Volleyball
Al Ahly started their 2017 women’s African volleyball club championship campaign with a 3-1 (25-14, 25- 21, 18-25, 25-16) victory against 5 time winners Kenya Prisons on a Day 2 showdown of the competition’s Pool B match at MZALI hall on Friday.
Pool B also saw a big win for emerging Tunisian side Marsa, who thrashed Algeria’s Bejaia 3-0 (25-13, 25- 22, 25-17). Favourites Pipelines of Kenya hammered APR 3-0 (26-24, 25- 14, 25- 12) in Pool C to put themselves well on course towards the title they’ve won 7 times before. Algerian GSP Club realised their first victory against Bafia of Cameroon in pool D winning 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-17).
Tunisia’s Sfaxien dominated their match against ARSU (Seychelles) in pool D winning in straight sets of (25-15, 25-16, 25-22), while Egypt’s Shams won big against Cameroon’s FAP 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-12).
In the second Pool A match, INJS of Cameroun eased past Ivory Coast’s Asec Mimosas 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-22), a Pool that started with a big Day 1 victory for hosts Carthage against Uganda’s Ndejje 3-0.
Day 2 Results
INJS (CMR) v ASEC (CIV) 3- 0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-22) Pool A
Marsa (TUN) v Bejaia (ALG) 3- 0 (25- 13, 25- 22, 25-17) Pool B
Ahly (EGY) v Prison (KEN) 3-1 (25-14, 25- 21, 18-25, 25-16) Pool B
Army (RWA) v Pipeline (KEN) 0-3 (24-16, 14-25, 12-25) Pool C
Bafia (CMR) v GSP (ALG) 0-3 (12-25, 14-25, 17-25) Pool C
Sfaxien (TUN) v ARSU (SEY) 3-0 (25 – 15, 25 – 16, 25 -22) Pool D
FAP (CMR) v Shams (EGY) 0-3 (9-25, 7-25, 12-25) Pool D
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