LANGLEY, British Columbia – The defending national champion Trinity Western men's volleyball team opened its preseason schedule with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-18) win over Thompson Rivers Friday at the Langley Events Centre.

The Spartans were in control throughout the contest en route to a convincing victory.

Fourth-year Riley Vander Meulen (Edmonton) capped the night with the match-winning kill.

The teams played an exhibition fourth set, with TWU winning 25-14.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Ben Josephson
"It was mission accomplished. I thought we were better in high ball, which was one goal. We played really with good block defence discipline. But I thought our service pressure wasn't appropriate. We missed far too many. If we're going to serve as tough as we do, we're going to miss a lot and that's fine. But I thought there were a lot of mindless misses. But this is where and when we learn to serve."

NEXT UP
The Spartans and WolfPack face each other again Saturday at 7 p.m. at the LEC.

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