The Trinity Western Spartans ensured themselves of a home playoff date with a pair of victories.
The men鈥檚 volleyball team dispatched the Calgary Dinos in straight sets both Friday and Saturday at the 91原创 Events Centre to improve to 15-5.
It means the fifth-ranked Spartans will host a best-of-three quarter-final playoff series Feb. 14 to 16 at the LEC.
The Spartans won 25-21, 25-22 and 28-26 and prevailed despite 21 attack errors and a dozen serving errors.
鈥淚t was just a weird game; we had some odd bounces (and) our opponents were scrappy and never let us build momentum by getting aces or roof blocks early on,鈥� said coach Ben Josephson.
鈥淚t was hard to get momentum going; it was a bit of a dead night, so given the environment, I thought our guys played well.鈥�
The team was led defensively by John Wiebe, who tied his own team record for digs in a three-set match with 19.
The offence was keyed by Nick Del Bianco and his 15 kills, including eight in the first half alone. Steven Marshall added a dozen kills while Dan Jansen Van Doorn (seven blocks) and Lucas Van Berkel (five blocks) led the defence, which out-blocked the Dinos 12-3.
Friday鈥檚 match saw TWU win 25-18, 25-19 and 25-21 as the team had 11 aces, including five from Del Bianco.
Marshall also had a big game with 12 kills and just one error for a .579 hitting percentage. He also had five digs and two blocks.
Brad Kufske added nine kills and a career-high four aces.
The team closes the Canada West regular season on the road this weekend with a pair of matches against first-place Alberta (19-1).
