ABBOTSFORD, British Columbia– Led by Savannah Purdy (Victoria, B.C.) with 11 kills, the Trinity Western Spartans swept the Fraser Valley Cascades Saturday night at the UFV Athletic Centre in Abbotsford, B.C. The 25-23, 25-13, 25-19 win keeps TWU perfect at 4-0, while the loss drops UFV to 0-4.
TWU had strong balanced attack with Ansah Odoom (Surrey, B.C.), Mikayla Benterud (Sherwood Park, Alta.) and Tamar Bil (Maple Ridge, B.C.) finishing with eight kills each. While Lauren Attieh with 11 kills and Natalie Lemoine-Sells with eight kills led the Cascades attack.
AS IT HAPPENED
TWU and UFV were even for much of the first set. With the teams tied at 19-19. Then at 21-20 the Spartans gained some separation to take the opening set 25-23. TWU hit at .225 (15-6-40), while UFV hit at .167 (13-6-42).
The Spartans controlled the second set from the start. Leading 8-4 and 16-8 before walking to the 25-13 win. Trinity Western finished the set hitting at .542 (15-2-24), while Fraser Valley hit at .130 (7-4-23).
The final set was even until 17-17. From that point on TWU controlled the play as they finished the night with an 8-2 run to take the final set 25-19 and the match 3-0. The Spartans hit at .250 (11-2-36) in the final set, while the Cascades hit at .050 (9-7-40).
QUOTABLE TWU Head Coach Ryan Hofer
” Great all-around performance tonight by everyone. Dora and Sydney Gill (St. Catharines, Ont.) both did a great job of distributing the ball. All of our attackers had great attacking numbers. We finished at .310, which is a really nice efficiency against a solid team. So just good all-around ball control and I just thought we made a few adjustments, that we needed to make from last night and it just helped us to improve.
“Outstanding serving runs by Savannah, Dora and Bil. Just a really good serving package tonight.”
NOTABLE
• The Spartans finished the night hitting .310 (41-10-59), while the Cascades finished hitting .114 (29-17-38).
• Trinity Western is now lifetime 10-0 against Fraser Valley
• The Spartans had a 7-4 edge in total blocks and a 11-5 edge in service aces.
• Dora Komlodi led the Spartans with 24 set assists, while Cailin Bitter’s led the Cascades with 21 set assists.
UP NEXT
The Spartans will return home to the Langley Events Centre for a weekend series against the Calgary Dinos November 4 and 5. Match time is set for 6 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday. Both matches 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.