THEY’RE BACK

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (CANADA WEST – CIS PLAYOFFS)
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
ANNOUNCEMENT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THEY’RE BACK

LANGLEY, British Columbia – After a two year absence the Trinity Western University men’s volleyball team earned a trip to the Canada West Final Four with an impressive 3-0 (27-25, 25-14 and 25-21) win over the No. 6 University of Winnipeg Wesmen Saturday night.

But on Sunday afternoon the CIS championship host and No. 9 Thompson Rivers University WolfPack upset the No. 5 University of Brandon Bobcats  3-1 on the road to give all teams in the CW Final Four an automatic berth to the CIS championships.

The Spartans will match up with the No. 4 University of Calgary Dinos in the first semi-final on Friday night, while TRU will take on the No. 3 and CW championship host University of Alberta Golden Bears in the second semi-final Friday night.

The final Canada West standings had the Golden Bears finishing first at 14-4, the Dinos finishing second at 13-5, the Spartans finishing fourth at 11-7 and the WolfPack finishing sixth at 10-8.

The Spartans, who are 9-3 life time in four CIS tournament appearances, have earned one gold in 2006, silver in 2005 and a bronze in 2004 and 2007, the last time that TWU was at the CIS championship was in 2007 when they finished third at McMaster University in Hamilton.

-TW-

Last Updated: 2010-03-01
Author: Scott Stewart
Email: ssstew@twu.ca