Former Trinity Western Unioversity volleyball starscored 18 points as Team Canada defeated Tunisia 3-2 (25-20, 20-25, 29-27, 20-25, 15-12) at the in Hiroshima, Japan on Wednesday (Oct. 9) .

Other former TWU players from the 91原创-based university team on the Team Canada roster include 91原创鈥檚 Daniel Vandoorn Steven Marshall from Abbotsford, , and Blake Scheerhoorn from Belleville.

鈥淚t was a difficult match,鈥� admitted Canada鈥檚 coach Dan Lewis. 鈥淭hey put pressure on us with their serve. We missed opportunities to put the ball in play. We tried to make adjustments. Our block defense was good, but we had too many net faults. We need to do a better job on transition balls. If we can get our efficiency even up 15-20 percent on high balls that would be better.鈥�

Canada鈥檚 captain Nicolas Hoag said: 鈥淚t was important to win. We blocked well. We had ups and downs in the match. 鈥� We got the victory and had the chance to rest some of our players, which you need to do in a long tournament like this. We hope to win tomorrow against Argentina.鈥�

Next up for Canada, Argentina.

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The 12 participating teams in the FIVB World Cup compete in a single round-robin competition over 11 match days. Three games will be played at each venue each match day.

When the World Cup was last held in 2015, Canada finished seventh overall.

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