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Kenyans face Rwandans after falling to Egyptians

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Kenya’s men’s volleyball face Rwanda today in their second match of the on-going World Championship Zone “H”second round qualifiers in Kigali Rwanda.

KUSA- VolleyballKenya’s men’s volleyball face Rwanda today in their  second match of the on-going World Championship Zone “H”second round qualifiers in Kigali Rwanda.

Kenya’s men’s volleyball face Rwanda today in their  second match of the on-going World Championship Zone “H”second round qualifiers in Kigali Rwanda.

They opened their campaign with a 2-3 (25-23, 20-25, 17-25, 25-18 and 13-25) loss to Egypt on Tuesday evening.

As expected, Kenya coach Gideon Chenje paraded the Turkey based Michael Chemos and Phillip Maiyo, Sila Makiso, the recently crowned Kenya Volleyball Federationl “Player of the Season” Cornelius Lagat, James Ontere and Alisha Aliwa. Buoyed by three professional players among them Ontere who plays in Cyprus, the Kenyans took quick points thanks to Maiyo’s explosive spiking to be 10-6 up at the first technical time out.

They opened the lead to 16-12 on their way to a 25-23 first set win. Egypt  comfortably took the second (25-20) and third ( 25-17) before Kenya levelled at two sets-all with a 25-18 fourt set win.

There was no stopping the North African in the fifth set. With both sides having to sets at their disposal, the fifth set was played at high pace, it saw the teams tie at 2-2, before Kenya led at 6-4, 8-6.

But it was Egypt who had the final laugh closing in 9-10, 13-11 and 15-13 to win the clash. Commenting on the match, Chenje said, “The match was unpredictable, all along we knew they would be a hard nut to crack, we gave it our all but unfortunately luck was not on our side.”

As expected, Kenya coach Gideon Chenje paraded the Turkey based Michael Chemos and Phillip Maiyo, Sila Makiso, the recently crowned Kenya Volleyball Federationl “Player of the Season” Cornelius Lagat, James Ontere and Alisha Aliwa.

Buoyed by three professional players among them Ontere who plays in Cyprus, the Kenyans took quick points thanks to Maiyo’s explosive spiking to be 10-6 up at the first technical time out.

They opened the lead to 16-12 on their way to a 25-23 first set win. Egypt  comfortably took the second (25-20) and third ( 25-17) before Kenya levelled at two sets-all with a 25-18 fourt set win.

There was no stopping the North African in the fifth set. With both sides having to sets at their disposal, the fifth set was played at high pace, it saw the teams tie at 2-2, before Kenya led at 6-4, 8-6.

But it was Egypt who had the final laugh closing in 9-10, 13-11 and 15-13 to win the clash. Commenting on the match, Chenje said, “The match was unpredictable, all along we knew they would be a hard nut to crack, we gave it our all but unfortunately luck was not on our side,”

As expected, Kenya coach Gideon Chenje paraded the Turkey based Michael Chemos and Phillip Maiyo, Sila Makiso, the recently crowned Kenya Volleyball Federationl “Player of the Season” Cornelius Lagat, James Ontere and Alisha Aliwa.

Buoyed by three professional players among them Ontere who plays in Cyprus, the Kenyans took quick points thanks to Maiyo’s explosive spiking to be 10-6 up at the first technical time out.

They opened the lead to 16-12 on their way to a 25-23 first set win. Egypt comfortably took the second (25-20) and third ( 25-17) before Kenya levelled at two sets-all with a 25-18 fourt set win.

There was no stopping the North African in the fifth set. With both sides having to sets at their disposal, the fifth set was played at high pace, it saw the teams tie at 2-2, before Kenya led at 6-4, 8-6. But it was Egypt who had the final laugh closing in 9-10, 13-11 and 15-13 to win the clash.

Commenting on the match, Chenje said, “The match was unpredictable, all along we knew they would be a hard nut to crack, we gave it our all but unfortunately luck was not on our side.”

By AGNES MAKHANDIA, The Star


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