BRANDON, Man. – The Brandon Bobcats stormed to a straight sets 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-20) win over the Calgary Dinos to open their Canada West quarterfinal series Thursday night.
The Dinos swept the season series, but the Bobcats had other plans in mind Thursday night. Brandon hit at twice the rate of Calgary on offence, registering a .466 attack efficiency as a team.
The Bobcats struggled out of the gate in the first few points of the first set, but quickly righted the ship thanks to four massive blocks and Calgary's eight missed serves in the frame.
The second set was a slugfest as both teams swung for the fences, but Brandon put up five aces in the frame to take it.
The Bobcats ran away with the match in the third, registering just one error in the set, brignging the team total to five attack errors on the night.
The Dinos didn't do themselves any favours from the service line either.
"Our serving was just brutal today," said Dinos' setter
Tomas Sorra. "That was probably one of our worst serving games of the year, so that was probably our biggest thing."
The Dinos were led by
Mac McNicol and
Liam Kuppe on offence who both finished with six kills. Sorra finished with a team-high 24 assists.
The Bobcats were led by Elliott Viles' match-high 11 kills while sophomore outside Robin Baghdady wasn't far behind with 10.
Baghdady also contributed three aces, as did Mason Metcalf.
The Bobcats will have the chance to wrap up the quarterfinal series Friday night in Brandon.
First serve in match two is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Brandon University Healthy Living Centre.
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