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Day 2
Tunisia and Kenya teams fly with second victory, Algeria stars
of the day
 Blida,
Algeria, July 15, 2007-: The host teams Algeria men and women
were the stars of the second day of the volleyball competition
of the ninth All Africa Games here at both Moustafa Tchaker and
Lysee Sportif halls in Blida, Algeria on Sunday as they both
achieved their second victory to lead their corresponding pools
in the preliminary round. Tunisia and Kenya men and women teams
achieved straight victories also in a day full of excitement and
big spectators’ attendance.
In men’s competition, the defending champions the two big arc
rivals Egypt and Tunisia achieved their second victory in a raw
in the competition pool B in their way to secure the semifinal
tickers of this pool. The defending champions, Egypt needed 69
minutes to clinch a straight sets victory over the last
competition bronze medalists 3-0 (26-24, 25-19, 25-19). Egypt
used their well known opposite Ahmed Salah to spike from
position 2 and came as the match scorer with 15 points equal to
the Cameroon star Patrice Ndaki. The victory raised the win-
loss ratio of the Egyptians to 2-0, while Cameroon dropped to
1-1.
Tunisia fought well against a strong opponent, Nigeria to bring
their second victory 3-0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-23). The Tunisian
head coach Lotfi Slimane used most of his line up but of them
the wing spikers Salem Mejri and Khalid Belaid were the
superstars specially the first who was the match scorer with 15
points. The victory raised the Tunisian ratio also to 2-0, while
Nigeria dropped to 0-2.
Senegal men played a collectively good match to achieve their
first victory over Botswana 3-1 (25-23, 17-25, 25-23, 25-22).
Senegal used their big gun Pape Ngom in spiking from all
positions as he came as the match scorer with 15 points. Senegal
also was superior in net action specially in block to improve
their record to 1-1 in two matches. Botswana dropped to 0-2.
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pool A South Africa showed much improvement under the leadership
of their experienced coach Al Wassimy than their first match as
they swept Ghana 3-1 (25-21, 25-15, 21-25, 25-21). The
experience dstar Freedom Chiya played a good match and came as
his team scorer with 16 points. The winners secured their
defense through their impermeable block of Gershon Rotich as
well as the improved backline defense and controlled the attacks
of Ghana to achieve their first victory that raised their score
to 1-1 in 2 matches. Ghana dropped to 0-2.
Algeria aided by a big number of local spectators set their
second victory in Pool A over the struggling Ghana 3-0 (25-22,
25-12, 25-14). The host team went clear to the top of the pool
with four points from 2 victories. Ghana dropped to 0-2 and came
at the bottom of the pool.
Kenya followed the footsteps of their women counterparts for the
second day in a raw. The team aiming to achieve the same crowns
clinched a straight sets victory over Seychelles (25-22, 27-25,
25-20). The second set was the most exciting in the match
specially when Seychelles improved their defense to oppose the
Kenyan tall spikers. Kenya raised their ratio to 2-0, to come to
the top of the pool with Algeria, while Seychelles dropped to
0-2.
In the women competition the Tunisian team continued their
superior performance and ensured that they are coming to compete
for a medal in the podium as they set their second victory in
Pool B over Nigeria 3-1 (25-16, 25-22, 16-25, 25-17). The
Tunisian spiker Nihel El Ghoul came as the match star and scored
18 points. Although Nigeria did well and led by the professional
star Esther Dusu who plays for African club champions Al Ahly of
Egypt but they couldn’t stop the attacks of Nihel and her
colleagues. Tunisia secured their position at the top of the
pool with 4 points from 2-0 ratio while Nigeria dropped to 0-2.
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the same pool of death Kenya women the queens of African
volleyball found it easy to achieve their second victory in a
raw over Senegal 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-16). Senegal became 0-2.
The Kenyan team used their well known efficient spikers
Catherine Wanjiru and Docoras Ndasaba to control the match from
the start till the end. The last African champions equalized
Tunisia at the top of pool B with 4 points from 2-0 ratio.
Cameroon women reached their peak performance when they clinched
a respected victory over the favorites Egypt 3-1 (25-23, 16-25,
26-24, 25-16) in pool B. the Cameroon team superstar Ondoua
Messina came as the match scorer and with here 19 points she did
a lot for her team. Engy El Shamy came as the Egyptian scorer
with 16 points. Cameroon maintained themselves at the top of the
pool with 4 points from 2-0, while the 2003 silver medalists
Egypt dropped to 0-2 and left only a narrow window to qualify to
the final 4.
Pool A showed the organizers Algeria playing their best to pull
of a valuable victory over Ghana 3-0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-13) in 59
minutes, using their big guns Faiza Tsabet and Lydia Oulmou and
the big support of the home spectators. Faiza used her
unstoppable spikes from all net positions and came as the match
scorer with 20 points. The home team maintained their position
at the top of pool A with 4 points from 2 victories while Ghana
dropped to 0-2.
Day 3 programme 16/07/2007
Hall Mustapha Tchaker Hall Lycée Sportif
10H.00 25 D B Kenya – Tunisia
12H.00 27 H A Kenya - Ghana 28 H B Botswana - Egypt
14H.00 29 D B Nigeria – Cameroon 30 D B Senegal - Egypt
16H.00 31 H B Nigeria - Cameroon 32 H B Tunisia - Senegal
18H.00 33 D A Algeria - Seychelles 34 D A Ethiopia - South
Africa
20H.00 35 H A Algeria – South Africa 36 H A Seychelles - Congo
Photo Caption
Tunisian double block against Nigeria
Big attendance of spectators at Mustafa Tchaker Hall
Ghana Men in time out
Double block of Algerian women team against Ghana
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By Tarek Al Adwar CAVB Press
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