Huskies volleyball teams sweep MacEwan Griffins

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Playing at home on the weekend, both University of Saskatchewan Huskies volleyball teams earned back-to-back victories against the MacEwan Griffins.

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On the men’s side, the Huskies won 3-0 (25-23, 27-25 and 25-13) on Saturday with Emmett Graham earning a team-high 18 kills, and won 3-1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-18 and 25-19) on Friday with Jefferson Morrow picking up 11 kills.

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Meanwhile, Rosetta Cyr earned a season-high 17 kills on Friday, helping Saskatchewan to a 3-0 win (25-23, 25-15 and 25-18), and then improved on that performance on Saturday with 18 kills to lead the Huskies to a 3-1 victory (25-27, 25-16, 25-18 and 36-34).

With three games left in the Canada West regular season, both teams are poised to finish Top 10 and move on to the playoffs, with the men sitting third at 10-4 and the women’s 7-7 record placing them seventh.

HOCKEY

Jordan Kooy recorded his second shutout of the season on Saturday night, leading the men’s team to a 5-0 victory over the visiting Manitoba Bisons to increase their record to 16-4-1.

Offensively, five different Saskatchewan players found the back of the Manitoba net, including Vince Loschiavo, Dawson Holt, Raphael Pelletier, Carter Stebbings and Ashton Ferster.

The night before, the Dogs pulled out a 7-2 victory over the host team, led by a pair of goals from Landon Koisor.

Mac Gross, Chantz Petruic, Loschiavo, Stebbings and Ferster each added a single goal to the tally, while goaltender Roddy Ross made 17 shots on 19 saves.

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On the women’s side, Manitoba’s Kylie Lesuk scored the game winner 4:01 into overtime to give the hosts a 3-2 victory.

Avery Gottselig and Bronwyn Boucher had the two goals for Saskatchewan, while Colby Wilson made 47 saves in net.

On Friday night, Wilson stopped all 35 of the shots she faced to record her third shutout of the season while leading the Huskies to a 2-0 victory.

Julianna Herman and Ava Bergman had the goals for Saskatchewan, who are now 3-11-1-5 on the season.

BASKETBALL

Taking on the host Winnipeg Wesmen, Saskatchewan (10-2) turned in a pair of dominant back-to-back performances on the women’s side, winning 87-37 on Friday and following that up with an 87-41 win on Saturday.

Ella Murhpy Wiebe led the Huskies and the Wesmen in the first game with 17 points, while teammate Gage Grassick did the same with 18 points in the second game.

Meanwhile, the men’s team (0-12) fell in both of their games against Winnipeg, losing 73-57 on Friday, as well as 75-55 on Saturday.

Emmanuel Bonsu was the top-scorer for Saskatchewan in both meetings, scoring a team high 17 points in the former game and a game-high 14 points in the latter.

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