For the second straight year 鈥� and the fourth time in the past 11 鈥� the are on top of the volleyball world.

The Kodiaks captured the on Saturday at the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna, defeating Bulkley Valley Christian 3-1 (25-20,22-25,25-16,25-11).

鈥淚t is rewarding,鈥� said Credo coach Stan de Haan.

鈥淚t is an accomplishment for all the work we have put in.鈥�

The Kodiaks went 2-1 during pool play, defeating Bulkley Valley Christian and Cedars Christian before losing to Kelowna Christian.

In the quarter-finals, the Kodiaks beat Sparwood in a five-set thriller before sweeping Cedars Christian 3-0 in the semifinals.

That set up the championship showdown with Bulkley Valley, who had upset Kelowna Christian in the other semifinal.

De Haan said his team鈥檚 loss in round robin to Kelowna Christian left the players 鈥減retty unhappy.鈥�

鈥淚t was a wake-up call,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e knew we could play better and we had to do better if we wanted to keep going.鈥�

鈥淲e made it through some tough challenges, but pulled it off in the end,鈥� said Ben Togeretz, the team鈥檚 off-side hitter who won the most valuable player award.

Speaking about the loss to Kelowna Christian, Togeretz said it helped focus the team for the rest of the tournament.

鈥淲e knew we could do better than we did, we just had to keep fighting,鈥� he said.

A big part of the team鈥檚 success was the leadership of Togeretz, the team captain who still has one more year of high school.

鈥淗e was just very consistent throughout every game,鈥� de Haan said.

鈥淎nd he is an excellent leader.鈥�

Togeretz was like a de facto coach this past season, usually doing the talking during timeouts as well as being vocal on the court.

For his part, Togeretz said he was surprised to win the award.

鈥淚 thought a couple of other guys on our team could have won,鈥� he said.

鈥淥ur whole team played well; I could not have done it without them.鈥�

Nathan Van Delden was named a first-team all-star while Nick Heeterbrij and Josh Van Delft were both honourable mentions.