The Briercrest College Clippers wrapped up their Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference men’s and women’s volleyball regular seasons over the weekend and will now be turning their attention to the playoffs.
Both teams will need to find a bit of momentum, though, after falling in both of their matches this past Friday and Saturday.
For the Clippers men’s team, that translated into a 3-1 (25-16, 23-25, 25-18, 25-16) loss to the Keyano College Huskies in their weekend opener before dropping a 3-1 (25-16, 25-27, 25-15, 25-22) decision to Lakeland College on Saturday.
Karym Coleman led the way with 15 kills on Friday, while Brady Wachtel had 10 digs and Jeremy Martens 25 assists. Coleman had 17 kills Saturday, while Jackson Anderson added 11 to go along with 11 digs. Martens capped his day with 41 assists.
The Clippers women’s team took a pair of three-game losses, falling 25-19, 25-20, 25-16 to Keyano Friday and 25-7, 25-16, 25-16 to Lakeland Saturday.
Julia Beer and Faith Buhler had nine kills apiece in the opener, while Buhler also led the defence with seven digs. Jess Zacharias had 18 assists. Buhler added six more kills to her totals in their second match, Zacharias had 11 assists and seven digs.
The Clippers men’s team finish with a 10-9 record and in fourth place in the South Division, and as a result will host Ambrose College in the play-in game, while the Briercrest women also ended up at 10-9 and will host SAIT in their play-in contest.
The date and time for both playoff matches had yet to be determined as of press time, check www.acac.ab.ca for updates.
The Clippers women’s basketball team continued their solid season, extending their winning streak to eight games with a 66-61 win over Keyano and 61-59 victory over Lakeland at Margaret P. Reimer gymnasium in Caronport.
Brooklyn Martens led the way in the opener with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Dori Sunderland scored 14 points and Melissa Ellis 12. Amber Fichtner had 12 rebounds.
Against Lakeland, Fichtner put up 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Martens had 11 points.
Briercrest is now 13-7 on the campaign and tied for third in the South Division. They wrap up their regular season Saturday when they travel to Camrose to face the Augustana Vikings.
The Briercrest men’s hockey team split their two games in Edmonton, battling to a 3-2 win over the NAIT Ooks on Friday before dropping a 5-3 decision in the rematch on Saturday.
The Clippers looked to have things in hand heading into the final period in the weekend opener, as Colton Aikens scored the lone goal in the first period and Alex Pellerin the only marker in the second for a 2-0 lead.
NAIT scored twice less than two minutes apart to tie the game in the third, though, and overtime would be needed to solve things. There, Campbell Ens finished things off only 13 seconds into the proceedings to give Briercrest the win.
Dominik Tmej had 36 saves to earn the win.
Saturday’s contest saw NAIT score three times in the first 8:32 before going to their two-goal win. Colton Aikens, Ryan Miley and Brandon Kelly scored for Briercrest, while Colter Pawlick turned aside 14 shots.
The Clippers -- 9-11 and in fifth place in the ACAC standings -- are back in action during the Feb. 17 weekend when they travel to SAIT for a two-game set.
It was another tough weekend for the Briercrest men’s basketball team, as they fell 95-62 to Keyano on Friday and 101-58 to Lakeland on Saturday.
Oroma Bongomin was the lone Clipper to break double digits in points in the opener, putting up 12. Matthew Bryant and Zach Martens had eight points each, while Moose Jaw’s Riley Seaborn put up seven, Danny Mullens six and Kayden Banilevic a pair.
Seaborn, Bryant and Bongomin each scored 11 points against Lakeland, while Mullens had eight points and eight rebounds.
The Clippers are 2-18 on the season and close out their campaign against Augustana on Saturday.
