Kenya Prisons lose to Etoile du Sahel in opening game
What you need to know:
- Prisons now have to pick themselves quickly up and win their two remaining group D games against Cote d'Ivoire and Benin to stand a chance of progressing to the quarters from that pool.
- The competition enters day two on Saturday.
Kenya Prisons lost in straight sets of 25-16, 25-16 and 25-17 scores to Tunisia's Etoile du Sahel, on the opening day of the men's Africa Club volleyball Championship in Tunis on Friday night.
As expected, this turned out to be a tough contest for the Kenyan champions against the host team, even though the set scores suggest the losers put up a brave fight away to an experienced opponent who was backed by an intimidating crowd.
Prisons who are coached by veteran Gideon Chenje, now have to pick themselves quickly up and win their two remaining group D games against Epoire (Cote d'Ivoire) and Benin's AS Police to stand a chance of progressing to the quarters from that pool.
Meanwhile, results of day one in this competition highlighted a show of might for the north african clubs, even as the east african sides struggled to cope.
Another Tunisian club Esperance were also on the winning side, trouncing Libya's Ahly Beni Ghazi 3-0 (25-12, 25-23 and 25-18).
It wasn't all heart break for the Libyans though as Assarya came out 3-2 (25-20, 24-26, 26-28, 25-14 and 17-15) victors over Rwanda's University of Kibungo.
Also, Algeria's Borj Bouaririj eased to a 3-0 (25-21, 25-14 and 25-17) win over Burkina Fasso's AS Douanes whilst seasoned campaigners FAP of Cameroon overcame Sudan Alnahda 3-0 (25-20, 25-16 and 26-24).
The competition enters day two on Saturday.
