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REGINA – The University of Calgary's men's volleyball team cruised to its second straight-sets win in as many nights over the Regina Cougars on Saturday at the Centre for Kinesiology, Health & Sport, earning home court advantage in the playoffs.
 
Calgary opened the match with a 25-20 win in the first set before scoring a convincing 25-16 victory in the second set over the host Cougars. The Dinos didn't trail throughout the entire third set, but head coach Rod Durrant needed to call a timeout after attack errors on three consecutive match points brought the Cougars to within one point.
 
The timeout did the trick, and Calgary clinched the match with an Allen Meek kill.
 
The three-set victory is huge for the Dinos, as the first tiebreaker in the Canada West standings is sets won/lost differential. Calgary and Brandon both end up with 11-9 records, but the Dinos' +5 differential puts them in fourth place and gives them the right to host the Bobcats in a best-of-three Canada West quarterfinal series.
 
Graham Vigrass led Calgary in kills for the third consecutive match, ending up with 12 and also leading all players with a .579 hitting percentage. Meek had 11 kills, while Jace Richards led Calgary with six digs.
 
Rookie right side Andrew Nelson led the Cougars with 13 kills, while graduating fifth-year outside hitter Brody Waddell had 11 kills and a team-high .300 hitting percentage.
 
Besides Waddell, the Cougars (4-16) also had three other players in their final matches in U of R uniforms. Jamie Wilkins had nine kills and no reception errors on 31 serve receives, while Joel Colter's block in the first set gave him 150 for his career – and the University of Regina's all-time lead in the category. The team's other fifth-year player, Drew Smith, ends his career with 149 blocks.
 
The Dinos will host Brandon in a best-of-three Canada West quarterfinal series next weekend in the Jack Simpson Gym.
 
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