AAG 2015: Contrasting fortunes for Ghana in Volleyball

Ghana opened her All African Games campaign with a well-deserved win over Congo in the Women Volley Ball contest.

The impressive Ghanaians coasted to a 3-0 win over their Congolese opponent in Pool A.

The men’s volley team were however spanked 3-0 by Cameroon despite their impressive display in the tournament openers.

Also in the women category, Nigeria won three straight against Mozambique to announce their presence in the group in grand style.

A keenly contested 25-19, 25-21 and 25-21 won the game for the Nigerians earlier in the opening matches. A 3-0 win for the Nigerians pumped Ghana into life against the unlucky Congolese.

Ghana’s Mary Addai and Kokoe Bavon combined to score 26 points in an opening 3-0 win over the host nation in Pool A.

Ghana won the tie 25-11, 25-20 and 25-21 in a nerve ending 74 minutes of volley ball action.

Kenya held off Algeria to win 3-1 in group B ahead of the second round of fixtures.

Pool A: Ghana, Senegal, Congo Brazzaville, Seychelles, Egypt and Botswana

Pool B: Nigeria, Mozambique, Algeria, Kenya, Cape Verde and Cameroon.

In the men category, Cape Verde edged Seychelles 3-2 in a thrilling battle in group B whiles Egypt eased past Mozambique 3-0 to open their tournament.

Cameroon spanked Ghana 3-0 to open their volley competition in the men’s category.

Promising performances from the emerging Ghanaians raised hopes ahead of future matches in the tournament.

The men volley ball team play Rwanda on Sunday, September 6, 2015.