LANGLEY, British Columbia– With play-off positioning already established the No. 8 Trinity Western Spartans played seniors and rookies and settled for a weekend split with the No. 7 Saskatchewan Huskies after a 3-0 loss Saturday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The 25-22, 30-28, 25-17 loss drops the Spartans to 12-8, while the Huskies improve to 14-6 with the win.
 
Devin Hofsink with eight kills, and six blocks, along with fourth-year middle Jackson Corneil (Surrey, B.C.) with five kills, second-year outside Piers De Greeff (Victoria, B.C.) with five kills, rookie outside Zach Hofer (Langley, B.C.) with five kills, four digs, and one ace, and third-year outside (Surrey, B.C.) with five kills, and three digs led the Spartans. Isaiah Mamer with 13 kills, three digs, and one block, and Emmett Graham with 13 kills, eight digs, and one block led the Huskies.
 
Rookie setter Willem Van Huizen (Langley, B.C.) finished with 20 set assists running the Spartans attack. While Noah Opseth finished with 36 assists for the Huskies.
 
UP NEXT
The Spartans and Huskies will battle again in two weeks in the Canada West Quarterfinals opening round when TWU travels to Saskatoon, Sask, to play the Huskies.
 
QUOTABLE
TWU Head Coach Adam Schriemer
"Sask is so clean in so many phases, we saw that this whole weekend. In the first set, we weren't clean in the terminal phase and that was the difference, In the second set we were pretty clean back and forth, we just didn't make the plays late to close it. And then in the third, they were clean offensively and that is why that game wasn't close. To play a team like Sask, whose offense is simple, but it is still challenging. You have to be super clean on your side, and we weren't that today."
 
"Really happy with our seniors. ?I thought Devin (Hofsink Vernon, B.C.) and Corn played great tonight. Also our young guys, our freshmen played great today too, so that was cool to see guys that didn't play as much. all season come in and do their job and apply the training that they've been working for or been working on all year. Just happy for our seniors and what they've done for our program over the last five years."
 
NOTABLE 

• TWU finished the night hitting .255 (38-14-94), while Saskatchewan hit at .386 (47-13-88).
• The Spartans finished with six blocks, while the Huskies finished with three.
• Saskatchewan had a 7-6 edge in service aces.
• The Huskies had 35 digs, while the Spartans had 23.
• Last night the Spartans beat the Huskies 3-0
• The Spartans are currently 44-21 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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