The Regina Cougars stand in the way of the Trinity Western Spartans women鈥檚 volleyball team as the two get set for the Canada West quarter-finals to see which team advances to the conference final four.
The best-of-three match begins tonight (Feb. 13) with the second game on Friday. A third and deciding game, if necessary, would be Saturday, with all three held at the 91原创 Events Centre.
The Spartans, who are ranked third in the country, finished the regular season at 17-5 after a pair of weekend sweeps over the visiting Winnipeg Wesmen.
The unranked Cougars finished at 12-10 but enter the playoffs as one of the conference鈥檚 hottest teams with nine wins in their past 10 games.
Against Winnipeg over the weekend, Trinity Western鈥檚 Alicia Perrin set a new Canada West record for career blocks. Perrin had six blocks in Saturday鈥檚 victory, giving her 387 career blocks in her four years at TWU.
鈥淎licia has been working hard since her very first year,鈥� said Spartans coach Ryan Hofer.
鈥淪he has definitely learned the art of the block.鈥�
In Saturday鈥檚 3-0 (25-17,25-23,25-19) win, Sophie Carpentier led the team with 16 kills and three blocks.
As a team, the Spartans finished with 13 blocks.
鈥淥ne of the strengths of this team is that we can block the ball,鈥� Hofer said.
鈥淲e did that again tonight. We were patient and we made great adjustments and then we went after it.
鈥淲e blocked very well tonight, which helps our defence, and in turn, our offence.鈥�
Carpentier led the team in Friday鈥檚 3-0 (25-23,25-22,25-12) win with 20 kills while Chelsea Wand had 11 kills. She also had 10 digs.
