SPARTANS OPEN WEEKEND SERIES WITH SWEEP OF GRIFFINS

EDMONTON – The No. 1 Trinity Western Spartans used a balanced attack to sweep the MacEwan Griffins 3-0 Friday night in Canada West women’s volleyball action at MacEwan University in Edmonton. The Spartans remained unbeaten at 11-0 and a top the national and Canada West tables with the 25-14, 25-23, 25-16 victory, while the loss drops the Griffins to 2-9.
 
Maryn Boldon (Okotoks, Alta.) with 11 kills and four service aces, Jayda Harder with nine kills, and Mikayla Benterud (Sherwood Park, Alta.) with eight kills. While Mariah Bereziuk with eight kills led the Griffins. Dora Komlodi (Calgary) finished the evening with 26 set assists, while her counter-part with the Griffins Renee Jodoin had 13 assists. Emma Gamache (Abbotsford, B.C.) led the Spartans with 15 digs, while Andi Krawec led the Griffins with nine digs.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Ryan Hofer
“Our goal was to put a lot of pressure on them from the baseline tonight. And I thought we did that. There were times when we ran into trouble because we just didn’t force them to play the ball and not adjusting to their block lineup. Props to MacEwan they blocked us really well this evening. They had a good plan in place and the forced us to make really good shots in order score.”
 
“We had a great job by Kirsten Kampman (Chilliwack, B.C.) and Maryn Boldon going out there and swinging aggressively. Dora did great job of distributing the ball and running our attack. Our back line of Emma Gamache and Mikayla McBain were really solid defensively. And our middle blockers were super-efficient tonight and they did a great job of controlling the ball and the net.”
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans are now 11-2 lifetime against the Griffins.
• TWU finished the evening hitting at .273 (43-16-99), while MacEwan hit at .104 (23-15-77).
• The Spartans had a significant advantage from the service line at 11-3 in aces, while the Griffins had the advantage blocking at 13-6. TWU also had a 37-31 edge in digs.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and the Griffins will match up again tomorrow evening in Edmonton. Match time is set for 5:30 p.m. MT and 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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