KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Trinity Western dropped the first set to the Alberta before rallying for a 3-1 victory over the Pandas Friday afternoon at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops, B.C. The Spartans fell behind early dropping the opening set 25-16. TWU narrowly won the second set 26-24, after trailing 16-8 at the break, before taking the final two sets 25-15 and 25-22.
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TWU Head Coach Ryan Hofer
"I'm really proud of our team's effort today. We really struggling in the first set at losing 16-25. But in the second set we were able to come back to win even though we were down eight points at the break. It showed a lot of heart from our players to battle back. We had good all-around team chemistry in the match. We played around with different line some different looks. So the result was a great start to the tournament against a really talented team. We are looking forward to tomorrow's match and moving forward in the tournament.
On his players:
"A big shout out to
Ansah Odoom (3
rd year, outside) and
Emma Gamache (3
rd year, libero) for their defensive effort. They just really inspiring our team to just not back down.
Olivia Heinen (4
th year, setter) played great she just tore around the court and did a really nice job of delivering the ball getting her hands on it, and getting it up there so that we could make good swings."
UP NEXT
The Spartans will finish of the tournament tomorrow evening when they will face the Mount Royal Cougars. Match time is set for 7 p.m. PT at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops, B.C. The Spartan open Canada West conference play on November 5 & 6 when they will host the Thompson Rivers WolfPack at the Langley Events Centre.
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 13 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey, cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as an independent team in men's rugby. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 29 Canada West team championships.
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