This afternoon Briercrest women’s volleyball played against Red Deer College looking for another win.

After three intense sets Briercrest’s women’s volleyball swept Red Deer 3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-23).

Briercrest came into the first set strong as ever giving them an early lead. Red Deer started to close the gap a bit but then fell further behind. With Briercrest’s amazing defensive plays, Red Deer was unable to catch up giving Briercrest their first set win with a score of 25-17.

Briercrest took a huge early lead to start off an intense second set. Red Deer started to feel the pressure when Briercrest was leading 10-3. Red Deer came back strong and started to close the over 15-point lead. Briercrest called time out once Red Deer started to catch up with a score of 17-23. Red Deer wasn’t able to catch up though, giving Briercrest their second set win of the game with a score of 25-18.

Both teams came into the third set ready making it intense and close. Both teams were battling point-for-point until Red Deer started to pull ahead. Briercrest called for a timeout with a score of 15-12 for Red Deer. Briercrest battled back and both teams started battling point-for-point once again. Briercrest was able to pull ahead and win the set 25-23 giving them the game win.

Janae Rapley was awarded Player of the Game by Briercrest’s women’s basketball head coach, Dwight Olney. Rapley had a game high of 12 digs, five service aces, and one block. Rapley also had eight kills and one assist in the match. Ashley Zacharias had a game high of 33 assists along with Mikayla Reinhardt having a game high of 15 kills. Reinhardt, Rapley, and Sam Zacharias all had a game high of one block.

Briercrest dominated in the stats by winning in every category. Briercrest had 42-22 kills, 37-21 assists, 7-0 service aces, 61-48 digs and 3-0 blocks.

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