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2006 Women under 21
African Nations Championship- Day Two
Second Victory for the
Great favorites Egypt and Tunisia
 Alexandria,
Egypt, September 17-: The competition big favorites Egypt and
Tunisia clinched their second victory in the second day of the
eleventh Women’s Under 20 African Nations Championship at Union
club hall in Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday to ensure their usual
positions as pioneers of the African volleyball. The organizers
and defending champions Egypt had a straight sets victory over
Nigeria easier than expected while the new look Tunisia defeated
the will Built Senegal team after better struggle from the
losers. It is well known that the winners of the competition
will secure the 2007 World Championship African vacancy of this
age category.
The highly motivated Egyptian youngsters managed their situation
well all through the match to pull of a wide victory over the
previous runner up Nigeria 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-20). The Cuban
head coach of the Egyptian team Juan Martinez used his
outstanding line up to control the net through the high
performance of the middle player Hagar Badr and wing spikers
Salma Badr and Marwa Yassin. After Egypt swept the first two
sets in less than 35 minutes, Nigeria came to the match very
late through their fast attacks by the net to come near but
finally Egypt won the set 25-20 to achieve their second victory
and lead the standings with the point ratio ahead of Tunisia
which achieved also their second victory.
The skillful Tunisian team brought their victory over Senegal in
straight sets (25-18, 25-18, 25-20) in about an hour of
efficient spikes of the front line players as well as the
adjusted backline defense.
`Competition day three will feature two matches as Egypt meets
Senegal aiming to secure their leadership to the competition in
absence of their Arch Rivals Tunisia who will have a rest day on
Monday, while Nigeria plays Seychelles seeking a ranking
position
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