CALGARY – Trinity Western played their first of three matches in the Dino-Cougar Tourney this Friday, defeating Alberta 3-1 (30-28, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23).
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Savannah Purdy (Victoria, B.C.) was a major factor in tonight's game, scoring 25 points on attacks against a strong U of A team.
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TWU Head Coach Ryan Hofer
"The team played very well tonight. We're still learing different aspects of the game, remaining focussed all the time.
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Savannah Purdy was awesome tonight, our setting was great, and our service reception was great. It was fun playing against a good team tonight, we'll see where this weekend goes."
UP NEXT
The Spartans are heading to the UBC Thunderbird Arena to play UBC on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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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