Clippers over Queens, Dawe leads Queens offensively

Brent Forster - RDC

In a Saturday rematch, the RDC Volleyball Queens competed against the Briercrest College Clippers, and after the match was tied at one set each the Clippers took the next two sets to pick up the match win. 

Briercrest College took the opening set 25-20, then RDC responded with a 28-26 win. The next two sets were close but the Clippers eventually won 25-19 and 27-25 on their home court.

Miranda Dawe was a positive factor once again for the Queens. The Kinesiology & Sport Studies student accumulated 16 kills, 2 assists, 1 service ace, 1 stuff block and 6 digs for the Queens. Naomi Jardine totaled 13 kills, 1 assist, 2 service aces, 2 stuff blocks and 7 digs. McKenna Barthel had 9 kills. Megan Schmidt and Hanna Delemont had 4 each. Setter Chanelle Kayser contributed 39 assists, 11 digs and 1 service ace. Libero Kaylee Domoney finished with 16 digs and 2 assists. As a team, the Queens had 6 service aces. 

Samantha Zacharias led the way offensively for the Clippers with 19 kills. 

Queens Volleyball Head Coach Chris Wandler thought that the effort was solid and will use the match as a learning opportunity. "Today was the same type of atmosphere here in Caronport. It was playoff like. We had the same good effort from our group however it ended with the same type of result," said Wandler. "After the first set, it seemed like we figured out how to finish off a set when we had a team on the ropes. However, in the fourth set that came back to bite us and we gave away a lead that we worked hard for. After the game, we had a chat and that will be our main focus moving forward to next weekend against Lethbridge College."

The Red Deer College Queens (13-5) remain in second place in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Women's Volleyball South Division with 26 points. The Queens will host the third place Lethbridge College Kodiaks (9-6) on Friday, January 26 at 6:00 p.m. and again on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.