Feb 4 ELECTRIFYING MATCH LIVES UP TO HYPE

Women’s Volleyball (Conference)
Saturday, February 4, 2006
TWU Spartans (2) vs. the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds (3)
(25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 13-25, 10-15)

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ELECTRIFYING MATCH LIVES UP TO HYPE
#5 TWU pushes #2 UBC to five sets but comes up just short

LANGLEY, British Columbia – The fifth ranked Trinity Western University women’s volleyball team pushed the second ranked University of British Columbia to five sets Saturday night at TWU. But the Thunderbirds came from behind to win the match 3-2 (21-25, 25-23, 23-25, 25-13, and 15-10). With the loss the Spartans (14-4) can no longer take first place from UBC (17-1) in the Canada West conference.

Trinity Western started the first set strong and were rewarded with an 8-6 lead at the first timeout. The Thunderbird and Spartans fought hard for control of the set as the two teams remained tied at 18-18 late in the set. A service ace from Anna Paddock (4th year, setter, West Simsbury, Conn.) gave the Spartans a two point lead at 23-21 and a huge block from Rhonda Schmuland (5th, year, middle, Calgary) finished off the first set, 25-21.

The second set was setting up for another tight game as the TWU held a slight advantage at the second timeout 16-14. Both teams were playing well and it was all square at 23-23 late in the set. After a long rally the Thunderbirds went up 24-23 and on the next point Jodi Schaufele (4th year, leftside, Surrey) just missed the line on a kill and UBC squeaked out a 25-23 win.

For the third straight set the Spartans won the race to the first timeout and had an 8-7 edge over the Thunderbirds. UBC had a 16-12 lead at the second break but TWU quickly tied it up at 16-16 with four straight points. Rhonda Schmuland had a big kill to put the score at 24-22 and TWU went on the win the set 25-23.

Set four was all UBC as they led 16-9 at the second timeout and went on to easily win the set 25-13.

The solid service game of Emily Cordonier (Vancouver) gave UBC a huge lead in the fifth set as the Thunderbirds rattled off six straight point to go up 9-2. Three straight kills by the Spartans Liz Spear (3rd year, middle, Langley) brought TWU to within two points as they trailed 11-8. After a timeout UBC came on strong once again and finished off the set 15-10.

Emily Cordonier led all players in the match with 19 kills. Liz Spear led the offence for the Spartans with 15 kills and hit at 46%. Julie Blackburn was the top defensive player and had 19 digs.

Match Notes: TWU hit at 16%, while UBC hit at 25%... TWU and UBC each had seven team blocks... Anna Paddock of the Spartans had 45 assists on the night...Playing in her final league match as a Spartan, TWU’s Rhonda Schmuland finished with seven kills, five blocks and one ace...

-TW-

                            TWU Women's Volleyball 2005-06
        #2 UBC T-Birds vs #5 TWU Spartans (Feb 04, 2006 at Langley, BC)



   UBC T-Birds            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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3  Danielle Van Huizen.  5|  9   2  21  .333|  1|  0   3|  0|  7| 0  3  0|  0|  10.5
6  Kirby Dow...........  5|  2   4  12 -.167|  0|  0   1|  1|  8| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
7  Stephanie Kurz......  5| 10   6  36  .111|  1|  3   5|  2| 10| 0  1  0|  0|  13.5
10 Emily Cordonier.....  5| 19   4  40  .375|  3|  1   2|  0| 10| 0  2  0|  0|  21.0
11 Carla Bradstock.....  3|  1   0   3  .333| 27|  0   1|  0|  9| 0  2  0|  0|   2.0
14 Shelley Chalmers....  5|  9   2  19  .368|  1|  1   2|  1|  3| 0  4  0|  0|  12.0
2  Krystal Gabriel.....  1|  1   0   1 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
8  Caitlyn Knowles.....  3|  2   0   2 1.000|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
9  Maya Miguel.........  5|  4   2  13  .154|  3|  0   0|  1| 13| 0  1  0|  0|   4.5
15 Danielle Petersen...  2|  1   0   5  .200|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
16 Katie Tyzuk.........  4|  0   0   1  .000| 17|  0   0|  0|  4| 0  1  0|  0|   0.5
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   Totals..............  5| 58  20 153  .248| 54|  5  14|  5| 64| 0 14  0|  0|  70.0

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  13  8  34  .147   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  4  5  TEAM RECORDS
   2  13  5  41  .195   UBC T-Birds......... (3) 21 25 23 25 15  17-1
   3  14  4  40  .250   TWU Spartans........ (2) 25 23 25 13 10  14-4
   4  11  2  22  .409
   5   7  1  16  .375

   TWU Spartans           |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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2  Saralyn Raugust.....  5| 10   8  33  .061|  2|  0   1|  1| 12| 1  2  0|  0|  12.0
4  Jodi Schaufele......  5|  3   7  26 -.154|  0|  0   1|  0|  5| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
5  Danielle Foth.......  5| 13   6  39  .179|  0|  0   0|  1|  7| 0  1  0|  0|  13.5
7  Liz Spear...........  5| 15   4  24  .458|  0|  2   3|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0|  17.5
8  Rhonda Schmuland....  5|  7   2  18  .278|  1|  1   1|  1|  5| 1  4  0|  0|  11.0
13 Anna Paddock........  5|  1   0   4  .250| 45|  0   3|  0|  6| 0  1  0|  0|   1.5
1  Leigh Dreher........  3|  5   2  12  .250|  0|  2   3|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0|   7.5
3  Julie Blackburn.....  5|  1   0   2  .500|  2|  0   0|  2| 19| 0  0  0|  0|   1.0
9  Alicia Van Huizen...  3|  0   0   3  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
11 Kim Klassen.........  1|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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   Totals..............  5| 55  29 161  .161| 51|  5  13|  5| 60| 2 10  0|  0|  67.0

 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  13  5  34  .235   Site: Langley, BC (David Enarson Gym)
   2  13  9  43  .093   Date: Feb 04, 2006   Attend: 625   Time: 2:13
   3  16  4  42  .286   Referees:
   4   5  5  21  .000
   5   8  6  21  .095
                                         1   2   3   4   5 Total
                        Tie scores       9  10   4   0   0    23
                        Lead changes     6   4   2   1   1    14

Last Updated: 2009-02-16
Author: Scott Stewart
Email: ssstew@twu.ca