SUDBURY, Ont. – The Durham College women's volleyball team lost their first non-exhibition match of the year on Saturday night to the Niagara Knights.
Niagara, host of the 2019 CCAA women's volleyball championship, defeated the Lords 3-1 (19-25, 25-22, 16-25, 18-25) in the OCAA women's volleyball championship semifinal at Cambrian College. In their only other meeting of the year, an exhibition match at the Niagara Invitational, the Lords had prevailed 3-2.
"Unfortunately, tonight the Knights outplayed us, but our weekend is not over, we're still fighting for a medal tomorrow," said head coach
Tony Clarke. "We want to end our year on a positive note, so we will regroup and focus on our match against Humber."
Sunday's bronze medal match is scheduled for 2 p.m. against the Humber Hawks. The two teams haven't met since 2017 when they battled for gold.
With the Hawks also losing their semifinal to the Fanshawe Falcons, it guarantees a new champion for the first time since 2007.
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Jessica Joensen (Pickering, Ont.) was named the Lords player of the game after finishing with a team-high 11 kills (.417 hitting percentage).
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Alexa Armstrong (Whitby, Ont.) and
Cassidy Nicholson-Clarke (Ajax, Ont.) each finished with a team-high two blocks apiece, while
Allyson Terwillegar (Enniskillen, Ont.) had the Lords-high three aces. Terwillegar also finished 10 kills.
• Second-year libero
Devyn Fraser (Uxbridge, Ont.) finished with a team-high 19 digs.
• The offence was again run through first-year setter
Georgi Williams (Whitby, Ont.), who finished with 33 assists.
Overall Record: 31-9
Conference Record: 18-0
Next game: OCAA bronze medal match – Sunday, Feb. 23 vs. Humber Hawks • 2 p.m. – Sudbury, Ont.
