The season came to an end for the UBCO Heat women鈥檚 volleyball team over the weekend.
After a loss on Friday night to the number-one ranked Trinity Western Spartans, the Heat needed to a win on Saturday to keep their season alive. In a fierce battle, they lost in straight sets (19-25, 22-25, 21-25) to the number-five University of Alberta Pandas.
鈥淎lberta played really well, they executed very well,鈥� said Heat head coach Steve Manuel. 鈥淥ur exhausted team put everything they had out there but just didn鈥檛 quite have enough to be able to get it done.鈥�
It was the Heat鈥檚 11th match in 22 days.
The end of the season means the end of a couple careers. Graduating seniors Sadie Taylor-Parks of 麻豆精选 and Sara McCreary from Edmonton wore the blue, yellow, and white for the last time.
鈥淏oth Sadie and Kenzie, having played with our junior heat program, they鈥檝e been members of our team for eight or nine years now so we鈥檙e really going to miss them,鈥� said Manuel on the loss of the two local products from his program. 鈥淭hey鈥檝e put everything into it. I mean, Sadie went out there, doing all that she can on the floor and getting her team amped up to play and making key plays all the time.鈥�
Senior Mackenzie Wallace from Lake Country never played in the 2021-22 season due to an injury.
The Heat finished the regular season with an .500 record of 8-8.
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