WESTERN DEFEATS TWO NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS IN V-VOLLEYBALL
January 5, 2009
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Western Mustangs finished in third place at the Innisbrook Invitational Volleyball Tournament in Clearwater, Florida, defeating Calgary in five sets in the bronze medal game on Dec. 31.
After defeating CIS-ranked No. 10 McGill 3-1 in the quarter-final game, Western fell 3-1 to CIS ranked No. 4 Manitoba (24-26, 15-25, 28-26, 23-25) to qualify for the bronze-medal game.
Dropping the first two games of the match to CIS-ranked No. 3 Calgary 24-26 and 16-25, Western fought back to win three straight (25-21, 25-16 and 15-12) to earn the medal.
"We just finished up with a great third place result at the tournament," said coach Dean Lowrie.
"Sara Farrell was a tournament all-star," Lowrie added, "(and) Sarah Johnston broke her nose midway through Game 4 and rookie middle Chrissy Wilson saw some of her first action this year and did an outstanding job.
The team also worked on some inter-team training with several Top 10 teams after the conclusion of the tourney on Dec. 31.
Western hosts Windsor on Jan. 8 at Alumni Hall at 6 p.m. to resume the OUA schedule in 2009.
Source: Western Athletics
After defeating CIS-ranked No. 10 McGill 3-1 in the quarter-final game, Western fell 3-1 to CIS ranked No. 4 Manitoba (24-26, 15-25, 28-26, 23-25) to qualify for the bronze-medal game.
Dropping the first two games of the match to CIS-ranked No. 3 Calgary 24-26 and 16-25, Western fought back to win three straight (25-21, 25-16 and 15-12) to earn the medal.
"We just finished up with a great third place result at the tournament," said coach Dean Lowrie.
"Sara Farrell was a tournament all-star," Lowrie added, "(and) Sarah Johnston broke her nose midway through Game 4 and rookie middle Chrissy Wilson saw some of her first action this year and did an outstanding job.
The team also worked on some inter-team training with several Top 10 teams after the conclusion of the tourney on Dec. 31.
Western hosts Windsor on Jan. 8 at Alumni Hall at 6 p.m. to resume the OUA schedule in 2009.
Source: Western Athletics