SUNDAY

Regina 3 Alberta 0

Pandas-Cougars Stats

Courtesy U of Regina Sports Information

REGINA – The Regina Cougars continued their strong start to the second half of the Canada West schedule with a three-set win over Alberta (6-8) on Sunday at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.
 
The win improves the U of R's record to 5-9 on the season as the Cougars pull into a tie with Mount Royal for eighth place in the Canada West standings, just one win back of Alberta for the seventh and final berth in the conference postseason.
 
Desiree Ates led all players with 15 kills and added eight digs, while Michelle Sweeting collected 10 kills, six blocks, and five digs. Leah Shevkenek fell just short of a double-double with 34 assists and nine digs.
 
Meg Casault had a team-high 11 kills for Alberta, which will return to action next weekend at home against Calgary. Libero Jessie Niles led all players with 17 kills for the Pandas, while Dione Lang added seven kills and tied for the match lead with five blocks.

The Cougars will now prepare for a pivotal pair of road matches against provincial rival Saskatchewan next weekend as the Huskies will enter the series in sixth place in the conference standings with a 7-7 record.

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SATURDAY

#4 Brandon 3 Thompson Rivers 0

Bobcats-WolfPack Stats

by Larry read, TRU Sports Information

KAMLOOPS, BC - The Thompson Rivers WolfPack fell victim to the #4 Brandon Bobcats for the second night in a row, this time on Saturday.

The Bobcats took down the ‘Pack in three straight sets: 25-16,25-18,25-12 at the Tournament Capital Centre. Brandon is off to the best start in school history as their record moves to 11 and 3 while the WolfPack are winless in 14 starts.

Rauch wound up with five kills in 12 chances with a service ace,and 11 digs.

Kristen Giesbrecht had a team high eight kills in 36 chances with one service ace, one dig two solo blocks and one block assist.

The WolfPack travel to Winnipeg next weekend (January 17-18) while the Bobcats visit UBC.  Next home action for Thompson Rivers will be January 24 th when they entertain the Trinity Western University Spartans. Game time at the TCC will be 6 pm.

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#5 Trinity Western 3 Mount Royal 0

Cougars-Spartans Stats

by Mark Janzen, TWU Sports Information

LANGLEY, BC – For the second night in a row, the #5 Trinity Western collected 15 blocks in a three-set match as the Spartans completed a weekend sweep of Mount Royal with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-20) win on Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.

Led by Casie Gano, who had a match-high 10 blocks, the Spartans had seven different players with multiple block efforts to help TWU improve to 10-4 on the season. For MRU, who had just four team blocks, the loss drops its record to 5-9.

Sophie Carpentier led TWU with nine kills to go with five blocks while Royal Richardson had eight kills, two blocks and a team-high nine digs. Along with Gano's blocking effort, she also put together an efficient night attacking, earning an errorless five kills on seven attempts.
 
For the Cougars, who hit .030 as a team, Robyn Potolicki and Julia Pasieka each had six kills while Makenzie Quinn added five kills and Mikayla Fritzke had four. Libero Taylor Smith had a match-high 10 digs. Setter Jenna Smith had 18 assists.
 
The Spartans are back on the court Jan. 17-18 when host UBC Okanagan while Mount Royal will travel to play Manitoba.

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#1 UBC 3 #3 UBC Okanagan 0

Thunderbirds-Heat Stats

by Cary Mellon, UBCO Sports Information

KELOWNA, BC - The UBC Thunderbirds continue to prove their worth as the first-ranked team in the nation, making quick work of their inter-university rivals, the third-ranked UBC Okanagan Heat, in straight sets 3-0 (25-10, 25-16, 25-21) on Saturday

The 'Birds would set the tone early, both hitting .323 as a team and holding the Heat to a negative team kill percentage of -.121. Alissa Coulter provided 10 of UBC's 34 kills on the evening, and as a team, the Thunderbirds out-blocked the Heat 10-7. Behind Coulter, Rosie Schlagintweit and Lisa Barclay provided 9 kills apiece - an off night by their standards and a missed opportunity for the Heat.

For UBC Okanagan, Steve Manuel employed a multitude of different lineups in search of a winning formula. Kaitlynn Given would lead all Heat scorers with 6 kills while adding 9 digs as well.

The Heat's record now stands at 10-4, while the Thunderbird's record improves to 14-0.

The Heat will hit the road next weekend to continue the second half of the Canada West season, traveling to Langley, BC to face the fifth-ranked Trinity Western Spartans. The Thunderbirds, meanwhile, will return home to host the fourth-ranked Brandon Bobcats.

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#8 Manitoba 3 Calgary 0

Bisons-Dinos Stats

by Lindsay Franco, U of C Sports Information

CALGARY – The #8 Manitoba Bisons swept the Calgary Dinos on Saturday at Jack Simpson Gym, winning 3-0 (25-14, 26-24, 25-13).

While the Dinos slip to 4-10, the Bisons improve to 8-6 to hold down fifth in the conference standings.
 
Calgary's leading scorer was Janna Ogle with eight kills on the night followed by rookie Megan McCreary with five more. Brianna Solberg and Ali Woolley picked up 17 and 16 digs, respectively.

For the Bisons, middle Jordana Milne scored a game-high 13 kills. Taylor Pischke followed that with 12 kills and 15 digs and Rachel Cockrell added 11 kills and nine digs for Manitoba.
 
Next weekend, the Bisons will host the Mount Royal Cougars, while the Dinos will head north to Edmonton to take on the Alberta Pandas.

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Regina 3 Alberta 2

Pandas-Cougars Stats

Courtesy U of Regina Sports Information

REGINA - The Regina Cougars started out Saturday's match with an epic comeback win in the first set and went on to win in five over the Alberta Pandas in a Canada West match at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport.

Alberta won the first set 25-23 and the teams traded the next three sets, with Alberta scoring 25-15 and 25-16 wins in the second and fourth sets and the Cougars taking a 25-21 win in the third.

In the deciding set, the Cougars (4-9) took control with five straight points around the side switch and clinched their fourth victory of the Canada West schedule with a 15-9 win.

Shevkenek controlled a balanced offence that saw three different Cougars hit double figures in kills, led by a match-high 15 from Desiree Ates. The fifth-year outside hitter also had 12 digs for a double-double and had kills on three of the match's final four points to help seal the win.

Michelle Sweeting added 14 kills and a team-high seven blocks, while Tori Glynn ended up with 13 kills. Shevkenek also had a double-double with 43 assists and 16 digs, while Chelsea Ziolkowski led all players and set a new career high with 18 digs.

Meg Casault led Alberta (6-7) with 14 kills and added 11 digs for a double-double. Jessie Niles played only three of the match's five sets but still led the Pandas with 15 digs, while Kacey Otto had 10 kills and Jessica Stroud had a match-high 10 blocks. Setter Mariah Walsh chipped in with 31 assists and 11 digs for Alberta.

The two teams will meet again on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

Regina Cougars

Saskatchewan 3 Winnipeg 0

Wesmen-Huskies Stats

by Nicole Betker, Huskies Sports Information

SASKATOON - The Saskatchewan Huskies completed a sweep a 3-0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-20) victory over the visiting Winnipeg Wesmen on Saturday at the PAC.
 
With the win, the Huskies improve to 7-7 to stay in the playoff race. Winnipeg drops to 4-9.
 
Fifth-year outside hitter Candace Hueser led the Huskies in the win with 10 kills and seven digs. Middle blocker Kayla Tycholiz added another eight kills and three blocks.
 
Hailey Buhler led Winnipeg with 13 kills in the match. Ellina Domnidou tallied another eight kills and eight digs for the Wesmen.
 
The Huskies remain at home to host provincial-rival the Regina Cougars next weekend, while Winnipeg returns home to host the Thompson Rivers WolfPack.

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FRIDAY

#1 UBC 3 #3 UBC Okanagan 1

Thunderbirds-Heat Stats

by Cary Mellon, UBCO Sports Information

KELOWNA, BC - In one of the most anticipated games of the Canada West women's volleyball season, the CIS #1-ranked UBC Thunderbirds and the third-ranked UBC Okanagan Heat, and although the Heat were able to take a set off the champs the game ultimately resulted in a  3-1 (25-20, 25-15, 20-25, 25-18) victory for the visiting T-Birds on Friday.
 
Lisa Barclay finished with 18 kills to lead the Thunderbirds, but the services of Rosie Schlagintweit proved to be the difference maker over the course of the four sets for UBC. Her lefty swing from all areas of the court, specifically from the back-row, gave the Heat fits, and Schlagintweit seemed to come up with a kill when UBC needed it the most. She would finish the match with 15 kills and 11 digs.
 
For the Heat, Megan Festival led the attack with 10 kills, while chipping in 9 digs as well. Kaitlynn Given and Katie Wuttunnee would add 7 kills each as well, but offense was tough to come by for the Heat on the night.
 
With the win, the UBC Thunderbirds remain undefeated at 13-0, while the Heat experience their first loss since November 9th, 2013, dropping to 10-3.
 
Both teams will resume the weekend series tomorrow evening from UBC's Okanagan campus gymnasium, with the first set scheduled for 5 p.m. Watch live on http://canadawest.tv.

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#4 Brandon 3 Thompson Rivers 0

Bobcats-WolfPack Stats

by Larry Read, TRU Sports Information

KAMLOOPS, BC - The 2014 calendar year began the same way as 2013 ended for the Thompson Rivers WolfPack - a straight-sets loss.

The WolfPack played their first Canada West match of 2014 and fell 3-0 to the visiting Brandon Bobcats.  The scores were 25-17, 25-13, 25-12.

The first set started on the right foot for TRU, who are now winless in 13 starts. They were tied 6-6 with the Bobcats who move to 10-3 on the season.

Brandon was led by Shanlee McLennan who had 12 kills in 23 chances with three service aces and nine digs. Kellie Baker had 30 assists.

For TRU, it was Morgan Kolasa who led in kills with five in 24 chances and two digs. Brianne Rauch had five kills.

The two teams will wrap up their weekend series Saturday at the Tournament Capital Centre. Match time is 5 p.m.

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#8 Manitoba 3 Calgary 1

Bisons-Dinos Stats

by Lindsay Franco, U of C Dinos Sports Information

CALGARY – The Calgary Dinos fell 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-22) to the #8 Manitoba Bisons in their first game back from the break at Jack Simpson Gymnasium.

As the Dinos fall to 4-9, the Bisons improve to 7-6. Ali Woolley led the way for Calgary with 16 kills on the night, followed by another ten from rookie Janna Ogle. Rookies Laura McManes and Brianna Solberg picked up 20 and 12 digs, respectively. Setter Jordhynn Guy recorded 33 assists.

For the Bisons, Rachel Cockrell led all hitters with a game-high 21 kills. Teammate Taylor Pischke recorded another 20 and fourth-year Mariel Garcia added ten more. Top setter in the conference, Brittany Habing, recorded a game-high 52 assists.
 
Both teams will go at it again on Saturday at 5:00 p.m.

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#5 Trinity Western 3 Mount Royal 0

Cougars-Spartans Stats

by Martk Janzen, TWU Sports Information

LANGLEY, BC – Thanks to yet another dominant blocking effort, the #5 Trinity Western Spartans earned a convincing three-set win (25-15, 25-19, 25-15) over Mount Royal on Friday at the Langley Events Centre.
 
Spartans middle Casie Gano led the TWU blocking effort with nine blocks while setter Lauren Moncks added five and Royal Richardson had four.
 
The win improves TWU to 9-4 on the year while MRU drops to 5-8.
 
For the Cougars, it was Julia Pasieka and Carolyn O'Dwyer each collecting five kills while Kylie Willis had a team-high three blocks. Fallon Middlemiss added four aces.
 
The teams will clash again Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre.

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Saskatchewan 3 Winnipeg 1

Wesmen-Huskies Stats

by Nicole Betker, Huskies Sports Information

SASKATOON - The Saskatchewan Huskies opened the second half with a 3-1 (25-14, 18-25, 25-17, 25-20) victory over the visiting Winnipeg Wesmen on Friday at the PAC.
 
Third-year middle blocker Kayla Tycholiz led the Huskies to the victory tallying a match-high 16 kills, adding six blocks and one service ace. Fifth-year outside hitter Candace Hueser added another 11 kills and eight digs for Saskatchewan.
 
Despite leaving the match with an injury in the third set, Ozana Nikolic led the Wesmen with 14 kills, while Carleen Kruschel added another nine.
 
With the win the Huskies improve to 6-7 on the season, while Winnipeg drops to 4-9.  The win also helped Saskatchewan keep pace in the race to the playoffs. The Huskies entered the weekend tied for the last playoff spot.
 
The two teams will battle again Saturday at the PAC. Match time is 6:15 p.m. A video feed can be watch on http://canadawest.tv.

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