LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western lost 3-2 (18-25, 25-15, 15-25, 25-21, 16-14) to Calgary Sunday morning at the Spartans on-campus David E. Enarson Gym. 

TWU finished 1-1 in the West Coast Classic, having beat UBC in five sets less than 12 hours earlier on Saturday night.

The Spartans finished the preseason with a 3-2 record, with two wins over UBC and a victory over Fraser Valley. TWU will now prepare for the start of the Canada West regular season, which starts Oct. 18-19 in Edmonton against MacEwan. The Spartans home-opening weekend is Oct. 25-26 against Brandon at the Langley Events Centre.

QUOTABLE
Brynden MacTavish, TWU Assistant Coach
"This morning was a good test of doing difficult things with a quick turnaround. I thought our young group today battled well through adversity. Tayana Dmitruk (Surrey, B.C.) handled our offense really well, and we got solid contributions from Faye Murray (Rosenort, Man.) and Isabelle (Musholt-Ko, Vancouver) throughout the match, and Sienna (Driedger, Grunthal, Man.) was a spark plug off the bench from the third set on. We are excited to put lessons learned into practice as we prepare for MacEwan in two weeks in our season-opener."

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 34 Canada West team championships.

About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in CIS sports. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.  

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