ST. CATHARINES – Grace Pyatt (Thorold, Ont.)
of the women's volleyball team and
Colton Spencer (Thorold, Ont.) of the men's track and field team have been named the Brock University athlete of the week for the period ending March 12, 2023.
Pyatt, a fifth-year Applied Gerontology major, led the charge for the Badgers in a stunning come-from-behind five set Quigley Cup Championship victory over Queen's this past Saturday. The now two-time OUA first team all-star notched a team-high 22 points, delivering especially down the stretch for Brock tallying 17 total kills on an impressive .517 attack percentage, alongside 10 block assists and four digs. Most impressive was the banner-clinching block which Pyatt secured in the fifth set to register the game-winning point. The victory marks the second consecutive OUA banner for the Brock women's volleyball team and qualified the Badgers for their second-ever appearance at the U SPORTS National Championship next weekend in Vancouver.
Spencer, a second-year Kinesiology student, sprinted his way to a Top 5 result at the U SPORTS National Championship in Saskatoon this past weekend. A sophomore sprinter making his second appearance at the national showcase event, Spencer first earned his spot in the finals of the men's 60m hurdles event after posting the sixth fastest time in preliminaries with a 8.29. The Thorold native went on to better his prelim performance sprinting to a time of 8.20 in the national finals, finishing fifth overall in the country for the 60m hurdles.The fifth place finish improved upon a 10th place result at the U SPORTS National Championship a year ago.
Pyatt and the women's volleyball team are the only Badgers team still in competition after qualifying for the U SPORTS National Championship with their Quigley Cup victory. Brock will begin their journey in Vancouver with a national quarter-final showdown versus the host UBC Thunderbirds this Friday, Mar. 19, with first serve scheduled for 9 p.m. EST.
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