Show J r yn File photo Lad Lady Bruins will host a September tourne tourney at Lady Bruins go 5 5 2 2 in season-opening season tournament Jonathan Bonner Sports Editor The Bruins women's volleyball team opened the 2006 season with an impressive showing at the College of Southern Idaho's Outback Tournament on Aug 25 After a 9 place finish at the 2005 Tournament the Bruins were focused on the new season and amassed a 5 2 Outback Tournament record defeated Snow Eastern Arizona Casper Western Wyoming and CEU The Bruins dropped contests to host and Northern Idaho Against conference opponent CEU freshman Samantha Richard of Las Vegas Nev has 33 assists and Morgan Lloyd Pleasant Grove UT recorded 10 digs Returning sophomores Kris Hymas of South Jordan and Jessica Petersen- Petersen Wilkinson of Penrose Utah tallied a kills Its nice to have the first tournament behind us Im I'm anxious to get back in the gym and work on the small things stated head coach Shay Clemensen through a posting on Bruin Athletics online Right now were we're a good team and its good news that we only have a few small things to fix to reach our goal of becoming a great team this year Following tournament play in Idaho traveled to Western Vestern Wyoming Community College Tuesday Aug 29 The Bruins didn't possess the energy that sparked their victory over during tournament play in Twin Falls and dropped the contest 30 25 30 28 and 25 Freshman Misa of the Czech Republic totaled 40 assists Cinthia Silva of Sao Paulo Brazil tallied 21 kills and Morgan L Lloyd oyd recorded 21 digs We still have a lot to learn said Clemensen However I 1 am looking forward to working on things and putting this loss behind us will host the Hampton Inn Fairfield Inn Tournament on Sept 1 and 2 at the Lifetime Activities Center on the Redwood Campus The Lady Bruins Bruin's home conference schedule begins Sept 29 with back- back to-back to contests against rival |