Kodiaks basketball sweeps four home games, volleyball splits weekend
Lethbridge Polytechnic's basketball teams went a combined 4-0 at Val Matteotti Gymnasium, while volleyball and soccer squads closed out other parts of their ACAC schedules.
The Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiaks basketball teams swept a weekend home stand, with the women defeating the Northwestern Polytechnic Wolves 74-43 and then rallying from a 17-point deficit to beat the NAIT Ooks 69-66. Devyn Perrett led the women's team with 16 points against the Wolves, while Lilly Bennett helped secure the comeback win over NAIT with five rebounds and five assists.
The men's team also went 2-0, routing the Wolves 103-66 and shutting down the Ooks 71-47. Marley Kenion recorded 13 rebounds in the opener and followed with 12 rebounds and four assists in the second game.
In volleyball, the Kodiaks split results on the road. The women lost 3-1 to the Wolves in Grande Prairie and 3-0 to the Ooks in Edmonton, despite strong performances from Robyn Austin and Alexis Davenport. The men's team dropped a tight 3-1 match to the Wolves before rebounding with a five-set, 3-2 win over the Ooks led by Ben Dyck's 16 kills.
The Kodiaks women's soccer team closed its ACAC regular season with a scoreless draw against the Red Deer Polytechnic Queens, as goalkeeper Kiara Jankowiak stopped all seven shots she faced to preserve the clean sheet.
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