2018-19 regular season record: 13-6
2018-19 regular season standings: 3rd in East DivisionÂ
2018-19 playoff record: 0-1
2018-19 playoff finish: Lost to Western 3-1 in OUA first round
Home Arena: Athletics & Recreation Centre (ARC)
Full Schedule: Women's Volleyball Schedule
The Queen's Gaels women's volleyball team open their season this weekend against the York Lions on Saturday at noon and Nipissing Lakers on Sunday at noon. Tickets for home games are available at gogaelsgo.com/tickets. You can catch the action live on OUA.tv.
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Last season, the Gaels posted an impressive 13-6 record and finished third in the OUA East Division but fell to the Western Mustangs in the first round of the OUA playoffs for the third straight year.
This season, the Gaels will be without star outside hitter Caroline Livingston who finished fourth in the OUA in kills with 247, en route to being named a first-team OUA All-Star. Also missing from the roster are departed players
Isabelle Korchinski,
Sierra Hardy and
Victoria Wensley.Â
Queen's led the OUA in kills last season thanks large in part by Livingston, but also with help from outside hitters Julia Wiercigroch and Arielle Palermo, as well as middle blocker Saffron van der Linde, who are poised to lead the Gaels on offence this year.Â
Third-year Wiercigroch recorded 161 kills the second-highest total on the team behind Livngston, while Palermo contributed 133 kills. Wiercigroch was named second-team OUA All-Star and Palermo was selected to All-Rookie team.Â
In addition, Sierra Hardy finished last season third in the OUA in assists with 636 and was an All-Star, Queen's will look to a younger group of setters to replace Hardy as the quarterback. The Gaels will be led on defence by middle blockers
Saffron van der Linde,
Danielle Corrigan and
Natalie Crews.Â
Van der Linde led Queens with 50 total blocks, while Corrigan and Wiercigroch contributed 41 and 31 blocks, respectively. Â
Head Coach:Â
Ryan RatushniakÂ
- Number of seasons as head coach with team (including 2019): 3
- Career regular season record with team: 26-12
- Career overall record with team (reg. season and playoffs only): 26-14
Ryan Ratushniak enters 2019-20 in his third season as the head coach of the women's volleyball team. In his first two seasons as head coach, Ratushniak has led the Gaels to identical 13-7 records with the Gaels falling to the Western Mustangs in the opening round of the playoffs in both years.
Key Returnees:
Julia WiercigrochÂ
Alexandra TsfiosasÂ
Saffron van der Linde
Arielle Palermo
Danielle Corrigan
Key Losses:
Caroline LivingstonÂ
Sierra Hardy
Isabelle Korchinski
Victoria Wensley
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