Chargers Upset Royals

Story courtesy of Mo Hussain

The Camosun Chargers advance to tomorrow’s PACWEST provincial championship match against the Capilano Blues after defeating the Douglas College Royals 3-2 on Friday.

Chargers player of the match Vitor Pereira racked in 14 kills leading the way. Eduardo Bida and Brendan Folkerts added 16 and 14 kills respectively giving them a balanced attack.

The first set saw the Chargers get on the scoresheet first as the Royals could not close the eight-point gap setup by the them, resulting in a first set 25-16 win.

The Chargers momentum continued onto the second as Folkerts’ set point secured the second frame 25-19.

The Royals finally found their stride in the third.  After the score reached 15-15 the Royals turned up the heat outscoring the Chargers 10-7 the rest of the set, taking it 25-22.

The momentum did not stop there, in the fourth set the Royals held onto the lead the entire way forcing a deciding fifth set with a 25-16 win.

However ultimately it was the Chargers who got the better of the Royals in the fifth as they took the set 15-12 and punched their ticket to the gold medal match.

One of the bright spots for the Royals was their player of the match, Max Haronga who finished with a season-high 22 kills.

The Chargers will now return to the PACWEST gold medal match for the fifth straight year as they take on the Capilano Blues Saturday night with the winner moving on to the CCAA Nationals.

Tomorrow’s gold medal match up will be the first time the Chargers have played the Blues in the PACWEST title match since they got the better of the Blues in 2001-02.

Players of the Match:

Camosun - Vitor Pereira

Douglas - Max Haronga