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“I have to give it to them, I want
the whole world to know how hard
and determined these girls are,”
said head coach Lloyd Rumble.
“They push themselves so hard in
practice and then they work hard in
the games as well.”
This point is taken full force as
we have watched this group of
women develop into a volleyball
squad.
“We have made so many
improvements since the beginning
of the season,” said Rumble. “But
as much improvements we have
had, I still don't know the extent of
talent we have. Most of the team is
first year and so I am still reorganizing
the team and trying out people
in different places, and this
works great for a team but not so
much for a superstar.”
The squad is made up of 14
women, 10 of which are first year
students. Despite the youth they
have proven that they dedicated to
winning. Getting to fourth has not
been an easy task and neither will
be continuing their drive to OCAA
gold.
“I obviously am shooting for
gold, but I also know that we need
to work hard to get there,” said
team captain Michelle Schinkel.
“If we play to the best of our abilities
then we will win games. If we
win games we make it to the
(OCAA's) and if we win there then
nationals are up next. But for now
we need to focus on getting better
and winning the games at hand.”
The London native has shown
extreme skill in volleyball both on
the court and as a captain.
“I never played club volleyball,
and volleyball wasn't my first
choice. I wanted to do javelin but
no schools in Canada do javelin,”
said Schinkel. “When I went to
Niagara College I played volleyball
there for two years and then
when I came to Fanshawe I was
asked to come try-out when they
saw that I had volleyball experience.”
The 5'8” blonde is a fireball of
energy once game time comes, but
in practice and off the court is as
cool as ice.
“As captain I need to be energetic
and loud on the court in order
to keep the energy up, but the girls
are all outgoing girls and so off the
court we keep each other motivated
as much as we can,” she said.
While Rumble figures out player
positioning the girls try to pump
out wins, but it doesn't always end
up the way they want.
“Each game is different and we
seem to have different problems
each game. One game we could
have great blocking, the next terrible
blocking,” said Schinkel.
On November 25 the girls faced
off head to head against the number
two ranked Humber Hawks.