January 31, 2005

VollyFX opened their official tournament season with a bang at the Storm Tournament January 30th. With four teams participating in the 16 team tourney, VFX was out in full force... and represented well.
Mantra (16's) won the Silver Division after beating Buffalo VB Hammers in the Semi-Finals and Cheetah 17's in the finals.

Rapture (17's) captured first place in the Gold Division. They came from behind a first game loss to defeat VFX Illusion (18's) in a very close, well played match. Rapture and Illusion both showed skill and confidence in their first competition of the year. Head coach Jason Pariseau stated after the match that, "It is fun to come to a tournament like this and see our club represent well." He continued stating, "To face off against Illusion in the finals of the Gold was bittersweet. Nice to see us (both) here, yet one of us has to lose."

Magic (18's) swept through pool play undefeated in both match and game play, and took the Championship Bracket defeating Storm El Nino 28-26 and 25-11 in the Semi-Finals and Cheetah Seniors 25-17 and 25-16. Magic extends its consecutive streak of local (WEVA/Cortland) Junior Tournament Championships to 7 dating back to Cortland 2003. When asked about the streak and the win, team leader Steph Jansma said, "We will enjoy this win, and enjoy building on the rich tradition of this team and club. But, we made many mistakes today and are still working hard to be at the level that we want to be." Rachel Smith added, "Winning is fun, but now we will start training for Early Bird. I am sure we will have a tough few weeks of practice ahead of us."

Congrats to all.

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