At the end of action on Day 5 of the Zenith Bank Women’s League yesterday, First Bank remained the only team yet to drop a point and every likelihood to declared back-to-back champions as the play season ends tomorrow at the National Stadium, Lagos.
The Elephant Girls practically won the 2006 league trophy with a well measured beating of rivals Dolphins of Lagos Wednesday. Dolphins were unbeaten until they stepped out on court against the perennial winners of the Nigerian women’s league. The First bank team added icing on their cake yesterday with a 54-45 victory over their Team B known as the Blue Angels in first game of the day. The seniors were tipped to win and played out the chorus in the sisterly duel.
But it was all battle when Delta Force squared up against AHIP of Kano in the second of Thursday. The match ended 89-59 as the Delta State team continued in their quest to finish within the top three position.
The Sunshine Angels’ match against Immigration was the one game that nobody could guess before they took the jump ball but it went the way of the Angels with a 47-35 result. The result means that the Akure-based ladies have continued on a quality run following the biggest upset of the championship they created on Monday by defeating the Customs team. The upset achieved and the result of yesterday has placed honourably on the table with the minimum stake of finishing sixth at end of the championship.
The Zenith Bank Women’s League would take the final set of matches through tomorrow with Sunshine Angels facing AHIP Queens. Experts have voted massively for the Angels but the next match between the Customs and the Blue Angels may turn out as the match of the day. Bookmakers are not certain of the Customs outing this time and as such would rather wait until after the match before knowing the winners. The First Bank match against Delta Force is the last game of the day in the four games per day fixtures.
The Zenith League began since August with the conference qualifiers that started in Asaba and then ran through Akure, Bauchi and Abuja. The closing ceremony is expected to feature side attractions such as dancers apart from the regular matches.
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