November 10, 2007 -
Omnium du Quebec 15U - Excitement was in the air as the 15U
girls were off to their first tournament of the year, in Longueuil,
Quebec. What a beautiful facility, with 8 courts and a ton of
space around each court. We also had the pleasure of watching and
cheering on our 16U CAPS as well. (Congrats on your silver
medal!)
Our first match was against Celtiques Bleu. You
could feel the nerves on the court as the girls were quickly down
13-18, when Coach Cathy called a time-out. The girls came back
on the court and stormed to a 27-25 win ... what did you say to them
Cathy? This momentum continued into the second set, as the girls
quickly led 11-7 and then, with a few serving streaks, finished off
the set with a 25-14 win. What a great start to the
season!
The second match was against Les Aigles. The girls
looked shaky right from the start, and never really settled in, losing
21-25 and 19-25.
The third match was against Les Citadins, a match where
the girls discovered that the serve is everything. With only one
missed serve, they closed out the first set 25-10. The second
set was a little different, it was all about the serve-receive, and
trying to stay off the net. We were down 0-6 in a flash. The
girls dug down deep, and came back from behind to win 25-23 in a real
nail-biter.
This put us in 2nd place in our pool and, after a lot of
arithmetic, 6th place in the playoff round, and off to the quarters
against Les Aigles, again. This time we had great
success, jumping out to a quick lead, with terrific serves and winning
the first set 25-22. The second set was neck-and-neck the whole
way to a 26-24 victory.
On to the semis against Celtiques Rouge. The
momentum from the quarters carried through the first set, with some
good serves and great net play and a 25-19 win. Sadly, the
second set was the reverse, the girls came out shaky and never got
settled in, losing 12-25 and 7-15 in the third.
The bronze medal match found the girls flat-footed and quickly
down 17-25. The second set was another nail-biter, with the
girls squeaking by: 26-24. On to the third and deciding set ...
there seemed to be no fight left in them, and a score of 9-15 ended
the day.
Congratulations on a 4th place finish girls! Thank you to
Coaches Cathy and Devon-.we couldn't have done it without you.
