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!!!
