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Kodiaks sweep home and home vs. The Rattlers

The Lethbridge College Kodiaks headed east to play the second half of a head to head against the Medicine Hat College Rattlers. The Kodiaks were hoping to build on a 3-1 victory from the night before, while the Rattlers were hoping home court would help their cause. The Kodiaks were able to gain a small advantage off the start, jumping out to a 6-3 lead early off some costly Rattlers errors. The Rattlers continued to burn themselves making silly errors and let the Kodiaks expand their lead 9-4. The Rattlers needing a change called a timeout and were able to come out of the break strong. Unfortunately for them this did not last as the Kodiaks continued to execute and the Rattlers continued to misfire. With all these mistakes adding up, the Rattlers had dug a huge hole they could not climb out of. The Kodiaks eventually taking the first set 25-16

The Kodiaks were able to keep their momentum into the first few points of the second set. the Rattlers were able to come up with a few big points and move into their first lead, up 7-5. The set evened out as the score approached the midway mark with the Rattlers maintaining their very slim lead. 2 controversial calls in a row saw the set closer than it should have and the Kodiaks tied it up at 11. The score remained close as the teams continued to trade points as the score climbed. Lethbridge took  a small lead late as they were up 20-18 late in the set. Lethbridge college was able to keep their lead as the set closed and took a close one 25-23.

The Kodiaks opened the third with 3 fast points to open a 3-0 lead. they scored the next one as well before the rattlers could respond, but the Kodiaks lead 4-1. Keandre Evans got behind the line and served 5 straight to take the lead only to be tied up on the next serve. The Kodiaks scored 2 straight again to take a 7-5 lead. the Kodiaks held this lead as the teams traded serves and the score slowly crawled up toward the halfway point. The Kodiaks increased their lead thanks again to Rattler errors and expanded the lead to 18-12. They increased it with 2 more points before an unforced service error. The Kodiaks had a massive lead late in the set and looked to put the match away quickly. The Kodiaks took a straight sets victory taking the third 25-18

The ACAC players of the game were Tony Albizzati for LC and Aleksa Zivic for MHC