Roundnet (often also referred to as Spikeball) is a team sport in which the two players on opposing teams hit a ball onto a stretched net, but preferably in a way in which the opposing team member cannot catch the ball before it touches the ground. The sport is enjoying fast popularity with new clubs forming all over Austria. The first world championship was held last year.

Unisport Austria scheduled a UAM Roundnet tournament for the first time as a new sport and the JKU’s University Sports Institute (USI) agreed to organize the games. Six teams from universities at the TU Vienna, University of Vienna, Montanuniversität Leoben, Univ of Innsbruck, and the JKU Linz took advantage of the great weather on the campus that day to compete simultaneously on six courts at the Johannes Kepler University and vie for the coveted title of UAM Champion.

The Roundnet team from the Austrian capital set the tone on tournament day. They played in duels, with each duel consisting of 3 matches; a women's match, a men's match, and a co-ed match. In the end, the TU Vienna beat the University of Vienna, bringing home the title "Austrian Academic Champion". The University of Innsbruck came in third, ahead of the University of Leoben. The JKU had two teams and while they came in last, the team members – and organizers – still enjoyed a very successful event.