- The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team have made team history.

For the first time, the Pack have a post season victory. They opened up their best of three Canada West women's quarter final with a 3-2 win over the host University of Alberta Pandas.
The scores were 25-17, 25-23, 18-25,15-25,15-13.

It was the second time that the Pack have won this year at the Saville Centre and the Pandas third match loss this season on home court.

Their victory coupled with the WolfPack men's four set win over the Alberta Golden Bears marked the first time that both TRU volleyball teams won on the same night.

 SYNOPSIS

The WolfPack's offense was led for the second straight night by Kendra Finch (4^th year, outside hitter, North Vancouver, BC).  She had 15 kills and 14 digs.  Avery Pottle (3^rd year, middle, Uxbridge, ON) had 13 kills while Olga Savenchuk (1^st year, outside hitter, Donetsk, Ukraine) added 12 kills.  Alexandra Muzyka (2^nd year, setter, Poltawa, Ukraine) notched 41 assists and 14 digs.
Alberta's Kory White had 20 kills while teammate Vanessa Jaman had 11.  Mariah Walsh added 37 asists.
The WolfPack had 81 team digs compared to 64 for Alberta.

SCORES:

TRU:                   25   25   18   15   15   ---3
ALBERTA:          17   23   25   25   13   ---1
      
 
KEY STATS:
 
TRU

Kendra Finch : 15 kills in 50 swings, 14 digs, 1 solo block
Avery Pottle: 13 kills in 31 attempts, 3 digs
Olga Savenchuk:  12 kills in 39 opportunities, 6 digs, 1 assist, 2 solo blocks, 1 block assist, 1 assist
Gabriella Podloski: 4 kills in 17 chances, 11 digs, 2 service aces
Anastasiia Muzyka:  41 assists, 14 digs
Hali Drezet :11 digs
 
 
ALBERTA:

Kory White: 20 kills in 62 chances, 5 digs, 1 solo block, 1 block assist
Vanessa Jaman: 11 kills in 31 swings, 3 service aces, 1 dig, 1 solo block, 1 block assist
Julia Zonneveld : 6 kills in 32 swings, 2 service aces, 18 digs, 1 solo block
Mariah Walsh: 37 assists, 11 digs, 1 service ace
 
 
 
THEY SAID IT! (post match quotes):

TRU head coach Chad Grimm

On  match:  " Nice to get a result. We started the match out fairly composed and doing our jobs. Alberta struggled and made a lot of unforced errors in the first two sets and gave us an advantage. I thought as the match progressed, Alberta started to find their rhythym. I thought we got away from being tough from the service line and allowed Alberta to pass the ball a little better. When that happens, they are a tough team to start.  I give the girls a lot of credit. They came back in the fifth set. Even late, there was a point that could have gone our way and didn't. The girls didn't let it effect them. They stuck with it and got the job done. Really proud of the girls composure. Expect a tough battle going forward. Alberta is a quality team and they should be better tomorrow."

UP NEXT:

The two teams will play again tomorrow (Sat February 23^rd).  Match time is 3 pm MDT. Should a third match be needed to decide the series it will go Sunday (Feb 24) at 1pm MDT.
All of the above matches can we viewed on a pay per view basis on www.canadawesttv.com.