Fourth ain’t so bad
UPEI places fourth in women’s invitational volleyball tournament on the mainland
Panthers volleyballers churn out solid results in mainland tourney.
The UPEI Panther’s women’s volleyball team beat Mount Allison twice in pool play, but couldn’t complete the sweep and finished fourth at the recent Mount Allison invitational volleyball tournament in Sackville, N.B. UPEI had finished second in its pool with two wins over Mount Allison (25-22, 25-16) and splits with King’s College (17-25, 25-22) and UNBSJ (1325, 25-21), before Mount Allison edged the Panthers (25-16, 25-17) in the second last match of the tournament. UPEI head coach Kevin MacAdam said he was pleased with the squad’s effort in the season’s kickoff tournament, which featured seven teams from the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association. “Laura Ready from Charlottetown and Alessandra Corno from Italy played particularly strong,” said MacAdam. “We’ve got a great batch of rookies joining our returning players and the team played really well in their first competition of the year.”
UNBSJ won this year’s title with a straight set win over Universite Sainte Anne (25-18, 2624). The Panthers host Mount Allison in an exhibition match Sunday, at 10 a.m., at UPEI.