WOMEN’S & MEN’S VOLLEYBALL, MEN’S RUGBY

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western remains in the Top-10 position this week in U SPORTS and the Canadian University Men’s Rugby Rankings. Women’s and men’s volleyball both cracked the inaugural U SPORTS Top 10 ranking, with the Spartan women opening at No. 2 and the Spartan men debuting at No. 9. Men’s rugby, had a tough match this past weekend and saw their ranking drop two spots to No. 8 in the Canadian University Rugby Men’s Rugby Rankings.
 
In women’s volleyball, the Spartans currently sit at 4-0 after last weekend’s sweep of the Winnipeg Wesmen in Winnipeg. In men’s volleyball, the Spartan men have had a tough start to the season and currently sit at 1-3 after dropping both matches in Winnipeg against the Wesmen. Both the men and women are at home this weekend against the UBC Okanagan Heat. The women play Friday at 5 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m., while the men are scheduled for 7 p.m. and 6 p.m. starts.
 
The Spartans men’s rugby team currently sits at 0-6 in Coastal Cup play after a hard-fought 36-17 loss to the Pacific Pride this past weekend in Langford, B.C. Next up for the Spartans is the Canadian University Men’s Rugby Championship beginning Wednesday, November 15. Their first match is scheduled for 5 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre’s Northwest Field.
 

RANKINGS
Rugby rankings are determined by a national coaches’ poll.
 
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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