SPARTANS OUTLAST MARAUDERS

KINGSTON, Ontario – The Trinity Western Spartans opened the Queen’s University Smola Cup tournament with a hard-fought five-set victory over the McMaster Marauders Friday night at the Queen’s ARC in Kingston, Ont. The 26-24, 31-29, 21-25, 22-25, and 16-14 win improves the Spartans to 6-1 in preseason play, while the loss drops the Marauders to 2-1. TWU is currently 10-7 lifetime against McMaster.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Adam Schriemer
“The first two sets were really high-level volleyball between two really good teams, the high level really showed in the serving. Our guys like Henry [Rempel] (Swift Current, Sask.) and Kaden [Schmidt] (Mississauga, Ont.) really brought the heat from the service line which made it a really high-level game. As the match went on both teams were very fatigued and got tired quickly and on our side, we managed that fatigue really well. I think the challenge for us moving forward is how we can still play sharp even though we are getting tired.”

UP NEXT
The Spartans will match up with the Sherbrooke Vert & Or tomorrow afternoon at the Queen’s ARC in Kingston, Ont. Match time is set for 2:00 p.m. (ET). The Spartans open up Canada West conference play on October 20-21 when they will host the Fraser Valley Cascades.

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 14 U SPORTS team championships and 34 Canada West team championships.
 
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