Varsity Update - November 29, 2010
Women's Volleyball
The Mohawk women's volleyball team had mixed results in OCAA action in North Bay over the weekend. The Mountaineers swept Canadore Panthers 3-0 Saturday (Nov. 27). The set scores were 25-15, 25-17, 25-15. Lauren Aquilina led the way for Mohawk with six kills and six aces. Jennifer Knowles had seven kills and two stuff blocks. Jenna Gignac had eight kills and Andrea Garbaty collected six kills and two blocks.
Then it was a battle for top spot Sunday and the Nipissing Lakers downed the visitors 25-21, 23-25, 29-27, 25-17. Jessica Knowles had ten kills and five blocks for Mohawk. Aquilina contributed 10 kills, one ace and two blocks. Jennifer Knowles had six kills, two aces and two blocks and Gignac produced 10 kills. As a result, Nipissing took over sole possession of first place in the the West Region with a 9-1 mark. The Mountaineers fell two points behind with an 8-2 record.
"We had a weekend of mixed emotions. (We) played consistent and pretty well all weekend, but let down a bit at the end of the fourth set on Sunday, said head coach Sean Pellow. "Kellie (Crnic) did a great job of distributing the ball, Jess Knowles and Lauren Aquilina did a good job of stepping up and playing very well all weekend."
Men's Volleyball
The Mountaineers took three of four games from the Canadore Panthers in OCAA men's volleyball in North Bay, November 27. Justin Scapinello had 21 kills and one stuff block in the 20-25, 25-20,25-21, 25-21 verdict for the visitors, Mo Sulaiman had seven kills, two service aces and one block.
However, the Nipissing Lakers beat Mohawk the next day, 25-23, 24-26, 26-24, 26-15. That left the Mountaineers with a 4-4 record , while the Lakers moved to 5-4. Scapinello had 20 kills and two blocks. Cameron Henschel had nine kills and one block.
Reflecting on his teams play, Mohawk head coach Matt Schnarr called it an up-and-down weekend. "Our emotions are sometimes getting the best of us and errors are making it hard for us to finish at the end of sets, said Schnarr. "We out-offensed Nipissing by 18 kills but made over 40 errors. We are just making things harder. We look to finish strong on Thursday (Dec. 2) at Niagara." Scapinello had two solid matches with 22 points in each. Ryan dela Rosa continued his fine defense with 17 digs overall. Coach Schnarr said the team also got quite a spark off the bench from Justin DesRoche, making some tough serves and playing great defense.
