        The 15U team recently attended their first Sask Cup tournament hosted in Saskatoon on Saturday, Feb. 7, and Sunday, Feb 8.
               The team wasn’t ranked very high going into the tournament of 37 teams from across the province, but they fought hard to place second in their round robin winning against Nipawin and Lanigan. Their only round robin loss included one to the Swift Current Sun Dogs in a closely fought match.
               Following the round robin two cross over matches were played: the first was against the La Loche Lakers which the girls were able to win in a three-set match and the next morning they took on Regina QCVC Royal Elite. Though they battled through, QCVC took the win, which had the girls drop into Tier 2, although their sights are still set on Tier 1 for the next Sask Cup in March.
               This loss led the Vipers to play against JCVC Dynamite. Another close match the girls again were narrowly defeated placing them up against Lanigan again. Taking it to three-sets this match was closer than the first between the teams in the round robin, though the Vipers were able to take the win.
               Their final game of the tournament would determine fifth place in Tier 2, which would either mean 13th or 14th overall. The girls came out with great resolve to do their absolute 100 percent best against the Warman Warriors. Again going to three, the Vipers were able to work hard and served especially well to take the win and place 13th out of 37 teams.
               Not only did the girls enjoy playing, but the team also attended the women’s U of S Huskies game and a portion of the men’s game on Saturday night. Watching it in that capacity they were amazed at the abilities of the university players on both the Huskies and on the Thompson River Wolfpack.
