The Oak Bay High School senior girls volleyball team is thanking tight teamwork and strong defence for a big win at Belmont Secondary School Saturday night.

The girls took home the Vancouver Island 2019 AAAA Senior Girls Volleyball Championship, beating out Claremont Secondary 25-23. Claremont earned second place and Dover Bay Secondary took home third. All three teams will now head to provincial championships in Langley.

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B次元官网网址淚t was really a team effort,B次元官网网址� said Oak Bay co-coach Mike McCulloch. B次元官网网址淓veryone on our team had a role and they all knew their role and stuck to itB次元官网网址� We were really tight as a team, it was our defence, our passing and our serving that won.

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Co-coach Lara McCulloch says the Oak Bay girls had played B次元官网网址� and mostly lost B次元官网网址� against Claremont seven or eight times before the Vancouver Island competition. And after losing three Grade 12 girls from the team this year, Lara says it took some re-arranging to find the teamB次元官网网址檚 strength.

Player Talia Hill, who is typically the teamB次元官网网址檚 libero (strictly back row) had to take on the role of setter, while full-time setter Amelia McCulloch acted as setter and attacker.

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Hill left the game with an All Star award, while Amelia was awarded the tournamentB次元官网网址檚 Most Valuable Player award.

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The upcoming , held at the Langley Events Centre from Nov. 28 to Nov. 30 are full of opportunity, says tournament coordinator and Belmont Secondary coach Mike Toakley.

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