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Hurricanes Women's Volleyball: Welcomes STU this Weekend
Friday, January 27, 2012
On the women's side the canes will be hoping home court will help rally the troops in securing a badly needed win against a strong Tommies team (7-3) in what has been a winless season thus far for the Canes.
Coach Amanda Hickey-LeBlanc knows she is in tough but is hopeful of a good showing ...more
Hurricanes Women's Volleyball: Welcomes STU this Weekend
On the women's side the canes will be hoping home court will help rally the troops in securing a badly needed win against a strong Tommies team (7-3) in what has been a winless season thus far for the Canes.
Coach Amanda Hickey-LeBlanc knows she is in tough but is hopeful of a good showing "STU is known for having an outstanding volleyball program. Our team is practicing very hard this week in preparation for the matchup with this very tough team. I am looking for a great match and hopefully different results than when we traveled to their gym last weekend."
The Canes will hit the floor on Saturday starting at 6 PM again on Sunday at 12 Noon both matches against STU and are played at the Community Centre for Engagement on Holland College Prince of Wales Campus.
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Hurricanes Women's Volleyball: In Tough this Weekend
The women's team know they will be in tough this weekend as they still remain winless in a tough ACAA league and will face a 6-3 STU team on Saturday.
Coach Amanda Hickey-LeBlanc is hoping her team will feed on the energy of those who are playing well "right now we have some players who are playing well. Ashley Howell brought a great offensive game against both MTA and USA. She led the team in both kills and blocks. Kelsey Julian had a great weekend as well, against MTA and USA. She led the team in serving, and also played a very aggressive offensive weekend. Dorothy made some amazing digs over the weekend, during practice this week and I expect to see nothing less than that from her this upcoming weekend. And last but not least, Chantry has trained very hard this week and has stepped back in to the roll as an offside/ setter player. She will once again, just as she did before Christmas, lead her team through great sets and offside attacks."
Women will hit the floor on Saturday at 1:30 PM at STU and then on Sunday at 10 AM at UNBSJ.
Hurricanes Women's Volleyball: Ready for Second Half of the Season
It has been a discouraging first half for the women as they currently sit in last place in a competitive seven team league with a 0-7 record.
The focus for this half will be simple let's keep on working and get better with each match in anticipation of securing their first win.
Coach Amanda Hickey takes a no where but up attitude as she looks towards the second half games "The girls have been practicing hard and seem to be gelling as a team. And with our captain, Chantry Stone, back we are expecting better matches in the second half of the season. We had great matches when we travelled to Universite Sainte-Anne back in November. I expect the same caliber of play on Sunday and I am looking for our first win! "
The canes will hit the road on Saturday for a 6pm start against Mount Allison then play host to the Universite Sainte-Anne on Sunday at 10 AM at Holland College's Community Centre for Engagement.
Recent and Upcoming Action
- Game Result - STU @ HC 12 PM - Sunday, Jan 29, 2012
- Game Result - HC @ NSAC 1 PM - Saturday, Feb 4, 2012
- HC @ MSVU 3 PM - Sunday, Feb 5, 2012
- UNBSJ @ HC 2 PM - Saturday, Feb 18, 2012
- UNBSJ @ HC 10 AM - Sunday, Feb 19, 2012
- ACAA Championships hosted by STU - Saturday, Feb 25, 2012
Coach Profile
Amanda brings to the Hurricanes team a wealth of experience as head coach of Bluefield High School, assistant coach with the 2009 PEI Canada Games team and also assistant coach with the PEI Under 17 team girls team. Amanda is orginally from Newfoundland and Labroador and played ACAA women's volleyball in her colligate days with the NSAC Rams.
Contact
For more information, contact Andrew Dobson.