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BEAVER | Thursday, M arch 2 , 2 0 1 7 | 32 Team s s p lit2 6 -2 4 wins in second and third sets o f a five-set showdown continued from p. 31 M arina Vesovic, who all found holes in the Hayden defence, catching corners and lines with their attacks. Duffy finished off the set with an ace that clipped the backline. The next two sets would becom e showdowns be tween each team 's top hitter, Vesovic and Hayden's Alex Kells. Each w ould record nine kills in the second set as Vesovic, who had 27 kills in the match, drove home points from all over the floor, including a few timely back-court attacks. But it w ould be Hayden that would pull out the 26 24 victory. In the third set it w as Hayden attacks that would begin finding the lines as it rallied to take the lead with another 26-24 win. Aquinas seem ed to have regained control of the match in the fourth set after taking 10 of the last 12 points, including four straight aces by Vesovic am ong six straight points to end the game. Aquinas would not carry that m om entum into the deciding set, though. Hayden built a 12-4 advantage that left Aquinas alm ost no room for error. Though the Raiders cut the lead to five, they got no closer. Despite the loss, Szpakow ski said the Aquinas girls went from a team with potential at the start of the sea son to one of Halton's best. "Really, we far exceeded our expectations," the Aqui nas coach said. "If this w as a rebuilding year, the future bodes w ell." T | Hornets win 1-0 in first gam e of PW HL playoffs They finished 43 points apart in the standings, but ju st one goal separated the Oakville Hornets and Burlington Bar racudas in last Sunday's opening game of their Provincial W omen's Hockey League playoff series. M adison Oakes m ade 15 saves and Sarah Fillier scored the gam e's only goal as Oakville took a 1-0 lead in the bestof-five series. Fillier scored 5:16 into the game, set up by Em m a M altais and Jessica Digirolamo. Burlington goalie Chelsea D ubois stopped all 21 shots she faced over the final two periods, finishing the game with 33 saves, to keep the Barracudas within a goal, but she w as m atched by Oakes as Oakville held on to its 1-0 lead. Game 2 of the series w as Tuesday in Oakville, played af ter the Beaver press deadline. Game 3 is tom orrow (Friday) at Burlington's Mainway Arena at 8 p.m. w w w .insideH A LTO N .com | OAKVILLE Blades finish with three wins The Oakville Blades scored five times in the second period and held off a late com eback by the M arkham Royals for a 5-4 win last Saturday. It followed an 8-4 win over Milton last Friday. The Blades finished on a three-game winning streak to close the Ontario Junior Hockey League season in first place in the South Division with a 33-14-7 record. They'll face North York in Round 1 of the playoffs later this week. Bryce Misley scored two goals and singles went to Jack son Bales, Tyler Hildebrandt and Jac k Jeffers. Christian Rajic and Ryan F o ss each had a pair of assists for Oakville. F o ss led the Blades with 68 points this season while Bales had a team-high 28 goals. Aquinas' Alisa Ermarkaryan blocks Hayden's Hanna Laube in the Halton senior girls Tier 1 AAA vol leyball final. Hayden took the title in a five-set match, 23-25, 26-24, 26-24, 13-25, 15-8. | photo by Graham Paine - Oakville Beaver -- PRE-TRYOUT TRAINING CAMPS 14 HOURS ON-ICE \PPLEBY S Y S TE M S F IR E P LA C E , HEATING & A IR CONDITIONING CO N TR A C TO R S OAKVILLE 905.825.1893 BURLINGTON 905.335.3203 2086 SPEERS RD., OAKVILLE Come See Our SHOWROOM Mon - Fri. 8am - 5pm; Saturday 11am - 4pm THiS PROGRAM iS SPECIFICALLY DESiGNED AROUND THE TRYOUT SEASON t o e n s u r e a l l p l a y e r s a r e c o m p etin g a t t h e ir h ig h e st l e v e l . CANLAN www.applebysystems.ca SPORTS Hocice CAMPS*/ -- . EANLAN TO REGISTER icesports.com/oakv1lle 905-84 5-698 9 LOCATION 2300 Cornwall Road Oakville ON L6J7T9