Month: April 2018

Congratulations to the Waterloo Tigers 15u Black team for winning GOLD in Division 2, Tier 1 of the Ontario Provincial Championships this past weekend.

The weekend was not without challenges as Tigers 15u Black faced adversity early in their round robin matches. However, after pulling together, they beat the Markham Wildcats Tigers in three sets, then finished off Pakmen 14U and Sudbury’s Northern Chill in straight sets to end their preliminary round 3-0.

Power pool Saturday added adversity as each of their matches went three sets.

The Tigers 15U Black started their Sunday Playoff round facing two rival teams from the Cambridge Scorpions and continued their win streak against the Georgian Cubs and Chatham Ballhawks to win Gold.

Congratuations Tigers!

Preliminaries
4/6/2018 – 3:00 PM Round Robin PILS Court 10 Match 2006
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)
Final 2-1 [25-15, 19-25, 15-6]
Markham Wildcats Tigers (Markham, ON, CAN)

4/6/2018 – 5:20 PM Round Robin PILS Court 10 Match 2022
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)
Final 2-0 [25-17, 25-14]
Pakmen 14U (Missisauge, ON, CAN)

4/6/2018 – 7:40 PM Round Robin PILS Court 9 Match 2037
Northern Chill (Sudbury, ON, CAN)
Final 0-2 [22-25, 19-25]
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)

Power Pools
4/7/2018 – 3:00 PM Round Robin PILS Court 8 Match 2119
London Sharks Great Whites (London, ON, CAN)
Final 1-2 [10-25, 25-9, 16-18]
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)

4/7/2018 – 5:20 PM Round Robin CF Court 3 Match 2115
Forest City Blue (London, ON, CAN)
Final 1-2 [17-25, 25-16, 7-15]
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)

4/7/2018 – 7:40 PM Round Robin PILS Court 8 Match 2123
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)
Final 2-1 [25-11, 17-25, 15-7]
South County Black (Windsor, ON, CAN)

Playoffs
4/8/2018 – 10:20 AM Tier 1 Round of 16 PILS Court 10 Match 2207
Scorpions Venom (Cambridge, ON, CAN)
Final 1-2 [18-25, 25-19, 8-15]
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)

4/8/2018 – 12:40 PM Tier 1 Quarter Final PILS Court 11 Match 2212
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)
Final 2-0 [25-23, 25-19]
Scorpions Green (Cambridge, ON, CAN)

4/8/2018 – 3:00 PM Tier 1 Semi Final PILS Court 9 Match 2214
Georgian Cubs Black (Barrie, ON, CAN)
Final 0-2 [11-25, 22-25]
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)

4/8/2018 – 4:40 PM Tier 1 Championship Gold Medal PILS Court 8 Match 2216
Chatham Ballhawks Blue (Chatham, ON, CAN)
Final 1-2 [12-25, 25-14, 12-15]
Waterloo Tigers Black (Waterloo, ON, CAN)

Our Waterloo Tigers 16u Black team completed their set of medals for the season after a long day at their last OVA tournament of the season and finally grabbing the Gold medal that had been eluding this group for the past couple of years.
Heavily favored going into the Bugarski Cup tournament held at Forest Heights on March 24th, the morning pool play saw the Tigers dismantle their two opponents from Cambridge (Scorpions Reign 16u and Scorpions Venom 15u) in quick 2 set matches and earning a bye straight to the Quarterfinals. Their next opponent was the LVC Fire Red 15u team in which our Tigers overwhelmed them in all aspects of the game and again winning in a quick 2 set match. 

The semi-finals opponent, the Guelph Jr. Gryphons 15u Black team, proved to be their first competition for the day. The team fought through to win a tight 1st set and coming back to play their strong offensive and defensive systems to dominate the 2nd set and winning in 2 straight. On to the finals to be pitted against the Guelph Jr. Gryphons 16u Black team.

Battling long extensive breaks throughout the day where the team saw more time off the court than on it, for a total of 8 out of 10 hours to be exact, our Tigers had a slow start to the Finals and lost the first set to the Jr. Gryphons. The strong resolve that this team has proven all year long kicked in for the remainder of the match. With the Gold in sight, the Tigers went on to take over all facets of the game, from strong serving, to solid blocking and digging up any possible ball, the team began to prove why they were the favorites going into the tournament and winning the next two sets handily.

This performance will surely give a boost of confidence to this group going into both the 17u Provincials and their 16u Provincial in April.

Go Tigers Go!!!