SPARTANS RALLY TO SWEEP WEEKEND FROM THE HEAT

KELOWNA, British Columbia – With a 3-1 victory the Trinity Western Spartans earned a weekend sweep of the UBC Okanagan Heat Saturday afternoon at the UBCO gymnasium in Kelowna, B.C. The 20-25, 25-17, 25-15, 25-15 win improves the Spartans to 13-5, while the loss drops the Heat to 4-14.
 
Henry Rempel (Swift Current, Sask.) with 13 kills and five digs, Jesse Elser (Calgary) with nine kills and nine digs, and Cory Schoenherr (Waterloo, Ont.) with eight kills and six blocks led the Spartans. While Seba Manuel with 12 kills, and Renn Petryk with nine kills led the Heat. Mathias Elser (Calgary) finished the night with 39 set assists, five blocks, and four digs, while running the Spartan offence. Zach van Geel led the Heat with 28 set assists.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Adam Schriemer
“We got off to a slow start in the first set. They came out really hot and especially offensively we had a hard time slowing them down. After that our serve upgraded and I thought we put a lot of pressure on them. It was a cool weekend as we got a lot of guys in and to try out a lot of different lineups. I think one of our advantages is our depth as we have a lot of different guys who can play. This weekend was a good sign of the team we want to be and we are a step in the right direction.”
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans are 40-4 lifetime against the Heat.
• TWU finished the night hitting at .348 (46-15-89), while UBC-O finished at .218 (40-18-101).
• The Spartans had the edge in kills 46-40, Aces 11-6, blocks 10-4, assists 43-36, and digs, 37-21.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now head home to host the Winnipeg Wesmen on January 27 and 28.  The game can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women’s rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men’s rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
 
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