{"id":4276,"date":"2021-03-05T22:32:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2021-03-05T22:32:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:32:36","slug":"u18-girls-volleyball-championship-cameroon-humble-nigeria-in-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/u18-girls-volleyball-championship-cameroon-humble-nigeria-in-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"U18 Girls Volleyball Championship: Cameroon humble Nigeria in opener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Cameroon humbled Nigeria in front of home fans in straight sets 3-0 (28-26, 25-21, 25-21) at the indoor sport hall of the MKO Abiola Stadium at the ongoing 2021 U18 Girls African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nigeria fought hard in the first set of the game but could not overcome the hungry Cameroonians losing narrowly by 26-28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second set, Nigeria started on the front foot by 19-14 points with sponteanous attacks but the Central Africans fought back to upset their hosts to claim 25-21 points at the end of the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameroon continued their fine form and made it tough for the West Africans with a 16-8 lead. Now the Nigerians looked rattled as they struggled to cope against their visitors, who eventually snatched a 25-21 third set win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head Coach of Cameroon U18 Girls Volleyball team, Emile Tongtong said his team were more technically sound that the Nigerian girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n