LANGLEY, B.C. – The No. 1 ranked Spartans return home to open the winter semester hosting Mount Royal Friday and Saturday at the Langley Events Centre.
WEEKEND PREVIEW
Jan. 10 vs. Mount Royal (4-8) – Langley Events Centre | 4 p.m. (PT) |
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Jan. 11 vs. Mount Royal (4-8) – Langley Events Centre | 1 p.m. (PT) |
WATCH
BY THE NUMBERS
Trinity Western
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Points Per Set: 17.6 (1
st)
Team Hitting Percentage: .398 (1
st)
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Kills Per Set: 3.59 –
Eric Loeppky (5
th)
Hitting Percentage: .430 –
Eric Loeppky (1
st)
Assists Per Set: 10.23 –
Derek Epp (1
st)
Blocks Per Set: 1.53 –
Pearson Eshenko (1
st)
Mount Royal
Team Stats (rank in CW)
Points Per Set: 14.2 (8
th)
Team Hitting Percentage: .211 (8
th)
Individual Stats (rank in CW)
Kills Per Set: 3.02 – Trent Mounter (9
th)
Hitting Percentage: .320 – Luis Lange (7
th)
Assists Per Set: 6.81 – Keal Prince (10
th)
Blocks Per Set: 0.6 – Luis Lange (26
th)
TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (11-1)
Canada West Standings: T-1
st
Last Weekend: Bye
Streak: W10
Regular Season Form: W-W-W-W-W
MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (4-8)
Canada West Standings: 9
th
Last Weekend: vs. Alberta (L 3-0, L 3-0)
Streak: L4
Regular Season Form: W-L-L-L-L
THE WEEKEND STORY
- First place TWU returns after an impressive Can Am Tournament (Dec. 28-21, 2019), defeating NCAA champion Long Beach State (3-2), before a pair of sweeps over UCLA and Lewis in Toronto. The Spartans more recently played a trio of exhibition games on the road last weekend, defeating Brock University (3-0) before a pair of losses to No. 4 McMaster (3-2, 3-1).
- Mount Royal comes to town on a four-game losing skid, most recently falling to Alberta in a pair of straight set losses (Nov. 22-23). They have lost 12 consecutive sets dating back to Nov. 15, 2019.
- TWU will look to continue its program record consecutive sets streak (30-0), as the Spartans have yet to lose a set in conference play since Oct. 19, 2019 against Alberta.
- TWU won both of its meetings against Mount Royal last season, both 3-0 wins in Calgary (Feb. 1-2, 2019).
- The Spartans have won seven consecutive games against the Cougars, dating back to Nov. 28, 2015. TWU also holds a 13-2 record over its last 15 games against Mount Royal.
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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