After losing to Cameroon in her second match 0-3 (16-25, 13-25, 18-25) on Thursday, the Nigeria national women’s volleyball team have returned to winning ways at the ongoing 2023 African Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship in Yaounde,
In their third match on Friday at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports de Yaounde, Nigeria pummeled Burundi 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-9) to record their second win of the championship.
The head coach of Nigeria women’s volleyball team, Samuel Ajayi, said the players got their rhythm against Burundi despite struggling in the first set.
Mr Ajayi revealed that with adequate exposure, especially international friendlies, the team will improve drastically.
He said, “My players lived up to expectations during the match against Cameroon on Thursday and we struggled in the first set against Burundi but picked ourselves together at the end of the day.
