The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack are off and running in Canada West women’s volleyball.

The Pack opened up the regular season on the road in Brandon taking the host Bobcats 3-1.

The scores were 25-22,24-26,25-16,25-18 as the Bobcats celebrated their volleyball aluni night on Friday (Oct 18).

The Pack were led Kendra Finch (5th year, outside hitter, North Vancouver, BC) with 18 kills and 17 digs. She also had 18 points.

Rookie Kseniya Kocyigit (1st year, middle, Byaros, Belarus) had eight kills, seven blocks and 13.5 points. Anastasiia Muzyka (3rd year, Poltawa, Ukraine) had 40 assists, two service aces and five blocks. Olga Savenchuk (2nd year, outside hitter, Donetsk, Ukraine) had 13 digs while Hali Drezet (4th year, libero, Prince George, BC) added 14 digs.

Brandon was led by Kiera Fey with 14.5 points. She had 15 kills and 14 digs. Danielle Larocque had 16 points and 12 blocks. Caitlin Le had 22 assists.

Said head coach Chad Grimm, ” I thought overall it was a decent performance by our crew. We haven’t done a ton of preseason games and done a lot of game play. My goal for the crew today was to keep the ball in play and make Brandon earn points. For the most part, we did a good job of that. I thought as the match went along, our block and defense started to get tougher. We started to serve the ball better and started to stretch out and get a lead. Brandon played a tough game. I thought they were excellent. They are always tough. Lee (Carter) is a great coach and does a great job. It will be another tough one tomorrow. It was nice to start off the season with a victory.”

The same two teams will go at it Saturday (Oct 19) in Brandon. The Pack return home to entertain the University of Calgary Dinos at the Tournament Capital Centre on Friday, October 28th.

[SOURCE: Thompson Rivers University]