After winning a bronze medal at the season opening Ontario Volleyball Association 16U Girls Provincial Cup - Zone E in November, the National Capitals 16U girls team added a gold medal with a dominating performance at the Ontario Volleyball Association 16U Girls McGregor Cup - Zone E  held in Whitby this past Saturday, December 11th.

The #3 seed 16U CAPS started strongly by going undefeated through the round robin portion of the tournament, defeating #9 seed Port Perry Panthers (25-5, 25-11) and the #4 seed Ottawa Kangaroos (25-12, 25-15).  In the playoff round, the girls continued their strong play with victories over #6 seed Kingston Pegasus in the quarter-finals (25-22, 25-14), the host and #2 seed DRVC in the semi-finals (25-16, 25-14), and the #1 seed Ganaraska Wolves in the gold medal match (25-8, 25-17).

"Our performance today was so much stronger than our first 16U tournament", stated acting Head Coach Matt Harris.  "We didn't lose a set all day, our hitters played extremely well and our opponents really struggled with our big service and blocking game."

By virtue of their gold and bronze medal performances in the first two OVA 16 & Under Zone E tournaments of the year, the 16U CAPS have qualifed for the OVA 16U Tier 1 Challenge Cup which will be held on Saturday, January 22nd, 2005.  The girls return to action in the OVA 18U Tier 3 Challenge Cup in Trenton on Saturday, January 8th, 2005.

At the same tournament, the National Capitals 15U Girls team came up with a strong performance to finish in fourth place at this 16U event.

Final Standings - Ontario Volleyball Association 16U Girls McGregor Cup - Zone E