As things open up to something resembling normalcy, that means more things are bound to happen on the sporting side.

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The Crush Volleyball WomenSA国际影视传媒檚 Tournament, hosted by the Crush Volleyball Club, brought together eight teams, all from Yellowknife, for a one-day event and when it was all said and done, Crush White ended up coming out on top by beating Crush Blue in the best-of-three final in straight sets, 2-0.

Jeannie Mathison, the club director for Crush, said having both of her teams end up in the final was a bit of an upset.

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Crush White had one of the more exciting games in the tournament as they took on ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 What She Set, one of the better womenSA国际影视传媒檚 teams in the city, in their final-four contest. Crush Took the opening set, 25-23, before ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 What She Set rallied to win the second to set up the third-set tiebreak.

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The final saw Crush White win a tight first set but the second set went a bit easier as Crush Blue had trouble with their passing shots, said Mathison.

ThatSA国际影视传媒檚 What She Set went on to win the third-place game as they downed Yasss Queens.

Every team in the tournament was guaranteed at least four games and some ended up playing as many as six contests, such as the Crush teams.

Mathison said her club decided to make two even teams to give the girls as much playing time as possible.

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This tournament was a chance for the girls to get in some playing time before heading to Edmonton at the end of this month for the 17U Alberta Provincial Championships and the Volleyball Canada 17U Nationals, which are also in Edmonton in mid-May.

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The feedback of the one-day tournament from teams that entered was positive, said Mathison, and thereSA国际影视传媒檚 the idea of keeping this sort of format going for next season.

SA国际影视传媒淭hey liked the fact that it was all done in one day, a long day, but it appealed to players because they knew they could go hard for one day and rest the other,SA国际影视传媒� she said. SA国际影视传媒淚 think we could do this more regularly, maybe a series of events going from January to April. NothingSA国际影视传媒檚 cemented yet but weSA国际影视传媒檒l talk about it.SA国际影视传媒�