’s matches, were not in action.