PREVIEW: WolfPack celebrate graduating class with chance at playoff spot on the line

Game Information
 
Date: Friday, February 16
Time: 7:15 p.m.
Location: TCC Gym
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Date: Saturday, February 17
Time: 4:45 p.m.
Location: TCC Gym
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Weekend Story
 
KAMLOOPS – It will be an emotional weekend for a Thompson Rivers WolfPack men’s volleyball team that will finish its 2023-24 regular season schedule with a pair of games inside the TCC.
 
On Friday night before their game the ‘Pack will celebrate their graduating class of Riley Brinnen, Sam Elgert, Corbin Ockerman and Dylan VanSpankeren. For Brinnen, it will be a return to the TCC as he continues to recover from injuries sustained during a tragic car crash on Nov. 29 that took the life of Owyn McInnis and resulted in life-altering injuries for Owen Waterhouse.
 
On the court, the games are crucial ones to end the season. The WolfPack (10-12) will host the Mount Royal Cougars (16-6) at 7:15 p.m. on Friday and 4:45 p.m. on Saturday.

A sweep from TRU combined with the Manitoba Bisons losing both of their games will vault the ‘Pack into a tie with the Bisons for the eighth and final playoff spot in the conference.
 
The ‘Pack fell in a pair of close games to the Brandon Bobcats out on the road last weekend while Mount Royal enters the contests on a six-game winning streak.

MRU won both games these teams played last year in Calgary.
 
By The Numbers
 
381: No player in Canadian university men’s volleyball has more kills than Sam Flowerday at 381.
 
2,198: Sam Elgert is second in the program’s record books with 2198 assists.
 
26: Corbin Ockerman’s 26 solo blocks are the fourth-most a member of the ‘Pack has had in their career at the Canada West level.
 
170: Dylan VanSpankeren is seventh in the conference with 170 digs this season.