CIS women's volleyball Saturday roundup

Photo credit Lindsay Franco, McMaster

Toronto	3	RMC	1	Final	Boxscore
KINGSTON, Ont. - Charlotte Sider and Shannon Rossall tallied 15 points each as the Varsity Blues women’s volleyball team defeated the RMC Paladins 3-1 (17-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-22) in their 2011-12 season opener in Kingston, Ont. Sider tallied a team-high 14 kills, while Rossall added 10 kills, two aces, six digs and four blocks on the day. Second-year leftside hitter Rebecca Crosier had eight kills and 13 digs and both Alexandra Hudson and Devan O’Connor had 11 points in the win. Norah Collins led the Paladins with 15 kills and 24 digs for a game-high 24 points in the loss. The Varsity Blues return to the court next Friday, October 28 as they host the Lakehead Thunderwolves in their 2011-12 home opener at the Athletic Centre Sports Gym. Game time is set for 6 p.m. Source: Toronto Sports Info
Windsor	0	York	3	Final

Waterloo	3	Ottawa	0	Final	Boxscore
OTTAWA - After a 3-0 win over the Guelph Gryphons on October 21, the Gee-Gees were unable to complete the season-opening weekend sweep on the following day, as they fell 3-0 against the Waterloo Warriors. uOttawa had already beaten the Warriors twice in the preseason. “Today, Waterloo just played full out, full throttle, and at full speed, right from the beginning,” said Gee-Gees head coach Lionel Woods. The first set was quite sloppy as the Gee-Gees made a lot of uncharacteristic errors to start the match. The Warriors took advantage of uOttawa’s mistakes to take an 18-11 lead, but behind the solid play of second-year LS/RS Karina Krueger Schwanke (Blumenau, Brazil), the Gee-Gees made a 10-2 run to take a 21-20 lead. Unfortunately for Gee-Gees fans, the rally would end there as Waterloo took the first set, 25-21. “Our first contact didn’t help us get our offence going. On scrambles, we have to be more aggressive. I think we just played a bit tentatively,” said Woods. The Warriors carried the momentum into the second set as they took an early 11-8 lead. But the Gee-Gees finally showed some signs of life on offence as the uOttawa hitters started to connect on third-year setter Christina Grail’s sets (London, Ont.). In the end, the Gee-Gees simply made too many unforced errors, and lost 25-19. “Physically, we pushed back against them in game two, and I thought it was a great set, but we made a few more errors, and Waterloo didn’t,” explained Woods. The Gee-Gees started off slowly once again in the third set, as they trailed 11-5 at one point. Second-year LS/M Myriam English (Orleans, Ont.) and Schwanke led the Gee-Gees on a spirited comeback, but the Warriors never let up, and took the final set 25-20. Schwanke finished with 14 kills on the match, to lead all players. “I think Waterloo taught us a lesson and the best thing we can do from this match is to take this lesson and do something with it,” said Woods. Ottawa will look to bounce back against the Queen’s Gaels on October 27 at 7:00 p.m., at Montpetit Hall. Tickets to women’s volleyball games are FREE to uOttawa students all season long. Source: Ottawa Sports Info
Western	3	McMaster	2	Final	Boxscore

HAMILTON, Ont. - The McMaster women's volleyball team fell to division rivals, the Western Mustangs on Saturday night in a five set match. Player of the game for the Marauders was middle Shannon McRobert (Whitby, Ont.).

The first set opneed up with a win for McMaster in a close game. Taking the set 25-23, the Marauders had seven kills and seven errors while the Mustangs earned 11 kills and 9 errors.

In the second set, McMaster took a 4-0 lead before Western put any points on the board thanks to McRobert's play at the net. At the eight point mark, the Marauders had still maintained their four point lead before earned a steady lead of two points up until the technical timeout at 16-14.

After the timeout, Western came out flying, putting four points on the board to lead 18-16 as McMaster had a tough time receiving some serves. McRobert broke the four point streak with a big block in the middle, but Western got the point right back to make it 21-17. McMaster head coach Tim Louks called a timeout, but the Marauders wouldn't be able to make up the points as Western won hte second set 25-17.

In the third, it was McMaster's turn to be down 4-0 and 8-4 later in the set. Middle Taylor Brisebois (Bolton, Ont.) had two big kills to make it 8-6 before Western called a timeout. Later in the set, McRobert's serves were too tough to handle for Western as the Marauders made up some more points.

Tied up at 18 with McRobert serving and Lauren Mastroluisi (Ancaster, Ont.) being big at the net, the Marauders took a 22-19 lead. At 24-20, Western put together a few good serves and blocks in an attempt to comeback but it wouldn't be enough as McMaster went up 2-1 in sets with a 25-23 win.

In the fourth, both teams traded points, tied at 5 and tied again at 7. McMaster continued to utilize their middles and Western continued to use the block for points as both evenly matched teams fought for the lead. Down 13-11 from a big block on Mira Krunic (Oakville, Ont.) on the right side, McMaster called a timeout. Unfortunately, the Western Mustangs continued to take advantage with a tough serve Patricia Raso (Hamilton, Ont.) couldn't handle.

At 16-12, Mastroluisi got the Marauders would of their four point funk with a big hit from the left side. A Raso hit and some great net play by setter Heather DeBoer (Lucknow, Ont.) would get McMaster within one. Western would go only another four point run though, earning the lead at 19-15. Serves by Brisebois would get McMaster within two points again but it wouldn't be enough as the Mustangs earned back their four point lead and kept it to force the fifth set with a 25-21 win.

In the fifth, McMaster took an early lead at 5-2 thanks to great play at the net from Raso and McRobert and digs from Mastroluisi. But it wouldn't last for long as big swings from Western and some McMaster errors would put the Mustangs up 6-5. Both teams would be tied at 8 and 9 and at 11-9 in favour of the Mustangs, McMaster took a timeout.

The Marauders earned the next point on a long rally but Western earned one right back with a missed serve on McMaster's part. The Mustangs would eventually take the fifth set 15-11 for their first win of the season.

McRobert had12 kills, 3 aces and 3 blocks in the loss and teammate Mastroluisi also got in double digits with 10 kills for herself. She had two aces and 17 digs as well. Libero Meagan Nederveen (Dundas, Ont.) tallied a game-high 41 digs in the five set match.

The Marauders travel to Waterloo, Ont. to take on the Warriors next Friday night at 6:00 p.m.

Source: McMaster Sports Info