Posted: Feb 20, 2018

HAWKS OPEN DEFENCE OF THEIR TITLE THURSDAY AT CENTENNIAL

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ETOBICOKE, ON: The Humber Hawks women's volleyball team, winners of the last ten straight OCAA championships, will look to for number eleven as they open the 2018 championships at Centennial College on Thursday night. The opponent will be a familiar one, as the Humber squad will face another West Division team in the Mohawk Mountaineers from Hamilton.

THE MATCH UP - OCAA QUARTER-FINALS

Mohawk "Mountaineers" vs Humber "Hawks"
11-7, 4^th West 18-0, 1^st West
Thursday, February 22/18
8:00 pm
Centennial College Athletic Centre – Scarborough, Ontario

HOW THEY GOT HERE

Humber, at home, swept La Cite in three straight sets
Mohawk, on the road, defeated the Durham Lords in four sets

2017/18 HEAD TO HEAD

The teams played twice this year in regular season play, with the Hawks winning both matches. The first was a come from behind nail-biter for Humber, as they battled back from down 2-0, 17-12 in the third, to take the next three sets and the win on the road in Hamilton. The second match was held recently at Humber, and it was the Hawks that prevailed in three straight sets.

GAME 1:               Humber 21, 21, 25, 25, 15            Mohawk 25, 25, 20, 22, 13
                                Breanna Golding – 24                      Lindsay Vanderweide – 22
                                Devan O'Connor – 17                      Jessica Heidbuurt – 16
                                Brynne Coleman – 13                      Jessie McIasaac – 16
                                Nicole Collard - 13

GAME 2:               Humber 25, 25, 29                           Mohawk 16, 20, 27
                                Jasmine Lougheed – 12                 Lindsay Vanderweide – 8
                                Brynne Coleman – 10                      Jessica Heidbuurt – 7
                                Devan O'Connor – 10                       Kelsey Kovar – 7

BY THE NUMBERS

Category	Humber	Mohawk
Kills	667 - 6th	733 - 2nd
Kills Per Set	11.50 - 1st	10.47 - 5th
Hitting %	.302 - 1st	.202 - 4th
Assists	598 - 5th	701 - 1st
Assists Per Set	10.31 - 2nd	10.01 - 3rd
Aces	173 - 6th	179 - 3rd
Aces Per Set	2.98 - 1st	2.56 - 8th
Digs	703 - 14th	932 - 5th
Digs Per Set	12.12 - 10th	13.31 - 6th
Blocks	130 - 4th	177 - 1st
Blocks Per Set	2.24 - 3rd	2.53 - 1st

SCOUTING MOHAWK

The Mountaineers are led by head coach Matt Schnarr. Although this is his first year coaching the women full time, he coached both teams last year and led the men to an OCAA title
As indicated, the Hamilton based team is strong both offensively and defensively, ranking at or near the top in many areas
They are led by a threesome that check in with very similar offensive numbers. Danielle Kamps and Jessica Heidbuurt have identical 3.4 point per set marks, while Lindsay Vandeweide is very close behind, at 3.3 pps

HAWK NOTES

As mentioned earlier, the Hawks have won ten straight OCAA crowns and have a current run of 148 OCAA league and playoff victories
The team stats, with regards to overall totals is a bit skewed, as Humber has played 11 less sets than the Mountaineers. With that being said, Humber still ranks incredibly high In all categories
Breanna Golding leads the way, and checks in with a career high mark of 4.4 points per set. She is capably supported Jasmine Lougheed (3.1), Brynne Coleman (2.9) and Devan O'Connor (2.8)

HISTORY WATCH

Head Coach Chris Wilkins continues to build on his all-time coaching wins mark at Humber. It currently sits at 335 wins. In his 17 years, his teams have only lost 41 times.

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