Kodiaks volleyball in Red Deer this weekend
The Lethbridge College Kodiaks men’s and women’s volleyball teams serve up the second semester of the season in Red Deer this weekend as the 10-2 men and 2-10 women clash with the Kings and Queens.
The 10-2 Kodiak men start the second half tied with the 10-4 SAIT Trojans for first in the South Division and will deal with the 9-3
Kings, who sit in third.
The Kodiaks — who will host the ACAC provincial championship at the end of February — are ranked eighth in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association standings and are led by ACAC all-time kills leader Carter Hansen. The fifth-year veteran is third in the conference in kills per set, averaging 3.82, while Malcolm Fisher is in fifth in the conference in digs per set, averaging 2.65.
The Kodiaks split two matches with the 9-3 Kings in November, winning 3-0 before losing 3-1.
On the women’s side, the Kodiaks will look to snap an eight-game losing streak against a tough 10-2 Queens squad.
Third-year Kodiak and Taber product Mack Lewicki is 13th in the conference in digs per set, averaging 3.21 and also sitts among the top-20 in the ACAC in kills per set.
All Kodiaks games can be viewed on ACAC-TV and results will be available on the ACAC website posted 14 points with 11 assists and Chris Thomson added nine points with 16 rebounds.
Kieron Burgess powered Medicine Hat’s offence with a game-high 22 points, adding 10 rebounds for the double-double, while Josh Magpantay followed up with 15 points and five steals.
Medicine Hat slipped to 2-8 with the loss.
Lethbridge returns to action next weekend in a home-andhome series with the Ambrose Lions.
The first game is in Calgary Jan. 17 before the teams head to the Val Matteotti Gymnasium Jan. 18 for the rematch. The women’s game is at 6 p.m. with the men to follow at 8 p.m.
Team Europe built a 7-2 lead over Team Canada with wins in all three draws on Thursday in the first day of competition at the Continental Cup.
Europe started all three games in the third draw with hammer and made sure to take advantage.
“Having hammer is super important,” said Swiss skip Peter de Cruz about his team’s evening sweep. “Nowadays in curling, it’s key.”
De Cruz had the hardest task on paper in his matchup against defending Brier champion Kevin Koe of Calgary.
Yet, it was de Cruz — throwing second rocks — who hung on to a 7-6 win. In other games, Scotland’s Bruce Mouat took care of Toronto’s John Epping 9-5 and Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg doubled up defending Scotties champion Chelsea Carey of Calgary 6-3.
De Cruz paved the way to his win with a pair of deuces in the first three ends while holding Koe to a single, then stealing another pair in the fourth for a commanding 6-1 lead.
New team names are being used at this year’s event. Team World beat Team North America 34-26 last year in Las Vegas.
Play continues through Sunday.