African U18 champions Pamela Bawa and Joy Lawrence saw their campaign end on Day 4 as Nigeria exit Youth-Olympics volleyball following a 2–0 quarter-final loss to the Netherlands’ Jara Both and Matilda de Groot in Saly.

Pamela and Joy advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s Beach Volleyball after dominating their Round of 16 clash against Thailand’s Ainthira Ninsonthi and Phattanan Wongnongwaeng with a 2-0 win on Monday.

The Netherlands pair showed why they are unbeaten so far by winning the first set, 21-14 in 17 minutes, against the Nigerians in Saly.

In the second set, the Nigerian pair saved a match point at 16-20, but it wasn’t enough as the Netherlands closed out the game with a 21-6 result.

Nigeria Exit Youth-Olympics Volleyball

The Netherlands’ Jara Both and Matilda de Groot won with a total of 42 points to Nigeria’s 30 points in 35 minutes.

Joy Lawrence had 12 attack points, with 8 successful digs, out of Nigeria’s 11 successful digs.

Three Dutch blocks and none for Nigeria made all the difference at the net.

The pair are the African U18 champions and were the last African team in the competition.