November 7 2009: The lady Broncos saw a very busy weekend starting Friday night with our home opener vs Ambrose Lions. The girls fought to the end winning the match 3-2. Saturday the Bronocs travelled to Lac le Biche to meet up with Augustana, the 2^nd place team in the league. Augustana forced the girls again to 5 games with the Broncos coming out on top 3-2. The final game of the day was against host school Portage where the ladies won 3-0.  

A very successful weekend moving the Broncos from 5^th place to 3^rd place in league standings. The success was due to the heart and determination of the entire team. All the players had a hand in the weekend. Outside hitter Shayla Sandum leads the team with kills and is currently 3^rd in ACAL league kills. Middle Emily Tilleman threw up block after block all weekend. Right side Melissa Carritt’s aggressive serving and big kills and setter Meaghan Laderoute helped lead a quick and aggressive offence. Running a successful defensive in the back row was Kelsey Sim that allowed our offensive a chance to work. Returning from illness was Kylie Waite, with aggressive serves and kills from the leftside. 

The girls are facing our last week of league play this week: Monday against Prairie and Tuesday against CUC. The weekend will see action against St. Mary’s on Friday and Saturday will see the Lady Broncos against Portage and the 1^st ranked team in the league Concordia. All games will be hosted by the Olds College Broncos.  

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October 31st 2009 - This past weekend the Lady Broncos Volleyball Team participated in the Wildrose Classic tournament hosted by Red Deer College. The girls faced teams from the ACAC as well as CCAA teams from BC and Manitoba.

 The Broncos started the weekend off strong Friday night against Kings University by taking the first set 25-22 but lost the match 1-2. Saturday morning saw the girls matched up against Lakeland College, Red Deer College Alumni, and Assinibione College from Manitoba. Rookie setter Meghan Laderoute stepped up and ran a great offence all weekend lead by both 3^rd year powers Shayla Sandum and Kylie Waite. 2nd year Libero Kelsey Sim showed leadership in the defensive end as the Broncos competed hard but were relegated to the B side of the tournament. 

In the B side semi finals the girls played Red River College took the match paving the way to the consolation final Sunday morning where the girls faced NAIT. The Broncos were wiithout captain Kylie Waite so rookie power Charmayne Kading stepped in with a huge kill right of the start,  but with NAIT’s height, power and speed the Broncos lost the match 0-2.

“This weekend the girls showed heart, determination and team work-it’s a very strong tournament but the girls played very well and deserved to be there” said coach Amanda Clarke

OC vs Kings                           25-22, 9-25, 9-15

OC vs RDC Alumni               20-25, 12-25               

OC vs Lakeland                      20-25, 20-25

OC vs Assinibione                  25-13, 21-25, 15-10

OC vs Red river College         25-18, 25-19

OC vs NAIT                           16-25, 21-25