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Spartans tame Cougar attack

Both men's and women's Trinity Western volleyball teams sweep visiting Mount Royal College
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Ryan Sclater goes for the kill during his team鈥檚 win on Saturday night over visiting Mount Royal College at the 91原创 Events Centre.

The Trinity Western Spartans resumed Canada West men鈥檚 volleyball league play with a pair of victories over the visiting Mount Royal College, improving to 13-1 on the season.

The Spartans, who are ranked second in the country, won 3-0 on Friday night and 3-1 on Saturday, with both matches at the 91原创 Events Centre.

They were forced to rally in the latter match after dropping the first set 31-29, but won three in a row 鈥 25-13, 25-21 and 25-23 鈥 for their sixth consecutive victory.

The Spartans used a balanced attack as at least four players earned nine kills, led by Nick Del Bianco鈥檚 15 kills.

Friday鈥檚 victory was the team鈥檚 most efficient volleyball of the season as they hit .514 as a team en route to the 3-0 (25-18,25-15,25-19) victory. The team committed just three attack errors on 70 attempts.

Leading the way was Brad Kufske who had 12 kills and four aces.

鈥淥ur model is simple,鈥 said Spartans coach Ben Josephson.

鈥淲e鈥檙e going to play really aggressive from the baseline. We are going to serve the ball off the net and block big and athletic to force them under as much pressure as possible. We did that tonight.鈥

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The Trinity Western women鈥檚 volleyball team, which is ranked fifth in the country, improved to 10-4 with a pair of straight sets victories over the Mount Royal College at the LEC.

The top-blocking team in the country, the Spartans collected 15 blocks apiece in both victories.

Casie Gano led the way with nine blocks on Friday and then another 10 in Saturday鈥檚 victory.

鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to have a team that can score so many points with our block,鈥 said coach Ryan Hofer.

鈥淲e can鈥檛 take it for granted; those numbers are always going to be there, but we鈥檒l take them when they are.鈥

The win was the team鈥檚 fifth in a row and they have also won eight of their last nine matches.

In Friday鈥檚 opener, the Spartans won by scores of 25-15, 25-19 and 25-15.

Saturday鈥檚 scores were 25-15, 25-17 and 25-20.

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Both Spartan teams are in action at the 91原创 Events Centre this weekend as they host UBC Okanagan Heat tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday night.

The matches begin with the women鈥檚 team playing at 6 p.m. the first night and 5 p.m. on Saturday and the men follow at 8 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively, on the two nights.



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