Mariners Face Blues

#5 Capilano Blues @ #1 VIU Mariners – Friday February 25, 5:30pm | WATCH HERE

For the first time at the PACWEST volleyball championship the top ranked and three-time defending national championship VIU Mariners will hit the floor.  They will square off with the fifth seeded Capilano Blues in a semi-final with a berth in the gold medal match on the line.  Since the PACWEST receives a wildcard berth at the CCAA national championship the winner will also punch their ticket to Prince Edward Island.

During the regular season the Mariners recorded a clean sweep over the Blues winning each of their three meetings in three-straight sets with their last meeting on January 29 at VIU.  

The Blues played an emotional and exhausting quarterfinal match on Thursday when they upset the #4 seeded COTR Avalanche in five exciting sets.  The Blues have been banged up all year, but seemed to survive the battle with the Avalanche, winning the first two-sets, then losing the next two before rebounding for a fifth set victory.

Friday’s match-up is a carbon copy of when they met in 2019 as the #1 Mariners swept the #5 Blues in Cranbrook.

Head-to-Head

Records: Blues 4-11 – Mariners 13-2
Sets Won: Blues 14 – Mariners 43
Sets Lost: Blues 36 – Mariners 11

Kill Leaders: Maya Griffith – 119 kills (Blues) – Jane Lytvynenko – 203 kills (Mariners)

Block Leaders: Sibby Bos – 10 blocks (Blues) – Linnea Brickwood – 33 blocks (Mariners)

Dig Leaders: Vanesa Gatto – 118 digs (Blues) – Keira Christensen – 114 digs (Mariners)