It wasn’t the way that Pat Hennelly would want to finish his regular season.  The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men’s volleyball head coach saw his team sputter at times as they lost 3-1 to the Manitoba Bisons in Canada West action Saturday (Feb 8) at the TRU Gym. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Spencer Reed in his final CIS regular season match (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] The scores were25-23,21-25,25-21,25-20 on Saturday (Feb 8). The WolfPack finish with a record of 13 and 8 while the Bisons wind up at 9 and 12.  TRU finishes in fourth spot in the Canada West while Manitoba is 10 th. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Randy Grundmann and Jacob Tricarico at the net (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] The WolfPack will host the Saskatchewan Huskies (5^th in a tie breaker over Calgary) in a best of three quarterfinal starting Thursday (Feb 13) at the Tournament Capital Centre. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] WolfPack head coach Pat Hennelly (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] “We couldn’t move up or down in terms of playoff positioning tonight,” said WolfPack head coach Pat Hennelly about his team’s performance. “ It seemed like it wasn’t all there for us. I am not sure why.  Maybe the guys felt that it wasn’t an important game in the standings and didn’t want to get one more victory.  There were moments where we did play some good volleyball but we didn’t have the focus to follow through.  It is unfortunate. Some guys came out and had a pretty good night but others didn’t have it from the service line.” Manitoba was led by Devren Dear(2^nd year, outside hitter, St. Andrews, MB) who had 19 kills in 43 chances with one service ace and seven digs to go with a block assist. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Jacob Tricarico (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] Adam DeJonckheere (1^st year, outside hitter, Winnipeg, MB) contributed 17 kills in 34 swings with three digs. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Manitoba's Luke Herr (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] Luke Herr (2^nd year, setter, Three Hills, AB) had 43 assists. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Randy Grundmann (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] TRU was led by Randy Grundmann (1^st year, outside hitter, Winnipeg, MB) who had 12 kills in 27 chances with three service aces, three digs and four block assists. “Randy had a great night offensively,” Hennelly explained. “He did a lot of great things for us and was one of our best outside hitters on the night.” [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Casey Knight at the net vs Manitoba (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] Casey Knight (4^th year, outside hitter, Salt Spring Island, BC) had 10 kills in 21 opportunities with four digs. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Coach Hennelly with Colin Carson and his parents Ian and Shannon (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] Colin Carson (5^th year, outside hitter, Prince George, BC) had 44 assists for TRU. It was his final Canada West regular season match. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Coach Hennelly with Spencer Reed and his parents Allan and Jeanie before the match (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] Carson and Spencer Reed (5^th year, libero, Prince George, BC) were honored before the match.  Reed had seven digs on the night. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="339"] Carson in his final regular season match (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] The match saw the return of Jordan Foot (1^st year, middle, Prince George, BC).  He had missed the last two months of the season after being stepped on in practice before Christmas. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Jordan Foot (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] “He returned this week and had a couple of practices under his belt,” Hennelly stated. “ I wanted to get him some play time.  He gives our main middles a bit of a break. We have been going with two guys (Jacob Tricarico-5^th year, Huntington Beach, CA  and Daniel Eiekland Rod, 2^nd year, Os, Norway) for most of the second half of the season.   It is a good sign that Jordan is back.” [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Philip Ozari (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] Hennelly adds that they are getting a number of guys back from injury including Phil Ozari (2^nd year, outside hitter, Birkenrod, Denmark), who played in this match. Foot was in for two sets and had four kills in five attempts with two block assists.  Ozari had one block assist. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="333"] Carson at the net vs Manitoba (Andrew Snucins photo)[/caption] The WolfPack return to Canada West playoff activity after a two year absence.  Thursday’s match has a 7 pm start time.