Kaduna State on Tuesday in Lagos defeated Team Niger 25-20; 25-20; 17-25 in the women’s volleyball event at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival.
The encounter, which took place at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, saw Team Kaduna battling to overwhelm hard fighting Team Niger.
The game lasted over an hour.
Reacting to the development, Leo Christopher the coach of Team Kaduna described the match as “intense’’.
He said that the opposing team were no push over, and described the officiating as fair.
“It was a tough match that we played, they came all out to win which meant that the match could have gone either way; as for officiating it was fair enough,’’he said.
Meanwhile Abubakar Taofeek the Head Coach of Team completely disagreed with the submissions of Christopher.