National women’s volleyball team, Malkia strikers leave Serbia for the world
championship that serves off in Netherlands and Poland. The team leaves with their
heads high after concluding their two and half-monthly training program with a 3-
0(25-18, 25-19, 25-11) win over Serbian national team B.
They had lost 3-0 on Saturday to the Serbian league champions Red Stars Belgrade.
Captain Mercy Moim will lead the team in the Netherlands, and she is optimistic of
beating the 2021 African Champions in Cameroon and Puerto Rico. The team has
been in Brazil for close to two months, where they won three out of the 10 build-up
matches they played in before flying to Serbia for two more friendly matches.
Kenya has made seven appearances at the global event, but they have never made it
to the second stage. However, Moim said they intend to win two matches against
Cameroon and Puerto Rico and make the history of making it to the next stage.
She said this after the win against the Serbians, “We have learned and improved a
lot, and we look forward to giving our best in the Netherlands.” Paul Bitok the team coach,
said they have been working on their weakness in Brazil and said the training has
enabled the player to improve on individual performances. Former Brazil under – 23
national coach Luizomar de Moura who has been seconded to the Kenyan team by
FIVB said the players have changed the Kenyan Volleyball face.
The Serbian youngster tried to mount to come back in all three sets and Kenya continued
with their perfect show to win the match and sign off in styles as they left for
The Netherlands.
ROSE OCHIENG, Kiambu