{"id":77151,"date":"2022-03-21T14:18:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=77151"},"modified":"2022-03-21T15:57:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:57:28","slug":"quigley-crown-brock-womens-volleyball-wins-oua-title-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/03\/quigley-crown-brock-womens-volleyball-wins-oua-title-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Quigley crown: Brock women\u2019s volleyball wins OUA title at home"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in program history, the Brock Badgers women’s volleyball team holds the title of provincial champions.<\/p>\n

The No. 2 Badgers defeated the No. 3 Toronto Varsity Blues 3-1\u00a0(25-15, 25-17, 17-25, 25-15) to capture the Quigley Cup at Bob Davis Gymnasium in St. Catharines on Saturday, March 19. It’s the first Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Women’s Volleyball Championship in Brock history.<\/p>\n

“This road hasn’t been easy. They say whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and I think that’s what’s happened to us,” said OUA West Coach of the Year\u00a0Steve Delaney<\/a>. “Tough times motivated us to work hard to make it back to nationals. I’m just happy we did it.”<\/p>\n

The Badgers will return to Calgary, Alta., next week to compete in the 2022 U SPORTS Women’s Volleyball Championships from Friday, March 25 to Sunday. March 27.<\/p>\n

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The 2021-22 Brock women’s volleyball team poses with their first OUA Championship banner in team history.<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2020, the Badgers reached the national championships for the first time in program history. However, they never had a chance to step on the court as the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a halt a day before they were slated to compete.<\/p>\n

“We remember the pain we felt when we got sent home from nationals in 2020,” said senior middle\u00a0Grace Pyatt<\/a>. “We worked our tails off to get to this point. Standing here with this trophy, it’s a surreal feeling. It hasn’t sunk in.”<\/p>\n

The Badgers opened the first set with a blistering hitting percentage (.462) led by four kills from first-year outside hitter\u00a0Emily Foest<\/a>. The second set featured acrobatic digs from second-year libero\u00a0Aleiah Torres<\/a>, who finished the match with 22 digs.<\/p>\n

Toronto prevailed to win the third set, but there was no doubt for Brock in the fourth.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t expect them to battle back,” said outside hitter\u00a0Sadie Dick<\/a>. “We knew they were a great team, but going into the fourth set we just told ourselves: \u2018Ladies, this is our game.\u2019”<\/p>\n

Setter\u00a0Sara Rohr<\/a>\u00a0racked up 41 assists as\u00a0Pyatt led the attack with 11 kills. Foest and\u00a0Madison Chimienti<\/a>\u00a0each tallied nine.<\/p>\n

The victory extends Brock’s streak to 16-0 wins to set a new team record.<\/p>\n

“I feel in shock. We worked our tails off to get here,” Rohr said. “We’re still not done.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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