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EDMONTON \u2014 The Winnipeg Wesmen season came to an end Friday at the hands of the nation’s top-ranked team.<\/p>\n
The Alberta Pandas advanced to the Canada West semifinal round with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-7, 25-23) win over the Wesmen in Match 2 of the best-of-three conference quarter-final at the Saville Centre.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Wesmen were held to .129 attacking on the night but were still hanging around in the first and third sets looking for an upset.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In Set 1, they held an 18-14 lead before the Pandas ran off five straight points. Alberta eventually took a 23-19 lead but the Wesmen responded with a four-point run to tie the set. A Brooke Duncalfe<\/a> service error and a Laila Johnston kill put it away for Alberta.<\/p>\n After a forgettable second set, the Wesmen rebounded in the third. Falling behind 9-5, the Wesmen rallied to tie the set at 11, shook off a few Alberta runs and pulled even again at 20. After Alberta then scored three of the next four, the Wesmen got kills from Ella Werbiski<\/a> and Megan Kendziora<\/a> to even the set at 23. Johnston and Allie Moore, however, followed with kills to secure the match and the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kendziora finished with six kills and seven digs and Grace Vallis<\/a> also added six kills. Taylor Cangemi<\/a>, in her final match as a Wesmen, and Naomi Unger<\/a> both had a team-high 13 digs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Abby Guezen and Payton Henderson led the Pandas with 10 kills.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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