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

LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western has three teams in the Top-10 position this week in U SPORTS and the Canadian University Men’s Rugby Rankings. Women’s and men’s volleyball remain in the U SPORTS Top 10 ranking, with the Spartan women staying at No. 2 and the Spartan men moving up to No. 8. Men’s rugby, after an off week, remains at No. 8 in the Canadian University Rugby Men’s Rankings.
 
In women’s volleyball, the Spartans currently sit at 6-0 after last weekend’s sweep of the UBC Okanagan Heat. In men’s volleyball, the Spartan men got back to .500 after a weekend sweep of the UBC Okanagan Heat and sit at 3-3. The men are on the road this weekend when they head to Edmonton, Alta. to take on the Alberta Golden Bears. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. on both Friday, November 11, and Saturday, November 12. Both games can be seen live on CanadawestTV. The women are off this week and will next be matched up with the Regina Cougars on November 17-18 in Regina.
 
The Spartans men’s rugby team currently sits at 0-6 in Coastal Cup play. 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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