WBB: Undefeated Spartans Hand Huskies a 3-1 Loss

LANGLEY, BC – After winning the opening set 25-20, the Saskatchewan Huskies felt the might of the undefeated Trinity Western Spartans, dropping the next three sets and ending the night with a 3-1 loss (25-20, 14-25, 17-25, 21-25). 
 
THE HIGHLIGHTS

• The Spartans jumped out to the early 8-5 lead to open the match, but the Huskies went on a roll and closed the gap, taking a 19-15 lead late in the set. TWU was unable to close down the stretch and the Huskies took the opening set 25-20.
• The Huskies lost that momentum in the second set with a dominant Spartans team turning the tide, taking an early 12-4 and forcing Saskatchewan into a timeout. The Spartans kept on rolling through the set to tie the match at 1-1 with a 25-14 win. 
• The Spartans continued to thrive into the third set and ran away from the Huskies with an early 11-2 lead. TWU never let Saskatchewan get close as the Spartans took the 2-1 set lead with a solid 25-17 win.
• The Huskies looked like they would be forcing a fifth set to start the fourth. Saskatchewan took the early lead and forced TWU into a second time out with a 16-11 lead in the set. The Huskies continued to lead as the set progressed, but trailing by four, 20-16 the Spartans went on a 4-0 run to tie the set at 20-20 after a Kampman kill. 
• After Rosetta Cyr regained the Huskies lead, Kampman again tied the set at 21-21. Blocks by Kaylee Plouffe and Tamar Bil and an Abbey Klein attack error gave the Spartans the two-point lead, 23-21 as the Huskies called their last timeout.  Out of the time out the Spartans again went to Kampman to find the floor to give TWU match point at 24-21. A Saskatchewan ball handling error finished the match with TWU winning the set 25-21, and the match 3-1.

THE STATISTICS

• Spartan Maryn Boldon had an impressive night with 14 kills. Kaylee Plouffe added 14 kills, four blocks, and two aces, while Kirsten Kampman had with eight kills, and nine aces in the Spartans’ attack. 
• Saskatchewan’s Keely Anderson had 13 kills, and two aces for the Dogs. Rosetta Cyr added nine kills, and Abbey Klein had seven kills on the night.
• TWU finished the night hitting at .205 (43-16-132), while Saskatchewan finished at .100 (44-29-150).
• The Spartans led in blocks with 10 team blocks against the Huskies six. 
• Teams were evenly matched in digs, Saskatchewan recovering 52 and the Spartans finishing with 54.  

THE STANDINGS
Trinity Western maintains their undefeated record, improving to 9-0, and the Huskies loss moves the team to 5-4 in Canada West. 
 
THE NEXT ONE
Saskatchewan will finish the weekend series against the Spartans on Saturday night at 6:00 PM at the Langley Events Centre. The match can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV.