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Posted: Oct 13, 2023

Queens tame the Broncos in season and home opener

Queens tame the Broncos in season and home opener
Video Box Score
Game Leaders
OC
K: Lexi Lafreniere - 8
B: Sydney Joyce - 1
D: 3 Players (#03, #13, #14) - 4
SA: Camryn McDougald - 2
RDP
K: 2 Players (#08, #16) - 6
B: Autumn Roos - 3
D: Francesca Sandini - 5
SA: 2 Players (#08, #10) - 2
Team Stats
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Red Deer, October 13, 2023 - With high expectations on the season, the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens tamed the Olds College Broncos by defeating the visiting team 3-0 in the opening match of the season.

The Queens would open up their season by scoring the match's first point off a kill from outside-hitter Emma Holmes (Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences). At the halfway point of the set, the Broncos had a slight 13-12 lead over the Queens. But after a couple of good spin serves from the Polytechnic's outside-hitter Lauren Junck (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology), the home team would pull ahead 18-16, which led to an Olds College timeout. Out of the short break, the Broncos would score three consecutive points to take a 19-18 lead. But the Queens pushed in the late stages of the opening game to take the set 25-22.

Junck's great serving continued into the next set as she would open the second with an ace to give the Queens the early lead. Five serves in a row by middle-blocker Abby Lowe (Bachelor of Education) sparked the Queens to a 7-1 lead which is when Broncos Head Coach Sammy Fraser decided to call a timeout. Olds College would continue to battle despite being down by more than 10 points. But it was the Polytechnic who would take the second set 25-14.

The Queens would continue their strong serving game in the third set to give them an early five-point lead. But the Broncos would slowly diminish this lead as the set went on to make it much closer. Some great serving by outside-hitter Morgan Boisvert sparked the Queens to jump out to a five-point lead at the halfway point of the set before Fraser called the Broncos a timeout. Junck would take the match for the Queens as she earned the kill on the final point of the match.

The players of the match were awarded to Queens Autumn Roos and Broncos Camryn Macdougald. Roos finished with six kills and Macdougald finished with four.

Both team's will have a bye tomorrow and will be back in action next weekend. The Broncos will host the Briercrest College Clippers and the Queens will head to Calgary to take on the SAIT Trojans next Friday.