{"id":46547,"date":"2018-11-24T16:27:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T23:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=46547"},"modified":"2019-10-07T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T17:28:28","slug":"sait-trojans-womens-volleyball-killing-it-5-2-overall-in-early-season-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2018\/11\/24\/sait-trojans-womens-volleyball-killing-it-5-2-overall-in-early-season-play\/","title":{"rendered":"SAIT Trojans women’s volleyball killing it 5-2 overall in early season play"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Amy Chailler, middle, diving for ball at SAIT in Calgary on Oct. 26, 2018. The match was against Red Deer College. The Trojans won 3-1 putting them at 5-2 overall for the season. (Photo by Shilo Robson\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

[dropcap]S[\/dropcap]AIT\u00a0Trojans women\u2019s volleyball is charging\u00a0ahead\u00a0with a 5-2 overall for the\u00a0season,\u00a0putting\u00a0the\u00a0team\u00a0in the top four of the standings for Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference<\/a>\u00a0(ACAC) Women’s Volleyball.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0team\u00a0is\u00a0already\u00a0at its projected spot for the\u00a0season\u00a0according\u00a0to coach Art\u00a0O\u2019Dwyer, who has been\u00a0expecting\u00a0the\u00a0team\u00a0to be competitive with everyone they have faced\u00a0so\u00a0far.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re about\u00a0where\u00a0I\u00a0thought\u00a0we\u2019d\u00a0be,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0O\u2019Dwyer in an interview.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0think\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0going\u00a0to pretty close,\u00a0it\u2019s been one of those ones\u00a0where\u00a0we\u2019ve\u00a0been\u00a0in all of our\u00a0matches.\u00a0So yeah, we\u2019re where I thought we would be.\u201d<\/p>\n

His\u00a0thoughts\u00a0are\u00a0also\u00a0shared by the team setter\u00a0Elly\u00a0Prince, who\u00a0believes\u00a0the team is going\u00a0to\u00a0keep\u00a0getting better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0think\u00a0we are\u00a0going\u00a0to get a lot better,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Prince.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are definitely going\u00a0to\u00a0compete\u00a0in this\u00a0league.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0team\u00a0has been\u00a0hit\u00a0with some challenges this season with sick and injured\u00a0players,\u00a0causing\u00a0the\u00a0number\u00a0of\u00a0players\u00a0at\u00a0practices\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0an\u00a0issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t been\u00a0able\u00a0to do as much in\u00a0practice\u00a0as I\u2019d\u00a0like,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut that\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0only\u00a0challenge we\u2019ve had\u00a0so\u00a0far.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Taylor Ellis, middle right, spiking ball back during volleyball game at SAIT in Calgary on Friday, Oct. 26, 2018. The match was held against Red Deer College. (Photo by Shilo Robson\/The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Despite the\u00a0low\u00a0attendance at\u00a0practice,\u00a0O\u2019Dwyer\u00a0has plans to\u00a0keep\u00a0the\u00a0development\u00a0of the\u00a0team\u00a0up by\u00a0working\u00a0on the technical aspect of the\u00a0game.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlayers\u00a0tend to think about tactical all the time and we need to think more about technical.\u00a0I\u00a0think\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0really\u00a0important.\u201d said\u00a0O\u2019Dwyer.<\/p>\n

During its game on Oct. 26th, the team\u00a0won\u00a03-1 against Red Deer College, in a four-set match.<\/p>\n

The Trojans\u00a0kept up\u00a0a solid 25 points each for three\u00a0sets, losing just once in the third\u00a0set\u00a0that reached\u00a0up\u00a0into the 30\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Despite the\u00a0loss.\u00a0Coach\u00a0O\u2019Dwyer\u00a0was happy for the\u00a0opportunity\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0in that\u00a0situation,\u00a0giving\u00a0the players a\u00a0chance\u00a0to\u00a0see\u00a0how they would\u00a0react.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can go a whole season and not get that. It\u2019s very important because later on in the season if we get there we know we\u2019ve been there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prince\u00a0was equally excited\u00a0about\u00a0the\u00a0match, going on to\u00a0talk\u00a0about\u00a0the adrenaline rush and\u00a0pressure\u00a0they\u00a0faced\u00a0during that set.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0pressure.\u00a0It\u00a0was\u00a0really\u00a0exciting\u00a0for us to\u00a0be\u00a0in a\u00a0match\u00a0like that,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Prince.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor\u00a0it\u00a0to go on as long as\u00a0it\u00a0did, I thought it was fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Trojans would go on\u00a0to\u00a0win\u00a0against\u00a0Red Deer\u00a0College\u00a0again the\u00a0next\u00a0day,\u00a0putting\u00a0them at a four-win streak. November\u2019s\u00a0games were on Nov. 16th against\u00a0Olds\u00a0College, and Nov. 24th against\u00a0Medicine Hat\u00a0College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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