Scheduled Game: @Thompson Rivers*

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GAME RESULTS 1 2 3 T Trinity Western 25 25 25 3 « FINAL Thompson Rivers 18 18 19 0

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WOMENS VOLLEYBALL (CANADA WEST)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2010
TWU SPARTANS (3) VS THE THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY WOLFPACK (0)
(25-18, 25-18, 25-19)

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SPARTANS GET FIRST OF WEEKEND OFF WOLFPACK
- Efficient attack gives Spartans sweep

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia – Led by outside Kara Jansen Van Doorn of Langley, B.C. with 14 kills, five digs and five blocks and middle Amy Lescheid of East Selkirk, Man. with 11 kills the Trinity Western University women’s volleyball team moved one step closer to hosting the first round of the Canada West play-offs with a straight sets win over the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Friday night at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops, B.C. The 25-18, 25-18 and 25-19 win moves the Spartans to 12-7, while the loss drops the WolfPack to 1-18.

The Spartans also had strong play from setters Lauren O’Reilly of Langley, B.C. who had 24 assists and Chelsea Hudson of Winnipeg who added 14 assists, while outside Anna Dyakiewicz of Burnaby, B.C. with 10 kills, setter Kristen Knudskov of Edmonton with 31 assists and libero Ashley Shannik of Kamloops, B.C. with 13 digs led the WolfPack.

Trinity Western coach Ryan Hofer thought his team looked sharp.  “TRU is a scrappy team and I knew we had to fight, he said.  “I thought our setters did a good job and our outsides did what they had to do and our middles did very well.”

The Spartans took control of the first set early as they used a 7-0 run to take a 9-2 lead.  Trinity Western continued to control the set through the second break, leading 16-9. Trailing 23-10, the WolfPack rattled off five points to cut the margin to 23-15 before the Spartans closed out the set 25-18.

The second set saw the Spartans score the first four points before taking 8-4 and 16-9 leads at the two breaks. TRU closed slightly on TWU to trail by five points, 21-16. But the Spartans snuffed out the rally by taking three straight points before taking the second set 25-18.

Thompson Rivers played their best in the final set of the evening. The WolfPack jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but were unable to hold control of the set as the Spartans tied the set at 4-4. TWU would continue to gather momentum as the match progressed. The Spartans led 8-6 at the first break and then used an 8-5 run to lead 16-11 at the second break. The WolfPack recovered to cut the margin to three point, trailing 20-17, but that was as close as they would get as the Spartans closed out the match with a 5-2 run to take the set 25-19 and the match 3-0.  
 
The two teams meet again Saturday (Feb 13) at 5 pm at the Tournament Capital Center.

Hofer is looking for the sweep this weekend in order to host a Canada West playoff date. “We want to take care of business, but I expect another tough match from TRU tomorrow.”

Match Notes: The Spartans finished the match hitting at 39.3 percent (43-8-89), which is the fourth best attacking percentage in the programs CIS history. Prior to tonight TWU hit 58.5 percent against Saskatchewan on Jan. 3, 2003, 40.2 percent at Simon Fraser on Nov. 15, 2002 and 39.8 percent against Simon Fraser on Feb. 3, 2007…The WolfPack finished the night hitting at 10.2 percent (34-24-98)… the Spartans finished the night with 10 team blocks to the WolfPacks two…

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