It was a successful week across multiple sports for Red Deer Polytechnic teams, highlighted by a national championship for the Kings men\u2019s volleyball squad and a silver medal finish for the Queens women\u2019s hockey team.<\/p>\n
Kings Volleyball win national title<\/p>\n
The Kings captured gold at the 2026 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association Men\u2019s Volleyball National Championship, winning their 15th national title without dropping a set during the March 11\u201314 tournament in Edmonton.<\/p>\n
Red Deer opened the tournament with a straight-sets victory over the Humber Hawks in the quarterfinals, winning 25-20, 25-18 and 25-14. Colby Nemeth led the Kings with 12 kills while hitting .529.<\/p>\n
The Kings advanced with another three-set win over the Vancouver Island University Mariners in the semifinals, 26-24, 26-24 and 25-20. Nemeth recorded 22 kills while Brett Lower added 10.<\/p>\n
Red Deer secured the championship by sweeping the College of the Rockies Avalanche 25-20, 25-20 and 25-23 in the gold medal match. Owen Langberg contributed 11 kills, an ace and three blocks, while setter Evan Mah finished with 36 assists.<\/p>\n
Lower was named the championship tournament MVP. Nemeth, Mah and Langberg were selected as tournament first-team all-stars.<\/p>\n
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Queens Hockey earn ACAC silver<\/p>\n
The Queens women\u2019s hockey team finished with silver at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championship series after a 1-0 overtime loss to the Lakeland College Rustlers on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Goaltender Tora Ward stopped 42 shots in the deciding game.<\/p>\n
Lakeland forced the deciding contest by defeating Red Deer 3-1 on Friday and 5-1 on Saturday. Hannah Lundquist and Kaedence Mollin scored the Queens\u2019 goals in those games.<\/p>\n
Several Queens players were recognized with conference honours. Mollin, Camryn Ward and Tora Ward were named to the ACAC women\u2019s hockey first all-conference team, while Tasha Barsby earned second-team honours. Tora Ward and Mollin were also named Academic All-Canadians.<\/p>\n
Kings Hockey drop two close championship games<\/p>\n
The Kings men\u2019s hockey team fell in the opening two games of its ACAC championship series against the SAIT Trojans.<\/p>\n
SAIT won the opener 7-6 Friday at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre. Mason Bueckert, Tyson Janzen, Sean Michalevich, Nolan Doell, Holden Knights and Deegan Mofford scored for Red Deer.<\/p>\n
The Trojans followed with a 5-4 double-overtime victory Saturday in Calgary to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series. Bueckert, Alex Bernauer, Tanner Sklaruk and Carter Cormier scored for the Kings.<\/p>\n
Queens Rodeo record top 10 finishes<\/p>\n
The Queens rodeo team also posted two top 10 results at the Little Royal Rodeo hosted by Lakeland College.<\/p>\n
Mattie Jensen placed seventh in pole bending with a time of 22.89 seconds on Sunday, while Kaybree Zunti finished eighth in the breakaway challenge with a time of 3.9 seconds on Saturday.<\/p>\n
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