14U Girls Black
 

PERFECT START FOR TIGERS BLACK 14U GIRLS TEAM!
 

The girls played their first tournament of the season and among other things, they managed to win it as well!

After a very nervous start, they overcame all other opponents and topped KWPredators to clinch 1st place in their pool! After re-pooling, they never looked back winning their remaining matches against two strong Stratford Stingers teams.

Throughout the tournament, the girls showed tremendous determination and passion for the game. They played to win and it showed! Their energy level was very high!

Many thanks to all of the players: Kalyna, Emma, Tea, Jessica, Hunter, Alix, Niki, Jennifer, Shea, Ioana and Samantha as well to two great assistant coaches: Amalia and Catharine.

Special mention goes to Alex, who even though injured, was my “stats person” for the whole day. We all wish you a speedy recovery!

Of course, this great result could not be achieved without ongoing help and support from parents. It looked like most of the parents were “playing” all the games together with the girls at least they were sweating as they were playing. Thanks very much for supporting your daughters!

Coach Marek

(Sat, Dec 6, 2008)

Roster
 

Kalyna Bak
Emma Bluemke
Ioana Giurgia
Samantha Gwozdz
Alix Hill
Hunter Jennings
Aleksandra Lazarevic
Teodora Lazic
Niki Paiva
Jessica Plotogea
Jennifer Woods
Shea-Lynn Reaman

TIGERS 14U BLACK WIN GOLD AT THE ONTARIO OPEN
 

The Tigers 14U Black girls team, coached by Marek Gwozdz, Mally Plotogea, and Catharine Dixon, put everything together at the Ontario Open on March 28th ad Cameron Heights and won the gold medal, ensuring their movement into Division I for Provincials.

The girls were unbeaten in pool play defeating both Tigers 13U (who were riddled with illness) and Predators 14U Black 2-0. In the playoffs they first took Stratford Gold (2-1) and then won a very exciting victory over Predators Purple (2-0) in front of a packed crowd in the “battle of Waterloo.” This match was the highlight of the day pitting two very good teams together. Play was intense and the lead changed hands several times before Tigers finally prevailed.

In the final, Tigers beat South County 2-0 after a huge comeback in set two where they trailed 11-10 and won the set 25-20. Unbelievable! They did it by serving in every single time, playing great defence in picking up all their opponents’ hard cross-court spikes, and cheering each other on, never giving up, and calling every ball. The turning point had to be the huge stuff block by Jennifer Woods which gave the Tigers a big lift and greatly demoralized South County. Not normally a middle player, she did the same against the Predators in the previous match. They say defence wins big matches and it sure did this time. Coach Marek was elated with the play of his team – the girls “finally are showing what they are capable of.” The team had worked very hard on tip coverage and digging up power hits and it really paid off.

Well done!

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