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FALL RIVER:<\/strong> The Fall River Fury U18 girls have returned home from the Volleyball Canada youth nationals with a=some hardware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fury won silver, losing in the championship game to Newfoundland\u2019s Loopers, but despite a hard-fought effort they lost earning silver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nationals happened May 22-25 in Edmonton, Alta. At the Expo Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a total of 151 teams from across Canada at the nationals in the U18 division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The U18 Fury were one of eight N.S. teams that travelled to the nationals, but the only one to get past the first single elimination game on day 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”78″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”8″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Day 1 of pool play the Fury battled with team Genesis from BC winning two straight sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The scores were 25-21 and 26-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In game two, they faced Fusion from Saskatchewan and won the first set 25-13, dropped the second set 28-26 and battled to win the tie breaking set 15-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Their only day one loss came to team Sturgeon from Alberta where the teams split the first two sets however Alberta took the tie breaker 15-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday was power pool play where Fury won in two straight sets against team Fusion from NS, game 2 against team Alberta Vikings saw Fury drop sets 25-22 and 25-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Game three against team CBS NFLD saw Fury drop two close straight sets 25-23 and 25-21 ending the day with a win and two losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”111″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fury entered Sunday morning tier championship play which was sudden death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keep winning to move on or your nationals time ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The quarter final match saw Fury meet team QCVC Elite out of Saskatchewan where the girls took the match to a tie breaker once again after both teams split the opening two sets. Fury came out on top with a 15-10 win in the tie breaking set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This moved them into the semifinals where they faced team QTVC from Saskatchewan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fury won the first set 25-16. They found themselves down 25-10 in the second set when Fury found a second gear and fought back to a 25-23 win sending them Tier Championship<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Tier championship, they met Loopers out of NFLD in the East Coast battle for the gold medal match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team fought hard however fell two straight sets 25-20 and 25-18 bringing home the silver medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The team was made up of: Head Coach Holly Hanes, of Cole Harbour; Middle Allie MacDonald, Gore; right side Emelie Lutwick, Enfield; Left side Claire Richards, Fall River; Setter Brielle MacLennan, Beaver Bank; Middle Paige Ohearn, Fall River; Setter Kait MacDougall, Lantz; Left side Chloe Lapierre, Enfield; Middle Brianna Holowaty, Windsor; Assistant Coach Jason Richards, Fall River; Libero Liz Savoury, Elmsdale; Libero Paige Parlee, Windsor Junction; Left side Bailey Matheson, Sackville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Assistant Coaches David Davis, Bedford; and Kennedy Boyd, Fall River\/Bedford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”188″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”87″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”126″] [adrotate banner=”115″] FALL RIVER: The Fall River Fury U18 girls have returned home from the Volleyball Canada youth nationals with a=some hardware. 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