VANCOUVER – Trinity Western improved to 3-0 in the West Coast Classic on Friday night, defeating Mount Royal 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 18-25, 25-22) at War Memorial Gym.
 
TWU defeated MRU in the national championship match last season, securing their second national title in program history with a 3-1 victory.

The Spartans are now 5-1 in preseason play.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Lead Assistant – Brynden MacTavish
"Tonight was an awesome test against a big, physical, and well coached team who played great defence and supplied heavy service pressure. Our own serving game held us in the games, Ansah Odoom (Surrey, B.C.) had a few big runs for us. In the third set we had some difficulty finding ways to score but in the fourth had some keys swings from everyone and a big contribution from Maryn [Boldon] (Okotoks, Alta.) off the bench to give us a spark. [Meaghan] Mealey (Calgary) came through wtih two big swings late to end it, and Dora [Komlodi] (Calgary) had a solid night running the offense under pressure. It definitely had a mid-season feel to the game and was fun to be apart of."
 
UP NEXT
TWU takes on UBC at War Memorial Gym on Saturday (6:00 p.m. PT) to finish off the West Coast Classic.

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 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.

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