The Nigeria Women’s Volleyball team will be battling it out against Algeria on Thursday for the fifth position at the ongoing African Senior Women’s Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaounde.
The Nigeria team defeated Morocco 3-0 (26-24, 25-21, 27-25) in the 5th to 8th classification match on Wednesday to set up a tasty clash with the Algerians who had beaten them earlier in this same competition.
Team Nigeria with nothing to lose changed her starting team with Aliyat Usman, Kelechi Ndukauba, Happy Wushilang, and Blessing Unkwe making the starting six against Morocco.
The youthful side produced a wonderful performance coming from a deficit of five points to win by 26 to 24 points.
Coach Samuel Ajayi maintained the same players in the second set as the combination of Ijeoma Ukpabi and Happy Wushilang came to the fore, dismantling the Moroccans. Nigeria led comfortably with the support of the crowd winning by 25 to 21 points.
