LANGLEY, B.C. – After splitting games against No. 5 Mount Royal last weekend, Trinity Western's women's volleyball team continue its home stand with a pair of games against UBC Okanagan Friday and Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.
 
WEEKEND PREVIEW
Jan. 17 vs. UBC Okanagan (6-8) – Langley Events Centre | 6 p.m. (PT) WATCH
Jan. 18 vs. UBC Okanagan (6-8) – Langley Events Centre | 5 p.m. (PT) WATCH
 
BY THE NUMBERS
Trinity Western
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Points Per Set: 18.0 (1^st)
Team Hitting Percentage: .253 (1^st) 
 
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Kills Per Set: 4.06 – Hilary Howe (2^nd)
Hitting Percentage: .374 – Avery Heppell (1^st)
Assists Per Set: 6.76 – Dora Komlodi (11^th)
Blocks Per Set: 1.26 – Mikaelyn Sych (1^st)

UBC Okanagan
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Points Per Set: 15.5 (8^th) 
Team Hitting Percentage: .168 (8^th)
 
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Kills Per Set: 3.04 – Jade Bussard (8^th)
Hitting Percentage: .189 – Hellen Lacava (26^th)
Assists Per Set: 7.25 – Natalie Livingston (9^th)
Blocks Per Set: 1.07 – Natalie Livingston (11^th)
 
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (14-2)
Canada West Standings: 1^st
Last Weekend: vs. Mount Royal (W 3-0, L 3-1)
Streak: L1
Regular Season Form: W-W-W-W-L
 
UBC OKANAGAN HEAT (6-8)
Canada West Standings: T-8^th
Last Weekend:  vs. Winnipeg (L 3-0, W 3-1)
Streak: W1
Regular Season Form: W-L-L-L-W

THE WEEKEND STORY

• TWU comes into the weekend sitting first in the conference, at 14-2. The Heat sit tied for 8^th with UBC, at 6-8.  
• UBC Okanagan most recently split games at home against Winnipeg (Jan. 10-11).
• TWU's Avery Heppell (Langley) leads Canada West in hitting percentage (.374), while Spartans outside Hilary Howe (Calgary) ranks second in conference kills per-set (4.06). 
• The Spartans are 16-5 all-time against the Heat, sweeping last year's season series on the road in straight sets (Oct. 26-27, 2018).

 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.
 
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