Semi-Final Meeting
The VIU Mariners face the Cavaliers de Bois-de-Boulogne in Friday's semi-final at the CCAA National Championship
The PACWEST champion VIU Mariners breezed through their quarterfinal match with the host team Niagara Knights in three straight sets on Thursday.
Danielle Groenendijk was named the Player of the Match with 15 kills and three digs. Andrea Cankovic was a force as well with 10 kills, seven service aces and 12 digs. Setter Chantal Cumming was steady as usual with 31 assists.
The Mariners will now face the Cavaliers de Bois-de-Boulogne, the RSEQ champion who took care of Briercrest in five exciting sets. The Cavaliers jumped out to a 2-0 lead and finally hung on for a lopsided fifth set finale.
The RSEQ Player of the Year Victoria Iannotti could give the Mariners defence something to worry about after recording a match high 19 kills on Thursday. She also had 14 digs and a block. Beatrice Lamarche was also solid with 14 kills and two aces.
These two schools met during the 2017 CCAA National Championship at Camosun with the Mariners sweeping them in the quarterfinal.
Friday’s match begins at 5:00pm PST with the winner moving onto play for national gold.