The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs senior girls volleyball team knocked out a serious provincial contender on the weekend but couldn't get to provincials themselves either.
Needing to win just one of their final two games after upsetting the Moose Jaw Peacock Toilers in three sets, the Elecs were close to making provincials this year but fell just a bit short.
“Our season's kind of been like a roller coaster,” said Elecs head coach Nicole Sinclair. “We started really well and kind of went downhill but that last couple of weekends we've really picked it up a lot.”
The Elecs saw the Toilers last weekend and Sinclair said the Elecs couldn't seem to get their heads in the game.
“To come back after that and win the game against them like we did was really really great,” she said. “We put 110 per cent effort into the game and we came out with a win.”
The tournament had its own ups and downs for the Elecs but Sinclair said that for the most part, they were able to stay steady. They beat Moose Jaw's Central Cyclones in three sets in the round robin and lost to Balgonie Greenall and Swift Current – both teams that are going to provincials now long with Weyburn.
“We played to the best that we could,” Sinclair said. “Obviously we would have like to go to provincials but as I said to the girls, I'm really happy with the way that we ended. We put all of our effort in.”
The Elecs lost 25-19 and 25-20 to Swift Current Saturday afternoon. The 5A division regional that includes all the big schools in the smaller cities in the south like Moose Jaw, Weyburn, Swift Current and Yorkton is always going to be a tough one.
“We see lots of the bigger towns with the strong teams,” Sinclair said. “To make it to the final match is really good for us.”
The future looks bright for the Elecs, who will lose only three players to graduation – Aiden Miller, Tatiane Dutka and Sammy Wade.
The Elecs senior boys volleyball team had a heartbreaking end to their season at conference championships in Swift Current. They won their round robin games in straight sets over Moose Jaw Central and Moose Jaw Peacock, but lost playoff matches in straight sets to Weyburn and Balgonie.
