{"id":875,"date":"2011-10-19T11:29:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T18:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=875"},"modified":"2011-10-19T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T18:29:24","slug":"chargers-volleyball-team-looking-for-kill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2011\/10\/19\/chargers-volleyball-team-looking-for-kill\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers volleyball team looking for kill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camosun College starts its 18th year of athletic programs with one of its spotlights on the Chargers women\u2019s volleyball team, who had a disappointing run last year.<\/p>\n

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The Chargers women's volleyball team in practice (photo by Christie Brown).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When the team gets into action this month, there are high hopes that this year will be an improvement upon the last. The 2011\/2012 roster is made up of nine new faces to lace up and take the court for the first time. Returning athletes Elizabeth Davis, Jenna Brown, Mariah Holmstrom, and Suzanna Campbell are four out of the seven second-year athletes, some of whom you may have already seen around the Lansdowne campus.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s roster is full of talent and there are many key players to watch. Specifically, keep an eye out for Campbell, who proved herself last season and earned the BCCAA all-rookie title, as well as second-year right side Brown.<\/p>\n

Early in the preseason, Brown played against the VIU Mariners and produced a game-high 12 points, and may have even more to show everyone this season. Brown is positive about the games ahead of her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a good group of girls this year and we have all been training really hard,\u201d says Brown.<\/p>\n

Last season, the women\u2019s volleyball Chargers left their fans feeling disappointed and thinking about what could have been. The team fell just short in the BC Colleges\u2019 Athletic Association conference standings, finishing fifth in a league of seven teams.<\/p>\n

This year, the club is confident in the changes they\u2019ve made and think they can be more successful. The Chargers head coach Chris Dahl is entering his second year with the Chargers and has expressed the need for overall improvement to his players.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are involved in a high-performance sport,\u201d says Dahl. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work to be done before we\u2019ll be able to compete for a championship, but this has definitely been identified as something we aspire to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown believes the players are up to Dahl\u2019s challenge and are ready to implement the coach\u2019s season-long plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants us to win more games this season, so that\u2019s what we are going to have to do,\u201d says Brown. \u201cWe\u2019re out there to have fun, but we know what is expected of us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Camosun College starts its 18th year of athletic programs with one of its spotlights on the Chargers women\u2019s volleyball team, who had a disappointing run last year. When the team gets into action this month, there are high hopes that this year will be an improvement upon the last. The 2011\/2012 roster is made up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":876,"comment_status":"open","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":[8,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-october192011"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t