LANGLEY, British Columbia– With a strong block and serving game the No. 8 Trinity Western Spartans earned a straight-set victory over the No. 7 Saskatchewan Huskies Friday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. With the 25-11, 25-21, 25-20 win Spartans improve to 12-7, while the Huskies drop to 13-6.
 
Third-year outside Kaden Schmidt (Mississauga, Ont.) with 12 kills, five digs, and two aces, and second-year outside Piers De Greef (Victoria, B.C.) with seven kills, five digs, one block and one ace led the Spartans. While Emmett Graham with 15 kills, and two blocks, and Isaiah Mamer with eight kills, and five digs led the Huskies.
 
Fourth-year setter Anselm Rein (Erfurt, Germany) finished with 28 set assists running the Spartans attack. While Noah Opseth finished with 26 assists for the Huskies.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and Huskies will finish the weekend series tomorrow night with the final games of Canada West conference play. The match time is set for 4 p.m. (PT) and will be streamed live on Canada West TV.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Adam Schriemer
"Typically, a good block defence is a product of aggressive serving, and that was the case today. We consistently put pressure on them which put our block in a good spot and made our transition offence better. We hit .450 in trans, which is huge. There are some upgrades we could make in first ball, but as the game went on, we started getting blocked a little bit more, so we'll have to figure out what the reason for that is in video tonight. Because that'll be an upgrade for tomorrow, being cleaner and using their block to score different ways and not get stuffed as much."
 
NOTABLE 

• TWU finished the night hitting .288 (34-13-73), while Saskatchewan hit at .165 (33-19-85).
• The Spartans finished with 11 blocks, while the Huskies finished with seven.
• TWU had a 9-4 edge in service aces.
• Both teams finished with 22 digs.
• Last week the Spartans split with the Fraser Valley Cascades losing 3-2 in Langley, B.C., and winning 3-1 in Abbotsford, B.C.
• Last week the Huskies swept the UBC Okanagan Heat 3-0, and 3-1 in Saskatoon, Sask.
• The Spartans are currently 44-20 lifetime against the Huskies.
• TWU will have a bye next week before starting the Canada quarter-finals on the road in Saskatchewan the following week.

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. 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 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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