LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans tied the team record for attempts, 140, in a three set match and improved to 2-0 on the season with a straight set victory over the visiting Manitoba Bisons Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. Despite being, a straight set victory for TWU the match was a highly contested affair, with the Spartans prevailing 32-30, 25-19, and 29-27.
 
Meaghan Mealey (Calgary) with 11 kills and eight digs, and Ansah Odoom (Surrey, B.C.) with 10 kills, six digs, and three blocks led the Spartans. While Light Uchechukwu (Winnipeg) with 12 kills, nine digs, and four blocks and Raya Surinx (Winnipeg) with 12 kills, and seven digs led the Bisons.
 
TWU's Dora Komlodi (Calgary) had 29 set assists to go with nine digs and two blocks to lead the Spartans, while Manitoba's Katreena Bentley (Winnipeg) finished with 33 set assists, nine digs and three blocks to lead the Bisons.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Ryan Hofer
"We had a feeling tonight was going to be a battle. Manitoba is a good team and they are a very good defensive team. They dig up a lot of balls and send them back. We just needed to make sure that we could make one good shot after another good shot. And not try and do anything special or anything extra ordinary, but just continue to make good shots."
 
"I thought we scrambled really well at times. There were moments where we were having trouble scoring, but we didn't give up. We just made another shot we covered ourselves, we covered our hitters, and we gave them another chance to take a crack at the ball. I also thought we served really well tonight."
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans previously had 140 attempts in a three set match on February 2, 2013 against the Calgary Dinos. TWU prevailed 3-0 in the match.
• The Spartans are 28-22 lifetime against the Bisons.
• Trinity Western defeated Manitoba 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-17) Friday night at the LECf.
• TWU hit .171 percent (45-21-140) on the night, while Manitoba hit at .145 (42-23-131).
• The Bisons had 13 total blocks, while the Spartan finished with eight.­­.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will travel across the Fraser Valley to take on the Fraser Valley Cascades in Abbotsford, B.C. Game time on Friday night is set for 8 p.m. PT, Saturday's match is set for 7 p.m. PT. Both games can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV.
 
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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