CALGARY – The University of Calgary Dinos women's volleyball team opened its home season with a five-set win over the UBC Okanagan Heat on Friday, taking the match 3-2 (25-12, 20-25, 18-25, 25-15, 16-14) at Jack Simpson Gymnasium.
Calgary dominated the first set 25-12, with outside hitter Jasmine Chrétien setting the tone with five kills. The Heat answered by taking the next two sets, 25-20 and 25-18, to move within one set of the win.
The Dinos steadied themselves in the fourth, hitting .455 without a single attack error to win 25-15 and force a deciding fifth. Chrétien continued to lead in kills in every set, but when asked about her performance, she pointed to her teammates.
"Volleyball isn't an individual sport." Chrétien said. "I'm getting an insane amount of kills and it's because of the wonderful digs we're getting from the libero, the back row defence, and the sets we're getting from centre,"
In the fifth, Calgary built a 12-8 lead and moved ahead 14-12 before UBCO tied it at 14-14. Julia Tuckwood put away the final kill to seal the win.
Sona Sajeev added 13 kills and hit .542 without an error, while Christine Abu chipped in 12 kills. Anya Fehr dished out 52 assists, and Tuckwood finished with nine kills and 15 digs. As a team, the Dinos outhit the Heat .314 to .194 and finished with 66 kills to 49.
Marija Josipovic led UBCO with 15 kills and eight block assists.
The two teams are set to rematch om Saturday, Nov. 7, when they again host the UBC Okanagan Heat at Jack Simpson Gymnasium at 4 p.m. Tickets are available at GoDinos.com/Tickets.
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