LANGLEY, British Columbia – Led by Henry Rempel (Swift Current, Sask.) with 13 kills and a .429 attack percentage the Trinity Western Spartans made short work of the Winnipeg Wesmen in an impressive 3-0 victory Friday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The 25-18, 25-14, and 25-19 win took 78 minutes to conclude and improves the No. 4 ranked Spartans to 14-5, while the loss drops the Wesmen to 6-11.
 
Mathias Elser (Calgary) added 11 kills at a .409 attack percentage and five aces, Anselm Rein (Erfurt, Germany) added a game-high six aces and 30 set assists, while Cory Schoenherr (Waterloo, Ont.) added eight blocks to lead the Spartans. Nigel Nielsen with 10 kills and one ace, and Alex Krykewich with 16 set assists led the Wesmen.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Adam Schriemer
"Our serving was great tonight. We put a lot of pressure on them. And I thought our variation serving and change of speeds was really good. So we definitely did well on our terminal serving faze and we converted on our knockouts. Overall, I'm really happy with the whole match. We played great for the majority of it. Until we were up 20-10 in the third, when we got a little complacent, there and that is when our serving broke down and our attackers made too many unforced errors. Other than the last five points of the match I thought we played pretty clean, but a messy ending so we have to be sharper."
 
The message to the guys after tonight:
"We played well enough to create a big spread, but if we close it out like that when we don't play as well to start we will be in a lot more trouble. I thought Jesse Elser played well and has put together some really good performances recently."
 
NOTABLE
• The Spartans are now 42-18 lifetime against the Wesmen
• TWU finished the night hitting at .329 (36-12-73), while Winnipeg finished at .159 (26-15-69).
• The Spartans had a 9.5 to 5 edge in total blocks, a 25-19 edge in digs, and an impressive 12-2 edge in service aces.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and the Wesmen will battle again tomorrow night at the Langley Events Centre. The match can be seen live on CanadaWest.TV with the first serve scheduled for 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 13 U SPORTS team championships and 32 Canada West team championships.
 
-TW-