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Nigeria lost to Host Cameroon 0-3 (16-25, 13-25, 18-25) in their second match of the Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon on Thursday.
The head coach of Nigeria's women's volleyball team, Samuel Ajayi, has vowed that his team will go all out against Burundi at the ongoing 2023 African Senior Women's Nations Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon.
Nigeria lost to Host Cameroon 0-3 (16-25, 13-25, 18-25) in their second match of the Volleyball Championship in Yaounde, Cameroon on Thursday.
Nigeria had a strong start to the first set but the much more seasoned Cameroonian team stifled their aggression 25 to 16 points. In the second set, which they won by a score of 25 to 13 points, the Cameroon team wasted no time in making a strong statement.
The Cameroonians caught up and won the third set by 25 to 18 points after Nigeria had led by 8 to 0 points.
Ajayi stated his teammates' performance versus Cameroon was remarkable, admitting that the Cameroonians' three-set victory over Nigeria was a fortuitous break.
He said, "I am impressed by the performance my players put up against Cameroon. My team did not show the Cameroonians any respect throughout the game.
"The Cameroonian women's volleyball team is more exposed than my team and is just returning from a three months training tour in Malabo. Cameroon is the defending Champion, Olympian, and World Championship attendee.
"With the performance of the Nigerian team, Cameroon got lucky to have won us by three straight sets in the encounter."
He said Nigeria will not underrate Burundi and take every set with total seriousness.
Ajayi said, "I do not expect anything less than three points in the match against Burundi today. We are not going to take it likely and I have informed my players not to underrate any team in this championship because there are lots of surprises.
"We will go all out as we did against Cameroon yesterday."
Nigeria's next game will be against Burundi.
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