EDMONTON —
Megan Kendziora returned to her home town and put a liking on the MacEwan Griffins.
Kendziora, a fourth-year right side from Edmonton, knocked down a career-high 19 kills and helped lift the Wesmen women's volleyball team to a 3-1 (25-20, 22-25, 25-17, 25-15) Canada West conference win over the host Griffins Saturday night.
Winnipeg improved to 2-0 on the season ahead of its home-opening series against Mount Royal Saturday and Sunday.
Kendziora hit over .500 for the second straight night, making just two errors on 30 swings to finish .533. She hit a career-high .588 on Friday and, for the weekend, attacked at a .575 clip.
Brooke Duncalfe was stellar again, as well, recording 18 kills with eight digs. She was one of five players on the team to notch eight digs.
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Anika Buys had 10 kills on 13 swings with no errors against her former team.
Naomi Unger had 47 assists, three aces and eight digs, and
Ella Werbiski,
Taylor Labossiere and
Ashley Lawrence also had eight digs.
The Wesmen hit .339 while holding MacEwan to .205.
Edyn Van Brabant led the Griffins with 12 kills, and Kaitlin Rolph had 12 digs.
