LANGLEY, British Columbia – Trinity Western has three teams in the Top-10 position this week in U SPORTS Top 10 Rankings. Women's and men's volleyball remain in the Top 10, with both teams dropping a spot, with men's track and field debuting at No. 10. The Spartan women drop to the No. 4 spot in the nation, while the Spartan men drop to No. 9.
In women's volleyball, the Spartans currently sit at 14-2, after sweeping the Brandon Bobcats 3-0 on both nights this past weekend. In men's volleyball, the Spartans are now at 9-7 after splitting at home this past weekend against the Bobcats, winning 3-1 on Friday and losing 3-2 on Saturday. After not being ranked last week the men's track and field broke onto the Top 10 list with 21 points, trailing ninth place Calgary by four points (25) after a strong performance at the Golden Bear Invitational.
This week both volleyball teams will head on the road to take on the Thompson Rivers WolfPack on Thursday and Friday in Kamloops, B.C. All games can be seen live on Canada West TV. While men's track and field will be heading to Spokane, Wash for the Inland Northwest Invitational on Saturday, January 27.
RANKINGS
U SPORTS uses the ELO rating system for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. ELO calculates team rankings on a game-by-game basis, using an algorithm that generates a statistical calculation based on certain customized variables that have been adapted across the range of U SPORTS team sports. For volleyball, U SPORTS uses a 50/50 combination of ELO ranking and Coaches Poll ranking to determine the final Top 10 rankings.
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 and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
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