Litto VC of Cameroun made it through to the last eight in the championship following their 3-1 (25-22, 25-18, 18-25, 25-17) over Chief Naval of Staff of Nigeria on Tuesday.
There was a series of beautiful rallies as players attacked from the serve, all racking up points. LTV look sharped after a tussle for points, super spiked at set point for a 25-22 win for LTV.
It was much closer in the beginning of the 2nd set. LTV came out narrowly on top. Quick attacks and well-crafted blocks helped them to extend lead. CNS pulled closer. A monster block from CNS showed their fighting spirit, but LTV closed the set out 25-18.
CNS piled on the pressure and LTV seemed to run out of steam, good spiking and an ace helped give CNS an 14-7 lead, CNS was on fire and an unfortunate LTV fault at the end of the set gives CNS the win in the third set 25-18.
It was all to play in the 4th set, CNS wanting to level, LTV fighting to secure quarterfinal berth. At the end it was LTV whose spirit was merited with a 25-18 set win and 3-1 match victory.
