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Winnipeg – The top-seeded Alberta Pandas won their second medal with the Nationals, defeating No. 2 UBC Thunderbirds 3-1 (25-21, 28-30, 25-22, 25-18) in a bronze medal match at the University of Manitoba on Sunday.
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It was also the second time Alberta beat the T-Birds in the playoffs, after winning the Western Conference Finals the week before.
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“Obviously not the result we wanted (in Saturday’s semi-finals). It’s kind of like leaving nothing,” said Justine Kolody.
“But at the end of the day, we still have a job to finish, so I’m proud of what’s going on today. We still have a really great season, so we want to celebrate each other.”
In the bronze medal match, the score was won 43 times and 17 leading changes were made with energetic conditions. There were also 20 team blocks and 117 digs, while 15 different players recorded the kills.
There are four ties in the first group as the combination on both sides performs 35 excavations and some vibrant gatherings.
The Pandas maintained a two-point lead throughout the first set, but UBC pushed back to Issy Robertshaw’s defender 13-12, with Lucy Borowski crossing the country from the right for a third kill. Thunderbirds added two points from there, forcing the Pandas to time out to pay off.
Alberta scored seven of seven out of seven in the next eight and didn’t fall behind in the scene. Mackenzie Pool won the Alberta lead by 17-16, struggling to beat the double blocks while Ronnie Dickson approached Alberta with a back-to-back ace, an influential part of the close-up scene.
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The Thunderbirds set points four times in the second set, but each Pandas fight, they got their own fixed points 28-27 on Ronnie Dickson Street. But this time it’s UBC, it won’t be denied.
The error led to the 13th tie in the game after a long rally, a whole theme, with Kylie Glanville leading 29-28 in a smash from the left double block.
Trinity Solecki has seven kills and seven digs, putting the suit on the bed in one minute on the ace.
The third group is another plate from the 20s. Alberta led 21-19 on Kolody Ace, but UBC stepped back after Glanville’s 11th kill (left) crossed the country, putting it ahead of 22.
The error ended up handing over Alberta to this scenario. Pandas are also a more effective team with a hit rate of .281, while UBC has a hit rate of .189. Three consecutive mistakes (and fourth to fourth) differed at the end when Alberta led by one set.
Alberta opened a single-point game in the 1920s in the fourth quarter.
Abby Guezen dropped three of her game-high 15 kills in the final five points in Alberta as the Pandas surpassed UBC 6-1 to finish the game 25-18 and win the game.
Winnipegian Kolody added a key ace and had 12 digs, one of three pandas that had double-digit digs that day.
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