It was a tough weekend for the Dauphin Clippers senior girls volleyball team.

Playing in their first tournament of the season, the Clippers lost in the C-side final at the Royal Rumble Varsity Girls Invitational, Friday and Saturday in Selkirk.

Dauphin opened the tournament with a 15-25 and 12-25 loss to the Dakota Lancers, followed by a 14-25 and 18-25 loss to the host Lord Selkirk Royals.

A 10-25 and 18-25 loss to the Sturgeon Heights Huskies left the Clippers in fourth place in their pool, dropping them to the C-side of the draw.

In the C-side semifinals, Dauphin defeated the J.H. Bruns Broncos, 25-10 and 29-27 to advance to the final, where they lost, 22-25, 25-23 and 8-15.

Coming off a second-place finish in Niverville, Sept. 20 and 21, the Clippers JV girls team was in Virden for the JV Girls Fall Classic, this past weekend.

Dauphin began the tournament with a 25-5 and 25-12 win over the Neepawa Tigers.

Then they beat the Crocus Plains Plainsmen, 25-8 and 25-14 and ended the round-robin with a 15-25 and 17-25 loss to Brandon’s Vincent Massey Vikings.

In the quarterfinals, Dauphin faced the Neelin Spartans, coming away with a 25-22 and 25-12 victory to advance to the semifinals, where they lost to the host and eventual champion Virden Golden Bears, 16-25 and 24-26.

In the third-place game, the Clippers defeated the Swan Valley Tigers, 25-13 and 25-14.