SPARTANS STRONG IN WIN OVER HUSKIES

LANGLEY, British Columbia – After splitting the first two sets, the Trinity Western Spartans rolled through the final two sets to defeat the Saskatchewan Huskies 3-1 and remain unbeaten in Canada West, Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The 25-10, 20-25, 25-17, 25-17 win improves the No. 2 Spartans to 10-0, while the loss drops the Huskies to 5-5.

Third-year middle Kaylee Plouffe (Sherwood Park, Alta.) with 18 kills at .469, and four blocks, and fourth-year outside Kirsten Kampman (Chilliwack, B.C.) with 13 kills, and four blocks led the Spartans. Keely Anderson with 15 kills, and nine digs, and Julia Howell Bourner with seven kills, and six blocks led the Huskies. Third-year setter Sydney Gill (St. Catharines, Ont.) with 29 assists led the Spartans, while Sophia Magus with 29 assists led the Huskies. TWU fourth-year middle Jayda Harder (Waldheim, Sask.) and fourth-year outside Tamar Bil (Maple Ridge, B.C.) with eight total blocks each led all players.

TWU’s third-year Sydney Gill (St. Catharines, Ont.) led the Spartan attack with 28 set assists, while Tielle Hagel led the Huskies with 20.

QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Ryan Hofer
“There were a few up-and-down moments this weekend, but I was really pleased with the serving package that we put together from night to night. Saskatchewan serves a tough ball so they put our serve receive under pressure. I really liked our side-out efficiency tonight,
 
“Overall, I thought that we were steady. We played steady and took care of the small things. We got better with our second ball setting and we got the ball up in the air. We bent on serve receive, but we didn’t break, and gave ourselves opportunities to stay alive.”
 
Notable
“Saskatchewan did a good job of slowing down a few of our people but we had other people step up and take some volume. Kirsten was really consistent for us tonight, Tamar and Jayda blocked exceptionally well, and Plouffe was really tough to stop.”
 
NOTABLE

• TWU finished the night hitting at .228 (49-18-136), while Saskatchewan finished at .107 (37-23-131)
• The Spartans had 14 team blocks, while the Huskies had 10.
• TWU finished with a 12-4 advantage in service aces.
• The Spartans had 59 digs, while the Huskies finished with 60.
• The Spartans are 38-18 lifetime against the Huskies.

 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish the fall semester matches next weekend against the TRU WolfPack in Kamloops, B.C. The matches at 5:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. can be seen live 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. 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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