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Durham Lords Media Release
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Lords women’s volleyball medal hopes fall short
OCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship - Hosted by Cambrian College (Sudbury, Ont.)
Quarter-Finals: Fanshawe defeated Durham 3-1 (25-22, 12-25, 25-14, 25-16)
Bronze Medal Quarter-Finals: Durham defeated Sheridan 3-2 (27-25, 25-12, 25-27, 22-25, 17-15)
Bronze Medal Semi-Finals: Mohawk defeated Durham 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-21)
SUDBURY, Ont. – The Durham College women’s volleyball season came to end on Saturday as the Lords fell to the Mohawk Mountaineers 3-0 in the bronze medal semi-finals of the 2010 OCAA Championship. Set scores were 25-23, 25-22 and 25-21.
Mohawk would go on and win the bronze medal after defeating Fanshawe College 3-2 later in the day. The Humber Hawks won their third straight provincial title, defeating Nipissing 3-2 in the gold medal game. This marked Humber’s third straight provincial title in OCAA women’s volleyball.
The Lords finish the year with a 20-7 overall record, the fourth time in five seasons the team has recorded at least 20 wins. Finishing in fifth place at the OCAA Championship also extends the Lords ‘OCAA final eight’ streak to 19 seasons.
Although the Lords were swept out of the championship in straight sets, all three games against Mohawk were tight that came down to the wire.
Mandi Doris (Ajax, Ont.), who played her final game in a Durham College uniform, recorded a team high 13 points, including six kills, five blocks and an ace. Samantha Roelofsen (Elma, Ont.) chipped in with six kills, three aces and one block. As she has done all season, Durham libero Kourtney Cyr (Uxbridge, Ont.) had a great defensive effort with 14 digs.
Jenn Knowles was the Mountaineers leading scorer with 10 kills, three blocks and two aces.
Durham College had plenty to celebrate in 2009/10 when it comes to women’s volleyball. The Lords won their 14th conference championship with a 17-3 conference record and had four players recognized as OCAA all-stars (M. Doris, K. Fotherby, K. Cyr and M. Renwick).
The season was also the final year for Mandi Doris, one of the college’s all-time greats in women’s volleyball. Doris leaves Durham as the all-time leader in matches played (81), kills (484), blocks (217) and points (771). She is also the OCAA all-time leader in blocks and third on the scoring charts.
CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Game #1 - 1 p.m. – Nipissing defeated Sheridan 3-0
Game #2 - 3 p.m. – Fanshawe defeated Durham 3-1
Game #3 - 5 p.m. – Mohawk defeated Trent 3-0
Game #4 - 7 p.m. – Humber defeated Cambrian 3-0
Friday, February 26, 2010
Game #5 - 1 p.m. – Bronze Medal Quarter Finals: Durham defeated Sheridan 3-2
Game #6 - 3 p.m. – Bronze Medal Quarter Finals: Trent defeated Cambrian 3-1
Game #7 - 5 p.m. – Semi Finals: Nipissing defeated Fanshawe 3-0
Game #8 - 7 p.m. – Semi Finals: Humber defeated Mohawk 3-0
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Bronze Semi Finals
Bronze Semi Final #1 - 9 a.m. – Fanshawe defeated Trent 3-1
Bronze Semi Final #2 - 11 a.m. – Mohawk defeated Durham 3-0
Medal Round
Bronze Medal Game - 2 p.m. – Mohawk defeated Fanshawe 3-2
Gold Medal Game - 4 p.m. – Humber defeated Nipissing 3-2
A QUICK LOOK AT THE DURHAM LORDS
Overall: Record: 20-7
Conference Record: 17-3
DURHAM LORDS ROSTER
1 - Roxanne Snellings (RS), Whitby
2 - Kayla BeHarriell (L), Ingersoll
5 - Mandi Doris (M), Ajax
6 - Samantha Roelofsen (OS), Alma
10 - Julie Hakkesteegt (M), Brighton
11 - Meghan Renwick (S), Brooklin
12 - Jessica McNulty (M), Renfrew
13 - Kerri Fotherby (LS), Newcastle
14 - Laura Plahuta (RS), Dunsford
15 - Allison Doris (M), Ajax
17 - Natasha Jakovljevic (M), Oshawa
18 - Kourtney Cyr (L), Uxbridge
Head Coach: Shane Christopher
Assistant Coach: Jessica Jones
Associate Coach: Gerald Brunt
Manager: Jessie Clark
Therapist: Lindsey Knischewsky
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Scott Dennis
Sports Information and Marketing Coordinator
Durham College and UOIT Athletics
905.721.2000 Ext. 2784 (P)
905.721.3117 (F)
scott.dennis@dc-uoit.ca
Photos courtesy of Cambrian Athletics
