U SPORTS TOP 10 RANKINGS

LANGLEY, British Columbia – This week the U SPORTS Top 10 rankings feature the Trinity Western Spartans’ men’s and women’s volleyball teams. The Spartan women drop two spots to No. 6, while the men move up one spot to No. 7.
 
In women’s volleyball, the No. 6 Spartans finished Canada West conference play at 19-5, after a weekend split with the Calgary Dinos at the Jack Simpson Gym in Calgary, Alta. TWU lost 3-2 on Friday night and won 3-1 on Saturday. In men’s volleyball, the No. 7 Spartans are now at 16 -8 after sweeping the Dinos 3-0 on Friday and winning 3-1 on Saturday night in Calgary, Alta.
 
The TWU men and women will now host the Canada West quarter-finals. The fourth-place Spartan women will play the fifth-place Alberta Pandas, while the third-place Spartan men will host the Brandon Bobcats in a best-of-three series beginning Thursday, February 22 at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The women’s game times are set for 5 p.m., while the men’s games are set for 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday with Saturday’s game time to be determined. All games can be seen on Canada West TV.
 

 
RANKINGS
U SPORTS uses the ELO rating system for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. ELO calculates team rankings on a game-by-game basis, using an algorithm that generates a statistical calculation based on certain customized variables that have been adapted across the range of U SPORTS team sports. For volleyball, U SPORTS uses a 50/50 combination of ELO ranking and Coaches Poll ranking to determine the final Top 10 rankings.
 
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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