VANCOUVER – Trinity Western earned its second win in a row at the Blue Team Cup, beating UBC Okanagan 3-0 (25-8, 26-24, 29-27) Thursday at UBC.

After rolling to a convincing first-set win, the Spartans had to battle back from a five-point deficit midway through the second set to earn the win, before nabbing the win thanks to a victory in a lengthy third set.

The win sees the defending national champion Spartans improve to 3-0 in the preseason.

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Ben Josephson – TWU Head Coach
“I thought we played really clean in the first set. Then, I think we saw UBCO adjust to the speed of our serves and some of the things we were doing offensively and they also served much tougher and competed much better after that. Sets two and three were really competitive. I really like the pressure we were put under by UBCO. I really liked the way our kids responded. Overall, I’m happy we got a win and we got a lot of good information on where we’re at.”

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The Spartans will now return to the Langley Events Centre to host Brandon Friday at 8 p.m. (PT) in what will be a rematch of last year’s Canada West and U SPORTS championship matches.

About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women’s and men’s soccer, volleyball, basketball, cross country and track & field, as well as women’s rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men’s hockey and as an independent team in men’s rugby. The men’s and women’s hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships.

[SOURCE: Trinity Western University]