Teryn Herder, 2025-26 Kings Curling. (RDP Athletics)

By RDP Athletics

Curling, Hockey, Basketball, Volleyball

This Week in RDP Athletics: November 21-23

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This week, the Red Deer Polytechnic Curling team will compete in its first ACAC Tournament of the season.

The RDP Queens Hockey team will play a two-game set against the Lakeland College Rustlers.

Both basketball squads will face the St. Mary’s University Lightning.

The Kings and Queens Volleyball teams will challenge the Concordia University Thunder.

Here is a summary of the upcoming competition:

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Kings & Queens | Tournament #1 | Airdrie Curling Club | November 21-23

The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings and Queens Curling teams will participate in the three-day ACAC Tournament #1 in Airdrie.

“We have told the student-athletes to focus on one game in a time—one win at a time,” says Brad Hamilton, Head Coach of the RDP Curling team. “As coaches, we know that you can’t make it to provincials after the first weekend, but you could eliminate yourself depending on your record. Curling in a different rink, you have no idea what the ice is going to be like. We want to get better and better as time goes on.”

The results from Tournament #1 and #2 (January 16-18) will be combined. The top four teams in each division will advance to the ACAC Curling Championships hosted by Portage College from January 30 to February 1.

Hockey

Queens at Rustlers | Friday, November 21 | 5 pm

The second place Red Deer Polytechnic Queens Hockey team (9-2) will take on the top seed Lakeland College Rustlers (9-1) on the road.

The Queens have successfully scored on 24.3 per cent of their power play opportunities.

Queens vs. Rustlers | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre | Saturday, November 22 | 5 pm

The RDP Queens and Rustlers will meet at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre.

Basketball

Queens vs. Lightning | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre | Friday, November 21 | 6 pm

The sixth place RDP Queens Basketball team (2-5) will host the fifth seed St. Mary’s University Lightning (2-3).

Mia Cunningham (Bachelor of Business Administration) and Selena Maguire (Open Studies) are tied for third in ACAC Women’s Basketball with 8.9 rebounds per game.

Queens at Lightning | Saturday, November 22 | 6 pm

The Queens will challenge the Lightning in Calgary.

Kings vs. Lightning | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre | Friday, November 21 | 8 pm

The seventh place Red Deer Polytechnic Kings Basketball team (1-6) will play the fourth seed Lightning (3-2) at home.

The Kings have averaged 10.6 steals per game.

Kings at Lightning | Saturday, November 22 | 8 pm

The RDP Kings will challenge the Lightning on the road.

Volleyball

Queens vs. Thunder | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre | Saturday, November 22 | 6 pm

The South’s second seed RDP Queens Volleyball team (5-2) will compete against the North’s fifth place Concordia University Thunder (4-3).

Red Deer’s Marin Walton (Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences) ranks fifth in ACAC Women’s Volleyball with a 0.455 hitting percentage.

Kings vs. Thunder | Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre | Saturday, November 22 | 8 pm

The South’s second place Red Deer Polytechnic Kings Volleyball team (5-2) will play the North’s fourth place Thunder (2-5).

Colby Nemeth (Bachelor of Commerce) is second in the league with 4.05 kills per set.

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More information about the RDP Kings and Queens is available at: rdpolytechathletics.ca.