EDMONTON – No. 2-ranked Trinity Western defeated MacEwan at the Atkinson Gym on Saturday (26-24, 25-14, 25-22).
 
With this victory, the Spartans move to an 11-1 record while the Griffins stay winless at 0-12. TWU heads into the break second in the conference standings, only trailing Alberta on set differential.

TWU outside Brodie Hofer (Langley, B.C.) led TWU in a clean offensive night, making 15 kills across three sets played on an individual efficiency of .519. Hofer also chimed in with a game-high of eight digs on the night.

The Spartans hit well the entire game, posting a team hitting percentage of .422. On the other end, TWU held the Griffins to a hitting efficiency of .133.
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Griffins applied pressure to TWU in the first set, but the Spartans were able to pull away with a 26-24 set victory.
 
TWU came out hard in the second set, defeating the Griffins 25-14 in the second set to jump to a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
The Spartans closed out the match in three sets, winning the third and final frame of the match in 25-22 fashion.

QUOTABLE
Adam Schriemer – Co-Interim Head Coach
"Really happy with the outcome of this weekend. It's hard beating a team twice on the road, espcially in the last weekend of the semester. I thought we did a good job in converting our tough serves, but they did a good job keeping them alive.

"I thought Jesse [Elser] (Calgary) was awesome tonight. He was a leader, and he played really well. It's also good seeing both Anselm [Rein] (Erfurt, Germany] and Mathias [Elser] (Calgary) set this weeekend as well."
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans are 14-0 all-time against the Griffins. Across all 14 matches played between the two teams, TWU has only dropped a total of three sets in the process.

 
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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