Kenyan volleyball clubs eye quarterfinal berths at continental championship

 Former champions KCB, Kenya Prisons and Kenya Pipeline are out to secure the Women's African Clubs Championship quarterfinal slots when they take to the court in round of 16 matches this evening, beginning 4pm, at the Moshood Abiola Stadium Indoor Arena in Abuja, Nigeria.

First on the court will be Kenya Prisons who will face off with Rwandese Police Volleyball Club at 4pm. The clash will see Police attacker Meldina Sande face her former club, who last won the gong in 2013.

Pipeline, who topped Pool 'D' unbeaten, will be next on the court at 6pm, against Botswana’s Spiking Stars, while 2022 champions KCB take on Nigeria Customs Service from 8pm.

Should KCB advance to the quarters, they will likely face defending champions Zamalek who have been lined up against Cote d’Ivoire’s Club Omnisports Descartes from 8pm.

The Kenyan teams will be eyeing a better finish this year after the Egyptian teams Zamalek and Al-Ahly stopped a dream all-Kenyan affair final between KCB and Kenya Pipeline in last year's showpiece.

The Egyptian giants have always been a thorn in the flesh for the Kenyan sides, having stood in their way to the final on most occasions.

KCB and Pipeline have Zamalek in their way to the final while Kenya Prisons have a possibility of facing last year's silver medallists Al-Ahly in the quarterfinal.

The two-week volleyball extravaganza, which has entered its eighth day, is expected to conclude on April 14.