LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans dropped their opening match of the annual West Coast Classic 3-2 to the Mount Royal Cougars Thursday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C.  The loss drops the Spartans to 3-1 in preseason play. On Sept. 15 TWU defeated MRU 3-0 at the Griffin/Pandas tournament in Edmonton.

The Cougars overcame an 8-2 deficit in the final set to earn the 25-23,15-25,25-18,20-25, 16-14 victory.

The Spartans will continue the tournament tomorrow night at 6 p.m. against the University of Alberta Pandas.

-TW-