Sensational Malkia Strikers Stage Mighty Comeback To Down Cameroon
12th July 2019
Following the hard-earned victory, Kenya finishes top of the group and thus will avoid hosts Egypt in the semis, instead they will now face off with Senegal while Cameroon plays the home side in Saturday’s games
- The national women’s volleyball team did exceptionally well to come from two sets down to stun Cameroon 3-2 in their final Group B match at the African Women Volleyball Nations Championship in Cairo
- The West Africans looked to be heading for a clean sweep of their new rivals, but Malkia Strikers exhibited a commendable team effort to win the next two sets to force the game into a tiebreaker
- Cameroon won the first two sets 25-18 and 25-16 before the Kenyans raced back to contention winning 27-25 and 30-28 before slamming the door on Cameroon’s faces with a 15-10 win in the decider
CAIRO, Egypt- The
national women’s volleyball team Malkia Strikers stormed back from two
sets down to stun Cameroon 3-2 in their final Group B match at the African
Women Volleyball Nations Championship in Cairo, Egypt on Thursday night.
The West Africans looked
to be heading for a clean sweep of their new rivals, but Malkia Strikers exhibited
a commendable team effort to win the next two sets to force the game into a tiebreaker.
Following the
hard-earned victory, Kenya finishes top of the group and thus will avoid hosts
Egypt in the semis, instead they will now face off with Senegal while Cameroon
plays the home side in Saturday’s games.
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“I am happy we won
it was a tough game. We started slow and were not fully in the game but we made
some changes and key players changed the game for us.
“We explored their
weaknesses and I am happy we did our part. We can use this momentum as energy
for the next game,” head coach Shaileen Ramdoo underlined.
Cameroon won the
first two sets 25-18 and 25-16 before the Kenyans raced back to contention
winning 27-25 and 30-28 before slamming the door on Cameroon’s faces with a
15-10 win in the decider.
Ramdoo fielded an
experienced starting seven with Brackcedes Agala and Edith Wisa starting in the
middle.
“The way the game
started, it seemed like we were going in for a straight sets loss and that is
not Kenya. We have shown that we have the stamina and we earned our respect. We
will bring this Cup home,” setter Janet Wacu offered.
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Cameroon were better
starters leading 8-6 and 16-13 at the first and second Technical Time Outs
(TTOs). They continued the same form in the second set leading 8-2 and 16-7 at
each punctuation.
The third set seemed
to be heading in similar direction with Cameroon leading 8-3 at the first TTO,
but squeezed the game to 16-15 at the second.
They took the lead
for the first time in the game going 18-16 up before stretching to 20-16, but
let the feet off the gas peddles for Cameroon to race back and tie the game at
23-23.
The point for point
wave continued until the two sides tied at 25-25 before Malkia hit two quick
ones to win the set.
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In the fourth set,
Cameroon led 8-6 and 14-16 and the first and second TTOs, looking all set to
bounce back from their stumble.
Kenya kept their
chase and the point for point game raced on before Kenya nicked it to set the
game to a tiebreaker.