Beaver, Smit lead Huskies past Capers

By GLENN MacDONALD Sports Reporter

February 15, 2010

Alison Beaver notched 16 kills and Kerri Smit added a dozen as the Saint Mary’s Huskies swept past the Cape Breton Capers 3-0 in the regular-season finale of the AUS women’s volleyball league Sunday afternoon at The Tower.

Scores were 25-20, 25-11, 26-24.

Keisha Muise had 14 digs for the Huskies, who finish with an 11-7 record, tied with the St. Francis Xavier X-Women atop the conference standings.

Both the Huskies and X-Women earn a quarter-final bye in next weekend’s AUS playoffs. St. F.X. gets the No. 1 seed based on its head-to-head meetings with SMU this past season.

Hilary Cummings added five kills and 11 digs for the Capers (6-12). CBU finish tied with Dalhousie but get the fifth seed over the Tigers.

The Capers will face the UNB Varsity Reds in Friday’s conference quarter-final at The Tower.

Axewomen 3, Tigers 1: At Wolfville, Nicole Davidson collected 15 kills and 11 digs as Acadia edged Dalhousie 26-24, 20-25, 25-18, 27-25.

Alyssa Berry added 11 kills and 11 digs while Pamela Giordani had 25 digs for Acadia, which finishes the regular season at 10-8.

Margaret Morrison answered with 11 kills and Courtney Giesbrecht had 17 digs for Dal (6-12).

The two clubs will face each other in the first conference quarter-final Friday evening at SMU.

• In other action, the host Moncton Aigles Bleues surprised UNB 3-0. Moncton (3-15) is out of the playoff picture. UNB drops to 9-9 and finishes in fourth place.