Canadians Making Their Mark Early

Canadian female volleyball athletes such as Tabi Love (University of Minnesota), Lucy Charuk (University of Houston) and Ali Loynachan (UMBC) are tearing up the courts as the NCAA season debuts south of the border.

August 28th, 6′ 6″ freshman Tabi Love (Dauphin, MB) tallied nine kills in her career debut match when the Gophers took Kansas in five sets 25-19, 25-16, 29-31, 24-26, 15-11. Meanwhile yesterday, fresman Ali Loynachan (Whitby, Ont.) added ten kills and four service aces at the Bingaman Memorial Volleyball Tournament. Loynachan was also named to the Tournament All-Star Team. Conference USA First-Team Junior Lucy Charuk (Tsawwassen, BC) has her work cut out for her this season with the University of Houston Cougars. As primary middle blocker, Charuk recently had a spike touch of 10′ 6.5″ so she is no doubt set to break more records again this season. Go girls!