Game Information
 
Date: Friday, Feb. 15 & Saturday, Feb. 16
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Saskatoon, SK 
Venue: PAC 
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SASKATOON – The University of Saskatchewan Huskies women's volleyball team will fight for their playoff lives this weekend when they welcome the Mount Royal Cougars to Saskatoon in the final weekend of regular season action.
 
After the Huskies fell short on Friday night in Kamloops, the team bounced back on Saturday to pick up the series split against the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack. The Huskies now sit four points out of a playoff spot with two games remaining and will need a sweep and some help in the standings in order to squeak into the postseason.
 
Saskatchewan will need consecutive victories and for the Manitoba Bisons to get swept in Langley by the Trinity Western Spartans. From there the tie-breakers will come into play to separate the squads and determine who is bound for the playoffs.
 
Meanwhile, Mount Royal is fresh off a monster five-set victory over their cross-town rival Calgary Dinos, which places them only two points back of the three-way tie for sixth in the standings. With a 10-12 record, the Cougars sit just two points out of the eighth and final spot in the Canada West. The Thompson Rivers WolfPack, Manitoba Bisons and MacEwan Griffins all sit at 11-11 with two games remaining, leaving the door open for Mount Royal to squeak into the postseason.
 
Saskatchewan and Mount Royal met last season in Saskatoon, with the visitors coming away with a 3-1 win on Friday, Nov. 24, but the Huskies rebounded the following night with a five-set victory to pick up the split. 

5 Things
 
1: The matchup will serve as the final time the Huskies will take the court at the PAC this season and kids under the age of 18 will gain free admission on Friday night.
 
2: Alexandra Frank, Regan Wiebe, and Georgia Hurry will all suit up in regular season action for the final time as Huskies this weekend. The fifth-year players will be honoured prior to Saturday afternoon's contest.
 
3: Emily Koshinsky set the Huskies individual season record in kills over the weekend, as the outside hitter from Jansen, SK, sits with 300 kills on the season and sits fifth in the conference in the category entering the final weekend of regular season action.
 
4: With two wins this weekend, the Huskies will finish with their most wins in a season since 1998-1999.
 
5: Saskatchewan has struggled at home this season, with a 3-7 record at the PAC. Meanwhile, Mount Royal is also sub .500 away from Kenyon Court, as they enter with a 4-6 road record.

By the Numbers

.500 – The Huskies sit at the .500 mark since the start of the calendar year, with a 5-5 record in 2019.
 
203 – The Cougars are second in the conference with total blocks so far this season.
 
221 – Cassidy Kitchen leads the Cougars with 221 kills this season.
 
317 – Shae Beaulieu and Nataliia Klimenova are tied for fourth in the Canada West with 317 digs this season.

Scouting the Cougars
 
Sandra Lamb, who was hired as the head coach of the Cougars during the 1998-99 season, is looking to lead her program to their fourth consecutive postseason appearance. Mount Royal hasn't won a playoff game since the 2012-13 season, after being swept in three straight seasons.
 
The Cougars faced two of the top five ranked teams in the nation in back-to-back weekends. They were swept by Trinity Western (18-4), before rebounding with the split against Calgary.
 
Mount Royal has more than four players with more than 20 service aces this season and sit sixth in the Canada West as a team in the category. Cassidy Kitchen leads the way with 30 on the year.