This weekend the Sea-Hawks volleyball team hosts the RMC Paladins for a 3-game weekend series.
The Paladins are travelling from Kingston, Ontario to prepare for their regular OUA season. Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) – a University where the athletes are not only representing their university for volleyball, but preparing to serve their country in the military.
This is Memorial's second preseason tournament this year, and head coach John Slauenwhite is looking forward to hosting RMC at home, "It's always nice to play at The Fieldhouse in front of our great fans. This week has allowed us to work on a few takeaways from this past weekend in Ottawa, and aid in our preparation for this coming weekend".
The feeling of playing at home is one second year player Hailey Oke loves: "it means a lot to us as a team, getting to play in front of our home crowd is always a huge bonus and doing it this early in the season will definitely boost our motivation to want to keep improving to make the environment and team better".
Second year Katie Wagar feels "it will be a great opportunity for our team to compete against a new team that we have never seen before and build on the things we need to work on from last weekend"
The Sea-Hawks take on the Paladins at The Work's Fieldhouse on October 5th at 7pm NST and October 6th at 7pm NST. The final matchup between the two teams will take place in the Old MUN Gym at 1pm NST on Sunday, October 7th. Friday and Saturday matchups will be available online at AUStv.ca and live score are available at www.goseahawks.ca.
Written by Sydney Hector