Thunder fall to the Vikings in 5

EDMONTON AB – The Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Thunder took on the visiting Augustana Vikings in their second game of their weekend series. The Thunder fell to the Vikings in 5 sets improving their record to 11-7.

The Thunder came out strong and took the first set with a score of 25-19, it was hopeful that the momentum gained in the first set would carry over to the second, but the Vikings answered back. A huge set win of 25-17 tied up the series and the Vikings were able to use that momentum to go up one after a back-to-back set win in the 3^rd set. The Thunder found their swing and defeated the Vikings in the 4^th set pushing it to a 5^th set. The Vikings started the 5^th set off on the right foot, taking an early lead and being up by as many as 5 points, the Thunder were able to close in on the lead and the Vikings defeated the Thunder 15-11 in the final frame.

The Vikings have solidified their playoff spot with 26 points and will be facing off against The Kings University on February 8^th. The Thunder will be taking on the NAIT Ooks next weekend. The Big Kahuna Player of the Game for the visiting Vikings is #17 Lyndon Varga and for the Thunder was #7 Keenan Forstey.