January 19, 2009
OUA W-VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: NO. 9 MUSTANGS FALL TO MARAUDERS
HAMILTON, Ont. - The Western Mustangs women's volleyball team struggled against the McMaster Marauders on Saturday, losing 3-0 in Burridge Gymnasium (22-25, 16-25, 18-25).
With Western's Sarah Johnston (Stratford, Ont.) being sidelined due to injury, the women had to take to a new strategy, one that McMaster picked up on and responded to well to defeat the Mustangs. Western suffered from numerous serving and attacking errors throughout the match.
Kaila Janssen (Oshawa, Ont.) led McMaster with 13 points against the Mustangs. However, Andrea Ruste (Edmonton, Alta.) of the Western Mustangs won a game MVP with her 20 digs.
Jacqueline Robinson (Vancouver, B.C.) led Western with 8 kills.
No. 9 Western (12-2) is now tied for first place in the OUA West with McMaster. With five games remaining in the regular season, the Mustangs host Brock on Jan. 24 at Alumni Hall at 1 p.m.
Source: Mustangs Athletics
YORK 3, RYERSON 1
TORONTO, Ont. - The Ryerson Rams women's volleyball team put up a good fight Saturday afternoon at Kerr Hall, but the undefeated York Lions proved to be too much, improving their winning streak to 13 with a 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 25-18) victory.
The Rams came out strong in the first set, staking themselves to an 8-6 lead at the first technical time out and a 16-14 lead at the second break. The Lions came out swinging and were able to take advantage of a questionable out of bounds call on a Kasandra Bracken kill to take the set 25-21.
The Rams didn't let the loss deter them as the home side roared out to an 8-4 lead in the second set. The Rams spread the attack with Leah Saar (Ajax, Ont.), Carli Yim (Markham, Ont.) and Lindsay Franco (Oakville, Ont.) all recording points off kills for Ryerson. The Rams nearly let the set slip away as York tied the game at 23 late, but Ryerson's offence came through in the clutch to claim a 25-23 victory. With the win, the Rams became only the fourth team to take a set from the Lions all year.
The setback seemed to awaken the York offence as the visitors would go on to take the final two sets handily. The Lions came out strong in the third, building up a 19-12 lead en route to the 25-17 win. The Rams tried to make things interesting in the fourth, cutting an early deficit to a 20-17 score, but York would pull away to take the match 25-18.
York's offence came from all angles as both Angela Frawley (Sudbury, Ont.) and Candice Paulsen (Scarborough, Ont.) finished with 15 points. The two also combined for 27 kills, while Nadia Reider (Buenos Aires, Argentina) added 46 assists and three aces in the victory. Franco had a strong match for the Rams, posting a game-high 17 points and 14 kills. Bracken (Sherwood Park, Alta.) chipped in with seven kills, while Kaela McDowell (Toronto, Ont.) notched 31 assists.
Source: Lions Athletics
OTTAWA 3, LAURIER 2
WATERLOO, Ont. - Third-year middle Aminata Diallo (Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) had a match-high 21 kills on Saturday in a 3-2 marathon win for the Ottawa Gee-Gees women's volleyball team at the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.
The Gee-Gees, off a four-game match loss Friday at Waterloo, ran their record to 11-4 in the OUA East with a 22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12 three-hour win.
"We showed some guts tonight," said Gee-Gees head coach Lionel Woods.
Gee-Gees fifth-year leftside hitter Karine Gagnon (Granby, Que.) contributed 11 kills and 16 digs.
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics
BROCK 3, WATERLOO 2
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock Badgers women's volleyball team continued to roll in 2009 as they captured their sixth straight victory Saturday afternoon at home defeating the Waterloo Warriors 3-2 (25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13).
Leading the Badgers offence was sophomore Shannon Anderson (Newmarket, Ont.) who registered 14 kills and 15 digs for her fourth straight double-double. Senior Shauna Peddle (Stoney Creek, Ont.) contributed with 11 kills and four block solos while junior Heather Potts (Nepean, Ont.) added 10 kills and three block solos.
Sophomore setter Ally Fast (St. Catharines, Ont.) became the fastest Brock setter to record 1,000 career regular season assists finishing with 37 on the afternoon. Senior libero Kaila Wiley (Mississauga, Ont.) continued to spark the Badgers defence adding 19 digs in the victory.
For the Warriors, Bojana Josipovic (Kitchener, Ont.) led all players with a match-high 21 kills. Laura Klein (Kitchener, Ont.) and Kate Flanagan (Burlington, Ont.) contributed with 14 kills each in the loss.
Source: Badgers Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
January 16, 2009
McMaster 3, Windsor 1
Western 3, Guelph 0
Waterloo 3, Ottawa 1
Brock 3, Laurier 2
January 17, 2009
York 3, Ryerson 1
Guelph 3, Windsor 0
Lakehead 3, RMC 0
Brock 3, Waterloo 2
McMaster 3, Western 0
Ottawa 3, Laurier 2
January 18, 2009
Toronto 3, Ryerson 0
Queen's 3, Lakehead 0
With Western's Sarah Johnston (Stratford, Ont.) being sidelined due to injury, the women had to take to a new strategy, one that McMaster picked up on and responded to well to defeat the Mustangs. Western suffered from numerous serving and attacking errors throughout the match.
Kaila Janssen (Oshawa, Ont.) led McMaster with 13 points against the Mustangs. However, Andrea Ruste (Edmonton, Alta.) of the Western Mustangs won a game MVP with her 20 digs.
Jacqueline Robinson (Vancouver, B.C.) led Western with 8 kills.
No. 9 Western (12-2) is now tied for first place in the OUA West with McMaster. With five games remaining in the regular season, the Mustangs host Brock on Jan. 24 at Alumni Hall at 1 p.m.
Source: Mustangs Athletics
YORK 3, RYERSON 1
TORONTO, Ont. - The Ryerson Rams women's volleyball team put up a good fight Saturday afternoon at Kerr Hall, but the undefeated York Lions proved to be too much, improving their winning streak to 13 with a 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-17, 25-18) victory.
The Rams came out strong in the first set, staking themselves to an 8-6 lead at the first technical time out and a 16-14 lead at the second break. The Lions came out swinging and were able to take advantage of a questionable out of bounds call on a Kasandra Bracken kill to take the set 25-21.
The Rams didn't let the loss deter them as the home side roared out to an 8-4 lead in the second set. The Rams spread the attack with Leah Saar (Ajax, Ont.), Carli Yim (Markham, Ont.) and Lindsay Franco (Oakville, Ont.) all recording points off kills for Ryerson. The Rams nearly let the set slip away as York tied the game at 23 late, but Ryerson's offence came through in the clutch to claim a 25-23 victory. With the win, the Rams became only the fourth team to take a set from the Lions all year.
The setback seemed to awaken the York offence as the visitors would go on to take the final two sets handily. The Lions came out strong in the third, building up a 19-12 lead en route to the 25-17 win. The Rams tried to make things interesting in the fourth, cutting an early deficit to a 20-17 score, but York would pull away to take the match 25-18.
York's offence came from all angles as both Angela Frawley (Sudbury, Ont.) and Candice Paulsen (Scarborough, Ont.) finished with 15 points. The two also combined for 27 kills, while Nadia Reider (Buenos Aires, Argentina) added 46 assists and three aces in the victory. Franco had a strong match for the Rams, posting a game-high 17 points and 14 kills. Bracken (Sherwood Park, Alta.) chipped in with seven kills, while Kaela McDowell (Toronto, Ont.) notched 31 assists.
Source: Lions Athletics
OTTAWA 3, LAURIER 2
WATERLOO, Ont. - Third-year middle Aminata Diallo (Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) had a match-high 21 kills on Saturday in a 3-2 marathon win for the Ottawa Gee-Gees women's volleyball team at the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks.
The Gee-Gees, off a four-game match loss Friday at Waterloo, ran their record to 11-4 in the OUA East with a 22-25, 25-17, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12 three-hour win.
"We showed some guts tonight," said Gee-Gees head coach Lionel Woods.
Gee-Gees fifth-year leftside hitter Karine Gagnon (Granby, Que.) contributed 11 kills and 16 digs.
Source: Gee-Gees Athletics
BROCK 3, WATERLOO 2
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - The Brock Badgers women's volleyball team continued to roll in 2009 as they captured their sixth straight victory Saturday afternoon at home defeating the Waterloo Warriors 3-2 (25-22, 25-19, 20-25, 21-25, 15-13).
Leading the Badgers offence was sophomore Shannon Anderson (Newmarket, Ont.) who registered 14 kills and 15 digs for her fourth straight double-double. Senior Shauna Peddle (Stoney Creek, Ont.) contributed with 11 kills and four block solos while junior Heather Potts (Nepean, Ont.) added 10 kills and three block solos.
Sophomore setter Ally Fast (St. Catharines, Ont.) became the fastest Brock setter to record 1,000 career regular season assists finishing with 37 on the afternoon. Senior libero Kaila Wiley (Mississauga, Ont.) continued to spark the Badgers defence adding 19 digs in the victory.
For the Warriors, Bojana Josipovic (Kitchener, Ont.) led all players with a match-high 21 kills. Laura Klein (Kitchener, Ont.) and Kate Flanagan (Burlington, Ont.) contributed with 14 kills each in the loss.
Source: Badgers Athletics
OUA SCOREBOARD
January 16, 2009
McMaster 3, Windsor 1
Western 3, Guelph 0
Waterloo 3, Ottawa 1
Brock 3, Laurier 2
January 17, 2009
York 3, Ryerson 1
Guelph 3, Windsor 0
Lakehead 3, RMC 0
Brock 3, Waterloo 2
McMaster 3, Western 0
Ottawa 3, Laurier 2
January 18, 2009
Toronto 3, Ryerson 0
Queen's 3, Lakehead 0
