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The Sacred Heart senior girls' volleyball team competed at O'Neill High School in Regina this past weekend.

The Lady Saints began the tournament against Miller High School of Regina. Sacred Heart won two straight winning 25-23 and 25-14.

The Saints then defeated Wynyard 25-17 and 25- 19. On Saturday morning, SHHS faced off with Â鶹´«Ã½AVey winning 25-20 and 25-20.

The final round robin match pitted the undefeated Lady Saints with the undefeated Balfour High School of Regina.

In a match that felt like a gold medal final, each team played their hearts out and fought point for point.

Sacred Heart took game one with a come from behind victory 26-24. Game two was another hard fought battle with Sacred Heart winning 27-25 remaining undefeated, claiming first place in their pool and taking a bye into the semi-final match.

In the semi final, SHHS faced a strong team from Luther High School of Regina. Much like the last match, this was another point for point battle between these two teams.

Sacred Heart won game one 25-19, but Luther stormed back to take game two with the exact same score 19-25 to force a third game.

Luther being just a little bit taller in the middle was able to steal game three 12-15 sending the Lady Saints to the bronze medal match.

Sacred Heart faced Moosomin in the match third place match winning game one 25-19 and 25-14 to claim bronze.

Coach Perry Enns said "The girls played very well this weekend. We are not the tallest team and when you run into a tall and strong team like Luther they are tough to beat.

Individually everyone played very well but I was most impressed with how the girls played together as a team."

The Lady Saints will be hosting our home tournament this Friday and Saturday (Oct 22 & 23).