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Volume 144 · Issue 21 • February 23, 2011
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A championship title 25 years in the making
This past weekend was a successful one for the Varsity Reds as the men’s volleyball team won their first AUS title since the 1978-79 season over Dal. The women’s volleyball team also added to their historic league leading 18 titles, picking up number 19 in Cape Breton against Saint Mary’s. Full coverage on the women’s team can be found on pg. 16. Sumbitted Christopher Cameron Sports Editor The UNB men’s volleyball team has finally gotten the weight off their shoulder, winning their first AUS championship title since 1979. Although the team has been close before, winning the first game of the best two-of-three series in 2008 before losing two straight, the Varsity Reds
showed they were not to be taken lightly this season. After dropping both matches at Dal earlier this season, UNB won both at home in their final doubleheader of the regular season before the AUS championships this past weekend. In the opening match at The Pit UNB got out to a fast start taking the first set, with Dal bouncing back to take the next two.
With their backs against the wall the Varsity Reds took the fourth set and finally the fifth to take a 1-0 lead in the series over the Tigers. On Sunday, UNB was at Dal for game two, looking to continue their threegame win streak against the Tigers. Similar to Friday night, the home team won the opening set of the match followed by the road team winning the second and third, putting UNB up two
sets to one. A sloppy fourth set put the Varsity Reds down early before they clawed their way back into the set before losing it narrowly 26-24. Although Dal tied it up, UNB head coach Dan McMorran said the fourth set was not a negative for his squad. “I think what was encouraging for us, was we were down significantly in that fourth set,” said McMorran. “But
we made a couple substitutions and were able to claw back and ended up losing it 26-24. I think that showed our guys were there to win or we were there to play hard. That is one of the reasons we have had success in the later part of the second half is we have been significantly mentally tougher in those situations.”
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