October 29, 2005 - This
year's edition of the 18U National Capitals girls team has been
practicing hard since September - they were very ready to compete and
proved it at the OVA's first tournament of the year, the
OVA 18U Girls Provincial Cup - Zone D, held
in Kingston on October 22nd. (Editor's note: The 18U girls
actually saw their first action of the season in Gatineau at the
Québec/Ontario Challenge a few weeks back.)
The first match of the tournament
represented a great start to the OVA season, as all the girls played
well and took their first win of the day. The next 2 games saw
similar results, and the CAPS finished the day 1st in
pool.
In the first playoff match against
hometown Pegasus, the CAPS won in straight sets to advance to
the semi-finals against another Ottawa team, the Mavericks.
The CAPS came into the match very focused and went on a great roll,
winning 2 straight to advance to the finals against the
always-strong DRVC. DRVC were pumped to play the CAPS,
but came up against a team who had been improving all tournament and
had saved their best play for last! The CAPS came out on top,
won the first tournament of the year, and earned their spot in Tier
1. Congratulations Girls!!
Coach Matt Harris employed an interesting
tournament strategy on Saturday, dividing the team into two squads,
each sharing only the setter. Each line-up played 1 of 2 sets,
and the strategy proved effective as the girls did not drop a set all
day long. "The girls played awesome all day! It's great
to get this first tournament behind us - now we can focus on training
hard in preparation for Tier 1", commented Coach
Harris.
Thanks to all the parents that came out to
support the team. You were awesome!
Results/OVA 18U Girls
Provincial Cup - Zone D
Gold: National Capitals
Silver: DRVC (Whitby)
Bronze: Ottawa Mavericks
4. Northumberland Breakers
(Cobourg)
5. Ottawa Kangaroos
5. Pegasus (Kingston)
7. Pegasus 89s (Kingston)
7. Knights VC (Renfrew County)
Quarter-finals
Mavericks def Pegasus 89s (19-25, 25-19,
15-12)
Capitals def Pegasus (25-10,
25-23)
DRVC def Knights (25-10,
25-11)
Semi-finals
Capitals def Mavericks (25-15,
25-16)
DRVC def Breakers (25-18,
25-11)
Bronze
Mavericks def Breakers (25-18,
25-20)
Gold
Capitals def DRVC (25-18, 25-17)
