McGill volleyball player joins Canadian national B team
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MONTREAL -- Daphn茅e-Maude 础苍诲谤茅-惭辞谤颈苍, a 19-year-old education sophomore with the 香蕉视频 Martlets, has been selected by Volleyball Canada to play for the national developmental team which is scheduled to compete at the FISU Summer Games in Shenzhen, China, August 12-23.
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The 5-foot-7 native of Vaudreuil-sur-le-lac, Que., who was raised in Kitchener, Ont.,听 becomes only the second volleyball player in McGill history to make the national team program, joining Wendy Whelan, who accomplished the feat in 1998.
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Despite missing four matches due to illness, 础苍诲谤茅-惭辞谤颈苍 was named libero of the year in the Quebec conference, where she led the league in total digs (247) and digs per set (4.05).
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Picked for the national B squad after attending a Team Canada selection camp held at the University of Manitoba, May 15-20, she is scheduled to return to Winnipeg in July for a training camp.
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"She is arguably the team's most dedicated athlete and showed tremendous consistency throughout the season,"听says McGill head coach 搁补肠丑猫濒别 叠茅濒颈惫别补耻. "She excels in passing and is also a very good and agile defensive player. Her strongest attribute is her serve-receive average, which was 2.23 (out of 3), which translates into a 74 per cent success rate and is an important component for someone who plays the libero position."
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Alain Pelletier from the Universit茅 Laval has been named head coach of the national B Team. His assistant coaches are Lee Carter of Brandon University, and Joely Christian-Macfarlane from Queen's University.
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Canadian Developmental 'B' Team Roster: Beth Clark (SK, Team Canada), Kelci French (AB, Team Canada), Kristi Hunter (MB, Manitoba), Alexandra Lojen (QC, U de Montreal), Shanice Marcelle (BC, UBC), Daphn茅e-Maude 础苍诲谤茅-惭辞谤颈苍 (QC, McGill), Marie-Sophie Nadeau (QC, U de Montreal), Alicia Perrin (BC, Trinity Western), Michaela听Ressor (ON, Samford), Amy Toews (MB, U of Manitoba), Tesca Andrew-Wasylik (ON, Laurier), Krista Zubick (AB, U of Alberta).
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SOURCE:
Earl Zukerman
Communications Officer
McGill Athletics & Recreation
514-398-7012听听听听听听
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca
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