by Trevor Howlett, Fort McMurray TODAY

It's another Keyano College homeopener weekend in the CNRL gymnasium at the Syncrude Sport and Wellness Centre as both the men's and women's Huskies volleyball teams are set to take on the Lethbridge College Kodiaks.

The women's Huskies are up first, taking on the Kodiaks at 6 p.m. tonight and 1 p.m. on Saturday.

The Huskies are currently 0-2 after losing to Grant MacEwan last weekend, while the Kodiaks split their sets last weekend against Kings and currently hold a 1-1 record.

"We don't have that much information on them. They've got kind of a new team this year, a couple of new players," said Huskies assistant coach Kristy Fewchuk.

"Their middles are obviously going to be a big part of their team. They're going to have a good fight, they did decently last weekend against Kings, and we've played Kings and held our own against them so it should be a good battle."

She added, "But it's important that we show up and execute our game plan that we've been practicing."

Fewchuk believes her team needs to do well on serving and serve-receive if they are going to come away with some victories this weekend.

First-year outside hitter Rianne Virostek, said the team needs to improve on their mistakes last weekend if they are going to win against Lethbridge.

"We need to pass balls and keep our attitudes positive and work as team," said Virostek.

"Last week we didn't play the way we can, but we should be able to beat Lethbridge because their defence isn't supposed to be strong."

The men's team similarly didn't have a great first weekend, but they're ready to work hard against the Kodiaks after a hard week of practice.

The Huskies lost to Grant MacEwan last week, but all matches except one were within two points.

"The only challenge is on our own side; we just need to improve on some things," said men's coach Trent Mason.

"We haven't seen their side, so we'll just worry about our own team for now. We just need to go out and play volleyball and do what we're capable of doing, having our experienced guys showing their veteran presence on the floor."

The men's team is hoping that playing where they practice will give them a home-court advantage this weekend, as they haven't played any games at home yet this year.

The team is thinking that with Lethbridge's long drive and having their players sleeping in their own beds might help them come out on top this weekend.

"Any time someone has to make that drive north instead of us going south, it's a big advantage," said Mason.

"That first night is always crucial when there is a team in a brand new gym for the first day. We'll definitely be looking to take advantage of that."

The men's Huskies will play Lethbridge at 8 p.m. tonight and 3 p.m .on Saturday