Broncos Men’s Volleyball sweeps Briercrest Clippers at home

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Olds College Broncos Men's Volleyball swept the Briercrest College Clippers 3-1 (25-22, 25-23, 22-25, 25-20) at the Ralph Klein Centre on Saturday, February 26, 2022.

A very close first set with tons of back and forth. Again Reed Grusing and Phil Sutherland played great togher at the net. Jesse Stoddart kept the ball alive for the Broncos to allow Thomas Pugsley to set up the front row for great attacks. The Clippers number 11, Karym Coleman again played very strong at the net. The Broncos edged out the Clippers 25-22 in the first set.

TJ Ward and Nate Harder from the Clippers had a big block against the Broncos Reed Gruising allowing them to tie the score 6-6. Jesse Stoddart  played great defense for the Broncos picking up everything he could. Karym Coleman, set up from Jeremey Martens, is super successful for the Clippers. The Broncos won the second set 25-23. 

Clippers take an early lead in the third set and Broncos go to a time out to try and re-group. The Clippered seemed to be edging out the Broncos the entire set. Daniel Kristensen with Reed Gruising for an incredible set-up and kill to take back the serve at 19-12. Karym Coleman from the Clippers had some great serves while Brady Watchel did all he could to help the Clippers defense. Haiden Hurtig smashes the ball over the net to keep the Broncos serving and  allowed Phillip Sutherland two incredible service aces. Briercrest takes the set 25-22 over the Broncos taking us to the fourth set. 

The Broncos came out ready to take this set from the Clippers. Aidyn Phillips started the Broncos out strong with a big kill. with a big kill at the net. While Davis Borden with the Clippers returned the same. This set saw lots of great rallies back and forth for a  pretty equally matched set.The Broncos maintained the lead by 2 points throughout almost the entire match. Jesse Stoddart and Thomas Pugsley controlled the ball in this set for the Broncos. The final set score was 25-20 taking the Broncos to the finish. 

The player of the game for the Briercrest College Clippers was number 2, Brady Watchel and the player of the game for the Broncos was number 11, Jesse Stoddart. Stay tuned to gobroncos.ca for more details on where you can find Broncos Men's Volleyball next as we head into playoffs.  

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