White Rock nips Mount Sentinel in three-set thriller at Single-A Volleyball Championships
By The Nelson Daily Sports
The road to adding another blue banner to the walls of the Mount Sentinel gymnasium just got a little tougher for the Wildcats.
White Rock Christian Academy edged the host Casts 15-9 in the third game of the best-of-three match to defeat the host school 2-1 in round robin play Thursday at the B.C. High School A Girl’s Volleyball Championships.
The game was played at the L.V. Rogers Hangar in Nelson.
The Wildcats drop to second in C-Division and meet Kootenay rival Fernie Falcons in playoff action Friday.
The Wildcats appeared poised to sweep the match against White Rock after opening with a 25-19 victory in set one.
However, the Lower Mainland squad rallied back to tie the match with a thriling 25-22 win before continuing the momentum in set three.
The Wildcats opened the tournament by bouncing Credo Christian 2-0.
After being taken to a 27-25 first set win, Mount Sentinel returned to form in the second game to outlast Similkameen of Keremeos 2-0.
Top-ranked Kelowna Christian breezed to a three-match win to claim the A Division title.
However, pre-tourney favourite Immaculata was upset 2-0 in B-Division play by Duncan Christian.
Cedar Christian won the D-Division title.
The tournament continues today at Selkirk College Gymnasium in Castlegar.
The playoff round concludes Saturday with the gold medal match set for 7 p.m. and the bronze medal game at 5:30 p.m. at Selkirk College.
