This weekend Briercrest women’s volleyball played against last year’s top team Red Deer College.

After four intense sets Briercrest’s women’s volleyball team defeated Red Deer 3-1 (25-19, 25-13, 11-25, 25-19).

The game started off with both teams battling point-for-point. Briercrest quickly started to take the lead though causing Red Deer to call a time out at 12-8 for Briercrest. Briercrest, looking to finish off the set with a win, called a timeout at 19-17 for Briercrest. Red Deer was unable to close the gap giving Briercrest the first set 25-19.

Briercrest came back strong in the second set with having a lead of 10-1. With amazing plays made by Briercrest they were able to keep the big lead. They kept their energy high and momentum going allowing them to win the second set 25-13.

Red Deer wasn’t ready to give up and came into the third set ready. Starting off the set with a tight score Red Deer started to pull ahead. Briercrest called time out after falling behind 18-11 with hopes of being able to battle back. Briercrest was unable to come back giving Red Deer the third set 11-25.

Looking for the win, Briercrest came into the fourth ready. Briercrest took the lead early but Red Deer battled back making it for a close set again. Briercrest took a time out with a score of 19-19. After the timeout Briercrest came back energized allowing them to win the set at 25-19 giving them the win.

Kathleen Bruce was awarded Player of the game by one of Briercrest’s professors, Lori Peters. Bruce had a game high of six service aces and four blocks. She also had four digs and three kills for the game. Mikayla Reinhardt and Sam Zacharias had a game high of 12 kills. Ashley Zacharias had a game high of 31 assists while Janae Rapley had a game high of 18 digs.

Briercrest swept the stats category by having 37-32 for kills, 32-31 for assists, 12-11 for service aces, 63-57 for digs and 5-3 for blocks.

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