KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Trinity Western's men's volleyball team officially opened its preseason schedule with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-11, 25-15) win over Calgary at the WolfPack Invitational Thursday. 
 
The match marked the first contest against a U SPORTS opponent with Adam Schriemer and Ben Ball leading the Spartans as interim co-head coaches. 
 
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Adam Schriemer – Interim Co-Head Coach
"In the first set, it was pretty back and forth until Mathias (Elser, Calgary) went back to the service line in the middle section of the set and we pulled away from there. The second set was a similar story – it was back and forth before Issy (Olfert, Winnipeg) went to the service line and had a great run that created another gap. In the third set, we were able to play really clean and create an opening down the stretch.
 
"For the most part, I'm really happy with how clean we played. Our service pressure was good and our transition was pretty efficient. We'll now have to get recovered and get some rest, as we'll have a good game tomorrow against the home team." 
 
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·       The Spartans currently have three players – Cory Schoenherr (Waterloo, Ont.), John Obi (Winniepg) and Aaron Elser (Calgary) – representing Canada at the U21 Pan American Cup in Cuba. After going 3-0 in pool play, Canada plays Mexico in the semifinals Friday.
 
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TWU will play the host Thompson Rivers in the Spartans second of three matches at the WolfPack Invitational. First serve is at 6 p.m. (PT).
 
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, as well as women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 13 U SPORTS team championships and 31 Canada West team championships.
 
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