LANGLEY, British Columbia – The Trinity Western Spartans made it two straight with a 3-1 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies Saturday afternoon at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The 19-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-23 win improves the Spartans to 8-12, while the loss drops the Huskies to 10-10.
 
Third-year outside Maryn Boldon (Okotoks, Alta.) with 19 kills, 8 digs, and two service aces, and third-year outside Faye Murray (Rosenort, Man.) with 14 kills, and eight digs led the Spartans. Keely Anderson with 12 kills, and five blocks, and Abbey Klein with 11 kills led the Huskies.
 
Rookie setter Tayana Dmitruk (Surrey, B.C.) finished with 31 set assists, and 11 digs for the Spartans. While Tielle Hagel finished with 44 set assists and nine digs for the Huskies.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and Huskies will match up again next week in the Canada West play-in round of the Canada West playoffs in Saskatoon, Sask.
 
QUOTABLE
Trinity Western Head Coach Ryan Hofer
"We are really pleased with the back-to-back performance that this team put together, playing consistently all weekend long is something that we have been working towards so it was nice to see it this weekend. I want to give full props to the whole crew for what they did there, especially coming back in the fourth set. We got behind, but they remained optimistic. ?They believed something good could happen and we kept chipping away."
 
On senior Grace McGillivray
"It was great celebrating Grace, she has been an incredible player teammate, and person. We are so excited to celebrate someone who is pretty special to this program."
 
AS IT HAPPENED
The Spartans and Huskies were even early in the opening set, but the Huskies took control midway to take a 17-13 lead. Saskatchewan continued to play well through the end of the set, taking a 1-0 lead with the 25-19 win. TWU hit at .179 (11-6-28), while Saskatchewan hit at .296 (11-3-27).
 
Trinity Western turned the tables in the second set taking a 16-12 lead. The Huskies closed to two points 18-16, before the Spartans closed out the set with a 7-4 run to take the second set 25-20 and even the match at 1-1. TWU hit at .306 (15-4-36), while Saskatchewan hit at .188 (12-6-32).
 
The Spartans carried their strong play into the third set and jumped out to a solid eight-point,16-8, midway through the set. TWU continued through to the end of the set to take a 2-1 lead with a 25-18 win. The Spartans hit .200 (10-3-35), while the Huskies hit at .205 (14-5-44).
 
The Huskies dominated the start of the fourth set quickly taking a 7-1 lead. The Spartans fought back with a 13-9 run to cut the lead to two points trailing 16-14. The Huskies got their lead back to four points, 19-15. But from there the Spartans took over outscoring the Huskies 10-3 to take the set 25-23 and the match 3-1. TWU hit at .118 (11-7-34), while Saskatchewan hit at .105 (13-9-38).
 
NOTABLE 

• TWU finished the night hitting .203 (47-20-133), while Saskatchewan hit at .191 (50-23-141).
• The Spartans finished with eight blocks, while the Huskies finished with 11.
• TWU had an 8-7 edge in service aces.
• TWU had 59 digs to Saskatchewan's 56.
• Last night the Spartans beat the Huskies 3-2 to clinch a postseason spot. TWU will finish ninth in Canada West.
• The Spartans are currently 40-18 lifetime against the Huskies.

 
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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