KINGSTON, Ontario – In a rematch of last year’s national championship game the Sherbrooke Vert & Or defeated the Trinity Western Spartans 3-0 Saturday afternoon at the Smola Cup tournament at Queen’s ARC in Kingston, Ont. The 25-18, 25-17, 25-19 loss reverses last year’s gold medal match and drops the Spartans to 6-2 in preseason play.
Second-year outside Kaden Schmidt (Mississauga, Ont.) with six kills, second-year outside Kyden Dmitruk (Surrey, B.C.) and fourth-year outside Henry Rempel (Swift Current, Sask.) with five kills each led the Spartans. While J. Doyon with nine kills and Zachary Hollands and Yoan David with five kills each led the Vert & Or.
Third-year setter Anselm Rein (Erfurt, Germany) led the Spartans’ attack with 21 assists, while Jonathan Portelance led the Vert & Or with 23 assists.
QUOTABLE TWU Head Coach Adam Schriemer
“I thought the biggest area where we struggled tonight was offensively. We had situations where we had opportunities to earn kills and we just didn’t execute.”
“We were in a spot where we were too terminal in situations offensively so we just couldn’t kill the ball and if you can’t kill the ball you can’t score points and that made things very difficult tonight.”
“We played against a really good team, who plays volleyball at a very high level and if you aren’t sharp against a team like Sherbrooke it’s going to be very hard. But we have another opportunity tomorrow to play against a really good team like Queen’s”.
NOTABLE
TWU finished the afternoon hitting at .072 (26-21-69), while Sherbrooke hit at .388 (29-10-49).
The Spartans finished with 5-3 edge in blocks and a 9-7 edge in aces.
TWU is 3-1 lifetime against Sherbrooke.
Last season TWU swept Sherbrooke 3-0 to win the U SPORTS championship.
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish off the Smola Cup tournament tomorrow afternoon against host Queen’s. Match time is set for 2 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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