WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL: SAIT Trojans need five sets to grab weekend sweep of Lethbridge Kodiaks

CALGARY, ALTA., (Oct. 20, 2018) — To complete their weekend sweep, the SAIT Trojans women’s volleyball team went down a different road on Saturday night.

The Trojans needed five sets, as they grinded out a 3-2 (21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 25-11, 15-11) victory over the visiting Lethbridge College Kodiaks in their Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) contest played inside SAIT Gymnasium. The win comes 24 hours after the Trojans rolled to a quick 3-0 win in Lethbridge, Alta.

“I think we came out a little bit flat and we didn’t adjust,” said Trojans head coach Art O’Dwyer. “They did some things different and were a little more efficient tonight. We too many errors tonight, and they didn’t make as many as they did on Friday.”

SAIT improves to 3-2 on the year. The Kodiaks fall to 1-3.

After trading the first two sets, the Trojans found themselves down 12-1 in the third set.

In an effort to create a spark, O’Dwyer put in Shaelynne Roux (3^rd year, Bonnyville, Alta., Bachelor of Business Administration). The veteran middle/outside in her first year with the Trojans came in and was able to hammer home a few kills right away to get her team’s energy up.

“That’s what you hope for in a sub, you don’t want them to go in and be passive,” said O’Dwyer. “She’s an experienced player, who was hungry to get on the court. I am proud of her.”

Roux finished the night with seven kills and 10 digs in just three sets of play.

Although they lost the set 25-22, the Trojans showed more signs of life, which they carried over to the fourth.

In the fourth, the teams traded points back and forth. Leading 12-11, Hayli Hinchey (5^th year, Edmonton, Alta., Bachelor of Business Administration) went back to the line, and stayed there for 13 straight serves as her Trojans went on a massive roll to take the set 25-11.

“You see it a lot with her; she’s a good server and she knows how hard to hit to put the other teams in trouble,” O’Dwyer stated.

In the fifth set, SAIT took the lead early and led 8-7 at the switch. After that, the Trojans took control of the match and finished it off on the 17^th kill of the night by Jadyn Leong (2^nd year, Calgary, Emergency Medical Technician).

Carley Doneff led the Kodiaks with 11 kills.

The Trojans return to action next weekend with a home-and-home set against Red Deer College – Friday at home and Saturday on the road.