Show Lady Bru Bruins ns Lose In Championship p Eric Larson Sports Editor Last week volleyball team got gota a chance to compete on a national stage finished the season with a 39 7 record which w was s good enough to earn them the third seed in the sixteen team national tournament In their first fast game came out strong against Temple College from Texas defeated Temple 30 15 15 30 23 and 30 22 We came out very strong in game one said Bruins' Bruins head coach Shay Clemensen was led by Kristy Nilson who finished the match with 13 kills and 9 digs Fabi Leomil's 12 kills and Laurie Chambers Chamber's 10 kills also helped the Bruins keep Temple off balance right from the start They might have been a little afraid and we took advantage of that Clemensen said continuing We played great overall got everyone in and got very comfortable on the court The win winset winset winset set up a second round match with the sixth seeded Southwest West Missouri-West Plains Against West Plains the Bruins got off to another fast start winning the first two games 30 24 and 31 31 29 Even after trailing by two games West WestPlains WestPlains WestPlains Plains continued to fight winning the next to games 30 28 They made us work for every single point Clemensen said In the fifth game the Bruins were able to pull out a 15 1511 11 11 win Fabi Leomil led with 21 kills and 18 digs Priscilla Dores also contributed with 58 set assists which helped the Bruins attack West Plains' Plains relentless defense West Plains' Plains defense was outstanding the entire match Clemensen said Kristy Nilson and Thais Pedroso also contributed with 15 and 14 kills With the victory advanced to the semifinals semifinals semifinals nals where they faced seventh seventh sev sev- r seeded Indian Hills Against Indian Hills 1 r 7 who was coming off the surprising upset of second pa seeded Hutchinson Community College of fy Kansas got off to w another good start winning winning win win- ning Wing their first two games 30 20 and 30 27 For the second straight match the Bruins lost two straight matches after winning the first two 30 30 25 and 30 28 y managed to pull out the y fifth game 18 18 16 r The Bruins were led by y Fabi Leomil's 27 kills and s 14 digs and Thais Pedroso's 22 kills and 17 f i f 5 digs The win helped the Bruins advance to the finals where they faced Lady Bruins block the teams opposing spike first seeded and undefeated Miami-Dade Miami College Collese from Florida In the championship match the Bruins got off to another good start winning their first game 30 28 Unfortunately that was as close as they would get to victory Miami-Dade Miami won the next two games 30 27 and finished off winning the fourth game 30 19 which gave them the championship Weve had a tremendous season Clemensen Clemens en said and the outcome of the thelast thelast thelast last game didn't change that had three players Pam Cousin Priscila Dores and Fabi Leomil named to the Tournament All-Tournament Team |