Men's Volleyball Recap

The PACWEST men’s volleyball season opened on Friday night, here is a brief rewind of the matches.

FRIDAY

COTR Avalanche 3
VIU Mariners 0

The Avalanche came out flying wanting to make a statement, and they did just that on Friday night sweeping the defending PACWEST champions. 

They cruised to a 25-18 win in the first set which gave them momentum.  In the second the set was much closer, but the Avs prevailed winning 25-23, then finished off the sweep with a 25-16 victory.

Most of the offence went through Diego Policarpo who collected 18 kills. Cade Schindel was also good and provided his club with some secondary scoring recording seven kills.

Camosun Chargers 3
Capilano Blues 0

Good morning, good afternoon and goodnight as the Chargers swept the visiting Capilano Blues on Friday in three sets.

The Chargers fed off the energy of their hometown crowd and won the opening set 25-22.  That momentum carried over and the Chargers smoked the Blues 25-16 and 25-18 to win their first of the season.

CBC Bearcats 3
Douglas Royals 0

Last season the Bearcats were hard pressed to record a victory, but they most definitely turned some heads on Friday night with a three-set sweep over the hometown Royals.

They set the tone early with a 25-19 victory, then recorded a duplicate score in the second set before finally finishing them off with a 25-22 win. 

SATURDAY

COTR Avalanche 3
VIU Mariners 2

The Avalanche earned an impressive weekend sweep over the visiting Mariners with a five-set thriller on Saturday.

After the Mariners took control of the match winning the first two sets 25-21 and 26-24 the Avalanche began the comeback. 

They would start to gain momentum winning the third set 25-20, then tied the match with another 25-20 victory forcing a fifth and deciding set.  The fifth was extremely competitive but the Avalanche managed to pull off the comeback winning 15-9.  Diego Policarpo collected 28 kills to lead the way.

Camosun Chargers 3
Capilano Blues 1

After getting swept in three-straight on Friday, the Blues came out with some vigor and beat the Chargers on Saturday 25-22 in the opening set.  That must have woken the home side because the Chargers went to work and won the next three sets 25-20, 25-19 and 25-18 to sweep the weekend at home.

Douglas Royals 3
CBC Bearcats 1

The Royals bounced back on Saturday after getting swept on Friday.  They took the opening set off the Bearcats 25-21, then won the second in a dramatic 27-25 victory.  The Bearcats found some life in the third and battled back to win 25-18.  However that momentum didn’t last as the Royals claimed the four-set win with a 25-21 victory.