LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans remained unbeaten with a weekend sweep of the Calgary Dinos with a second consecutive 3-0 victory to take the weekend series. TWU's 25-23, 25-12, 25-15 win improves the No. 4 Spartans to 6-0, while the loss drops the Dinos to 2-4 in Canada West conference play.
 
Third-year middle Isabella Stothart (Airdrie, Alta.) with 10 kills at .769, two aces, and two blocks, Fifth-year middle Kaylee Plouffe (Sherwood Park, Alta.) with nine kills, three blocks, and one ace, and fourth-year outside Maryn Boldon (Okotoks, Alta.) with eight kills, six digs, and two blocks led the Spartans. Sophia Hansen with nine kills, seven digs, and one ace, and Narelle Arnold with five kills, four digs, two aces, and one block led the Dinos.
 
Third-year setter Tayana Dmitruk, with 31 set assists, led the Spartans' attack, while Anya Fehr, with 21 assists, led the Dinos.
 
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 5 p.m. (PT) and can be seen live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
Ryan Hofer, TWU Head Coach
"I thought our servers handled the serving pressure in the first set really well, being down and being able just to put some good, solid serves to put Calgary in trouble was a pleasure to watch. Tayana ran a really nice, balanced office. We got really good productivity from our middles, and we're starting to find rhythm as a group. I'm really pleased with the fight that we showed tonight."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans and Dinos were playing sideout ball through the early stages of the opening match. The Spartans' second-year outside Paisley Dickie (Surrey, B.C.) used two aces and a solid serving run to put TWU up 11-7 and put Calgary into a timeout. The Dinos pushed back and used a 10-6 run to tie the set at 17-17. Calgary took the lead 20-19 after a kill from Hansen. After exchanging points, Hansen found the court again to give the Dinos a 23-21 lead and put TWU into a timeout. A service and attack error evened the set at 23-23 with Calgary taking a second timeout. The set ended with back-to-back kills from Plouffe, giving the Spartans the opening set 25-23. TWU hit at .132 (9-4-38), while Calgary hit at .481 (16-3-27).
 
The second set started with Boldon going on a serving run to put TWU up 6-0 and put Calgary into an early timeout. The Spartans kept rolling and extended their lead to 13-3 after a kill from Boldon. From there, the teams played side-out ball, with TWU taking the second set 25-12 on another Boldon kill, giving the Spartans a 2-0 set lead. TWU hit at .379 (14-3-29), while Calgary hit at .000 (5-5-24).
 
A serving run from Stothart led the Spartans to an early 9-3 lead to open the third set. The Spartans extended their lead to 13-6 after a second-year outside Emma Graca (Surrey, B.C.) kill. Then the Dinos responded with five points to cut the lead to two points, 13-11, after a Hansen kill and a TWU attack error. After a TWU timeout, the Spartans regained control of the set to take an 18-12 lead after a Stothart kill and put the Dinos into a timeout. TWU continued their strong play out of the break to take the set 25-15. TWU hit at .520 (16-3-25) in the final set, while Calgary hit at .222 (7-3-18).
 
NOTABLE

• The Spartans finished the night hitting at .326 (40-10-92), while the Dinos finished at .246 (28-11-69).
• Spartans had the edge in blocks 5-3.5 and service aces 13-3. While the Dinos had the edge in digs at 31-28.
• Last night the Spartans swept the Dinos 3-0 (25-14, 25-20, 25-
• Fourth-year outside Maryn Boldon (Okotoks, Alta.) was named Canada West BioSteel women's volleyball player of the week this past week after breaking the Spartans' record for kills in a match with her 26 on Friday night against the Winnipeg Wesmen.

 
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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