Nigeria will be up against Kenya in the quarterfinals of the ongoing 2023 African Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Nigeria lost 2-3 (16-25, 18-25, 25-23, 26-24, 6-15) to Algeria in their last group stage match at the multipurpose sports hall on Sunday.
Despite Sunday’s loss, the team made it to the quarter-final, where they would face the East Africans.
The Nigerian women recorded two wins against Mali and Burundi as well as three losses in the hands of Cameroon, Egypt, and Algeria in the group stage.
The head coach of Nigeria women’s volleyball team, Samuel Ajayi, said losing the fifth set to Algeria was painful after mounting a comeback from 0-2 down in the first two sets to draw level at 2-2.
Ajayi said all attention will be shifted to the quarterfinals of the championship as Nigeria faces the silver medallists at the 2019 African Championship in Rwanda.
He said, “I am not happy with our loss against Algeria in the last group…