Prisons surrender to Egypts Sham in Tunisia

Former champions, Kenya Prisons were jolted back to reality on Monday when they lost their third 2016 Women’s African Club Championship game 1-3 to El Shams of Egypt after emphatically opening their campaign with two victories on the bounce in Tunis, Tunisia.

Shams took the first two sets 25-18 and 25-11 before the Kenyans rallied to take the third 25-19 but any hopes of staging a comeback dissipated when they went down 20-25 in the fourth. The Egyptians registered their third straight victory in their pool.

Prisons Played well but made mistakes in attack and reception in the first and second sets which laid the platform of the defeat after beating Cameroon side Injis then South Jos of Nigeria in their opening two group encounters.

They also failed to get more points from blocking but are still determined to qualify for the quarters after Tuesday’s match against Ndelle Energie from Gabon.

“We played our match very well though we lost to El Shams of Egypt. I think the girls did their best though our best was not good enough. We made so many unforced errors but it is still a learning process especially for the young girls who did a lot of things,” head coach, David Lung’aho

“Lilian Lelei who just came from school played well, she helped to score many points, Ann Lowem and Yvonne Wavinya they all did their level best. El Shams is experienced but the most important thing for us is to confirm that we are qualifying for the quarter finals and then we plan from there,” the tactician added.

Kenya Pipeline play Cameroon’s FAP on Tuesday.

Earlier, home team Carthage of Tunisia, Pipeline and Shams of Egypt were yet to taste defeat after two rounds of pool matches at the tournament.

Prisons launched their title campaign on a high in their first match, beating Injis of Cameroon 3-0 (25-19,25-17,25-23) while local champions Pipeline also won their opener in straight sets (25 -20, 25-15, 25-17).

Prisons then South Jos of Nigeria 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-8) as the tournament entered day two.

The hosts beat Rwandan Revenue Authority 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-7) in Pool A, while seven-time champions Pipeline were taken the distance in 148 minutes to overcome 2014 champions GSP of Algeria 3-2 (22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19, 15-12) in Pool C.

Shams of Egypt hammered Cameroon’s Injis 3-0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-21) in Pool D.

In other encounters, Mashaal Bejaia of Algeria treated spectators to another thrilling epic tiebreak victory over Ndejje of Uganda 3-2 (25-19, 21-25, 19-25, 25-22, 15-11) in Pool A. Wilaya Bejaia of Algeria upset Bafia of Cameroon 3-0 (25-29, 25-29, 25-17) in Pool B.

Pool B featured also the first win for Nigeria’s Jos South over Ndella of Gabon 3-0 (25-11, 25-11, 25 -13).

Carthage led pool A, while Ahly topped pool B and Pipeline controlled Pool C. Shams and Kenya Prisons equally dominate Pool D.