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Second victory for Nigeria,
Tunisia and Kenya
Abuja, Nigeria, September 10-: Kenya, Nigeria and Tunisia claimed
their second victory in row over the defending champions Egypt,
Cameroon and Botswana in day two of the fifteenth Women's African
Nations Championship here in the indoor Hall of the National Stadium
of Abuja, Nigeria.
In the match of the day in Pool B, Kenya took the revenge form the
Egypt team who defeated them in the final of the last competition in
their homelands as they achieved 3-1 Victory (25-16, 28-30, 25-20,
25-19) in a match showing much thrills. The emerging Kenyan players,
Asha Makuto and Emily Chemutay played a great role in their team's
victory aided by the experienced players Violet Barasa and Ndasaba
Dorcas. Egypt tried to come back after they won the second set
narrowly through wing spiker Sherihan Abdel Kader and the efficient
libero Sara Talaat, but the Kenyan players were much better and
control the match to bring the important victory.
In the same pool the emerging Morocco clinched a straight sets
victory over Cote d'Ivoire 25-9, 25-8, 25-9 in a one side game
lasting only 48 minutes. Kenya led Pool B with four points ahead of
Egypt and Morocco both with three points The organizers Nigeria
succeeded to bring their second victor
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