LANGLEY, British Columbia – The No. 2 Trinity Western Spartans prevailed 3-1 in a four-set battle with the Calgary Dinos Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The 25-19, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21 win improves the Spartans to 6-0, while the loss drops the Dinos to 2-4.
 
Fourth year outside Kaden Schmidt (Mississauga, Ont.) with 22 kills, six digs, and three aces, second-year setter Willem Van Huizen (Langley, B.C.) with nine kills, seven assists, five blocks, four digs, and three aces, fourth-year outside Kyden Dmitruk (Surrey, B.C.) with nine kills, four blocks, and three digs, and fifth-year middle Cory Schoenherr (Waterloo, Ont.) with six kills, no errors and six blocks led the Spartans. Cole Czepuryk with 12 kills, and six digs, and Will Kay with nine kills and four blocks led the Dinos.
 
Fifth-year setter Anselm Rein (Erfurt, Germany), with 44 set assists, led the Spartans' attack, while Matthew Brown led the Dinos with 18 assists.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans will now have a single match with the UBC Thunderbirds on Friday, November 14. Match time at the Langley Events Centre is set for 7 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
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"When you have opportunities to put teams away, you have to do it. If you don't, it can get ugly and it was ugly for a while today with how sloppy we got once we were up big in the second set. We stopped finding our serve and then we weren't the team we want to be offensively. Then it became a bit of a dog fight. I'm happy we were able to respond and compete, but there were a lot of self-inflicted wounds in that second set and there were moments in the third and fourth when that was still the case. It was the first game all year where we haven't been the team that we want to be offensively, but I'm happy we could still win without the efficiency we have been used to.
 
On playing No. 1-ranked UBC next Friday
"They're the best team in the country and we're pumped to try to take them down in our gym. It's going to be hard, because they are awesome and they have no deficiencies. I was watching them yesterday already and they are very good."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans had a strong start to the match and established their end-line attack, taking an early 8-5 lead after a Schoenherr ace and putting the Dinos into a timeout. Out of the break, the Dinos took three straight points, and after an ace from Cole Czepuryk, had tied the set at 8-8. TWU regained the momentum and used a 9-4 run to take a 17-12 lead after a kill from Willem Van Huizen. The Spartans continued to roll through the set and took a 1-0 lead with a 25-19 first-set win. TWU hit at .310 (14-5-29), while Calgary hit at .143 (9-5-28).
 
Trinity Western looked like they were running away with the second set as they jumped out to a 17-10 lead after a Schoenherr kill. But the Dinos responded and used an 8-1 run to tie the set at 18-18 after a Matthew Brown ace. The two teams played side-out ball to 23-23. The Dinos then evened up the match with a 25-23 win by taking the final two points on a Cam Hutt kill and a TWU attack error. TWU hit at .217 (11-6-23), while Calgary hit at .263 (9-4-19).
 
The third set started similarly to the second, with TWU taking a six-point lead, 14-8, after back-to-back Calgary attack errors. But the Dinos climbed back into the set with an 8-2 run to tie the set at 16-16. TWU regained control with a 5-2 run to take a 21-18 lead after a Zach Yewchuk kill. But two straight Dino points made it a one-point game, 21-20. A Schmidt kill and an Anselm ace put TWU back up three points, 23-20. The Spartans got to set point after a Schmidt kill, 24-21. The Dinos held off one set point before Schmidt finished the set to put TWU up 25-22 and 2-1 in sets. TWU hit at .176 (13-7-34), while Calgary hit at .147 (11-6-34).
 
The fourth set was evenly played till 18-18. TWU got a two-point lead, 19-17, after a Dmitruk kill. The teams exchanged points, then the Spartans got to set point, with second-year middle Zach Yewchuk (Surrey, B.C.) recording a kill to put TWU up 24-21. Schmidt then finished off the set, 25-21, and the match 3-1 with the final kill of the night. The two teams had their best attack sets of the night with TWU finishing at .424 (19-5-33) and Calgary at .308 (10-2-26).
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans finished the night hitting at .286 (57-23-119), while the Dinos finished at .206 (39-17-107).
• Dinos had the edge in blocks 10-8.5. While the Spartans had the advantage in digs 35-32, and service aces 10-5.
• Friday night, the Spartans swept the Dinos 3-0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-21)
• Fourth-year outside Kaden Schmidt (Mississauga, Ont.) was named Canada West BioSteel men's volleyball player of the week this past week after averaging 25.5 kills per game in the Spartans' weekend sweep of Winnipeg. His weekend-high 27 kills on Saturday equals the third-best total in a four-set match and puts him tied for the sixth-best performance overall in TWU history.

 
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 as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country 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 33 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 U 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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