The North Bay Youth Volleyball Club Lakers hosted the 16U Challenge Cup at Nipissing University this past weekend. Nine teams from the province competed in the one day event, three teams from Northern Ontario took home medals.
Vision VC (North Bay) won gold, Lakers captured Silver, and Northern Chill VC (Sudbury) took home the bronze.
Lakers finished first in pool play by defeating ACTS Elites 2-0 (25-10, 25-7) and Vision VC 2-0 (25-22, 25-8). In Quarter-finals the Lakers defeated the Orillia Suns 2-0 (25-19, 25-19) and in the Semi-final ACTS Extreme 2-0 (25-20, 25-10).
In the Gold medal match it was an all North Bay final. Vision VC defeated the Lakers 2-0 (25-16, 25-19) and Northern Chill VC defeated ACTS Extreme 2-1 (25-22, 21-25, 15-9) to bring home the bronze.
This is the second medal the U16 have brought home in two weekends. The Lakers took home Gold at the 17U Challenge Cup on December 6th.
"The girls fought hard all day, but in this match we had difficulty adjusting on defence," said coach Laura Hudson.
"We will continue to work hard on our defensive in the next few weeks," added Hudson.
16U Lakers will be back in action on January 24th at the McGregor Cup.
Players on the team include: Bailey Hargrave, Genevieve Bernardi, Brooke Allerston, Abby Shantz, Alexie Lanteigne, Lia Castiglione, Chloe Violette, Brittany Denomme, Kaitlyn Gravelle , Coach: Laura Hudson, Assistant Coach: Allison Larsen.
Submitted to BayToday.ca
