{"id":27481,"date":"2025-11-12T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/?p=27481"},"modified":"2025-11-06T15:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:24:04","slug":"camosun-chargers-womens-volleyball-team-rebuilds-for-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2025\/11\/12\/camosun-chargers-womens-volleyball-team-rebuilds-for-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun Chargers women\u2019s volleyball team rebuilds for new season"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Camosun Chargers women\u2019s volleyball team took home their first win of the season on October 17, going 3-2 against Douglas College in their home opener. The Chargers gave a dominant performance and secured their victory in a nail-bitingly close final set. Even for players who weren\u2019t on the court, like fifth-year outside hitter Karynn Hampe, this win was huge.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always nice to win a home opener,\u201d says Hampe. \u201cIt\u2019s a great feeling, especially with our new team. Experiencing that first win together is always so exciting, particularly on a home-opener night because the energy in the gym is just electric. You can just feel all the love and support from friends and family, and community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team has undergone some notable changes in recent history, causing a clear shift to their foundation. They parted ways with head coach Brent Hall back in April, as he elected to pursue an assistant coaching position with the University of the Fraser Valley. In his place, Scott Freeburn was hired, introducing a period of adjustment for the team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fifth-year Chargers women\u2019s volleyball outside hitter Karynn Hampe on the court (photo by Camosun Chargers Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI really liked having [Brent] as a coach, so I was a little bit nervous when we were getting a new coach, but Scott has been so awesome,\u201d says Hampe. \u201cHe\u2019s been so completely involved with our team, and you can really feel how much he cares about the team… Our old coach was really great and our new coach is really great. So we\u2019ve been very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the goodbyes didn\u2019t just end with Hall, as the team also felt the loss of a number of valued players from years prior. Perhaps most notably, team captains Avery Hansen and Paige Roslinsky have both moved on to the University of Victoria, while Thalia Cooke is playing for the University of Saskatchewan. This shift, too, has posed a challenge for the Chargers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our team\u2019s biggest challenge is just so much change and so much turnover from last year,\u201d says Hampe. \u201cAll three of our captains from last year are no longer with the team, and with the new coach, it\u2019s just a lot of turnover. So I think the biggest challenge is just finding the balance between keeping old traditions and also starting new ones as a team, and finding that good balance and good team chemistry. But I think it\u2019s going really positively so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Current captains Edyn Van Brabant and Olivia Trionfi have both risen to the occasion, adding a level of ease to the team\u2019s transitional period.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur captains are super lovely and super awesome, and I think they\u2019re doing an awesome job of managing the turnover from the team, and setting new standards,\u201d says Hampe.<\/p>\n

The women\u2019s volleyball team also welcomed a number of new players this season, eager to establish themselves in the wake of last year\u2019s PACWEST silver medalists.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs cliche as it sounds, our team really is a family,\u201d says Hampe. \u201cIt\u2019s crazy because we spend so much time together and our new players just really blended in great with our team.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the outlook is positive, there\u2019s still clear work to be done. With two games left in November, the team still has a chance to solidify their new dynamics and climb the leaderboard toward their goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, I think it\u2019s every team\u2019s goal to win provincials and go to nationals, you know? So, of course, that\u2019s one of our goals,\u201d says Hampe. \u201cBut I think another one of our goals is just to develop as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Camosun Chargers women\u2019s volleyball team took home their first win of the season on October 17, going 3-2 against Douglas College in their home opener. The Chargers gave a dominant performance and secured their victory in a nail-bitingly close final set. Even for players who weren\u2019t on the court, like fifth-year outside hitter Karynn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,8,342,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-sports","category-sports","category-november-12-2025","category-campus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27483,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27481\/revisions\/27483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}