LANGLEY, British Columbia– Trinity Western’s Mikayla McBain (Burlington, Ont.) is the Spartan Female Athlete of the Week after leading the Spartans to a split with the Calgary Dinos this past weekend in Calgary, Alta. McBain finished the weekend with 3.44 digs per set while finishing the weekend with 69 percent in-system passing.
On Friday night the third-year libero finished the night with 15 digs and seven set assists in the Spartans’ 3-2 loss to the Calgary Dinos Friday night in Calgary, Alta.
In Saturday’s game the general studies student help to lead the Spartans to a 3-1 win finishing with 16 digs and four set assists.
McBain finished the season in sixth place in total digs with 264, and ninth in digs/set with 2.81.
The weekend split moves the Spartans into fourth place in the Canada West final conference standings. TWU will now host the fifth-place Alberta Pandas in a best-of-three series beginning Thursday, February 22 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. Game times are set for 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday with Saturday’s game time to be determined. All games can be seen on Canada West 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 and women’s and men’s disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
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