LANGLEY, B.C. – Trinity Western got back in the win column Friday night, beating UBC Okanagan 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 29-27) in Blue Team Cup action at the Langley Events Centre. 

Kaden Schmidt led the Spartans offensively with 18 kills. 
 
The Spartans evened their Blue Team Cup record at 1-1 and their preseason record to 6-1. 

QUOTABLE
Adam Schriemer, TWU Head Coach
"One of the goals of preseason is to get everyone on the court and give them opportunities. Willem (Van Huizen) and Chuck (Zack Yewchuk) did great. They've had some experience with Canada's U21 team over the summer, but it's always different playing on home court at the LEC. UBCO put pressure on us with how clean they played. There were moments were they were only missing two serves a set and only hitting two balls out of bounds per set, so we had to earn a lot. There were moments in games when we we had double the errors they had, which made life hard. I'm happy with our resilience, coming back from four and five-point deficits in the third and fourth sets, so I think that's something to be proud of coming out of tonight's game."

UP NEXT 
The Spartans will play their final match of the Blue Team Cup Saturday against Mount Royal at 5 p.m. at the Langley Events Centre.
 
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in NAIA in cross country and track and field and 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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