October 26th, 2004
IN THE LOOP UPDATE - GEE-GEES WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

Well the Gees continue to be impressive in this young season - we have remained in the CIS Top 15 rankings for two weeks and opened the regular season at home with a dominating 3-0 win over the Brock Badgers from the OUA West Division. (post game press release is listed below)

There is no time to rest though - we are on the road for the next two weekends. Its Waterloo & Laurier this weekend to see if we can repeat our pre-season victories over the two of them and then its off to Thunder Bay for a double header against Lakehead next weekend ....all before we return home the much anticipated match up with Toronto at home on November 13th.
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CIS Top15 Rankings
(as of October 21st, 2004)
1. Alberta (1)
2. Calgary (2)
3. UBC (2)
4. Sherbrooke (9)
5. Montreal (4)
6. Toronto (5)
7. Winnipeg (6)
8. Laval (8)
9. Regina - tied (7)
9. Trinity Western (NR)

Honorable mention (11-15)
OTTAWA
Western
Simon Fraser
McGill
Manitoba
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POST GAME PRESS RELEASE - Brock Badgers (October 23rd, 2004)
Ottawa Starts Season With 3-0 Win Over Brock Badgers

Ottawa opened its league season with an impressive 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-20) win over the visiting Brock Badgers.

This year’s edition of the Gee-Gees spent the pre-season preparing by touring the country and playing teams from every conference in the CIS. That early season training against top ten teams showed as the Gees came out swinging aggressively to start their OUA competition.

This match was also the debut for #2 Chloe Saint-Denis, # 3 Kirsten Brouse, #6 Jill Herman, #13 Marie-Josée Robichaud, #14 Marie Prentice and #15 Véronique Yeon.

“The year’s team is young and we are simply concentrating on building a solid foundation for the season. We are going to have some bumps along the way but our pre-season schedule has really brought our team together and given us a good understanding of what we have to do to be successful. I am very pleased with our start, we can enjoy it today and then tomorrow, we get ready for our next match.” Coach Lionel Woods commented after the match.

Ottawa will travel to Kitchner/Waterloo next weekend to play OUA West Division rivals, Sir Wilfred Laurier and Waterloo.

Game Summary:
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees - 3 Brock Badgers - 0

Player of the Game:
#8 - middle player - Nancy Coelho

Scores:
Game 1: 25-13 (25 minutes)
Game 2: 25-14 (17 minutes)
Game 3: 25-20 (24 minutes)

Stats:
# 12 Ellen Barwise 5 Kills 5 Stuff Blocks 27 Assists
# 8 Nancy Coelho 8 Kills 5 Stuff Blocks 9 Digs
# 5 Christine Lamey 12 Kills 5 Stuff Blocks 9 digs
# 4 Ashley Keenan 10 Kills 5 Aces

Ottawa League Record: 1 Win - 0 Losses