The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack got this weekend's play in the Canada West men's volleyball league off on a tough note.

Struggling to stay in the playoff hunt, the WolfPack were beaten in straight sets by the host Mount Royal Cougars 3-0 at Kenyan Court on Friday (Jan 17).

The scores were 25-18, 25-20, 25-20.  Mount Royal moves to 5-10 on the year while Thompson Rivers falls to 3-11.

Mount Royal was led by Trent Mounter with 13 kills in 26 swings and four digs.  Luis Lange had eight kills in 12 opportunities.  Keal Prince (3^rd year, setter, Calgary, AB) had 23 ass9sts and three digs
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Thompson Rivers main threat was fifth year outside hitter Charlie Bringloe (Waterloo, ON). He had seven kills in 13 chances with four service aces and three digs.  Sam Taylor Parks (5^th year, middle, Kelowna, BC) was six for 11.  Sam Elgert (2^nd year, setter, Athabasca, AB) had 19 assists.

 
COMMENTS BY COACH PAT HENNELLY:

"Was a struggle tonight to find any rhythm. We committed a lot of unforced errors which makes it hard to find that rhythm.  Sam Elgert played well and we will have to be sharper at the start of the match tomorrow."

SET SCORES:

TRU                                        18  20   20   ---0
MOUNT ROYAL                    25  25   25   ---3
 
THE STATS:

Thompson Rivers

Charlie Bringloe: 7 for 13  4 service aces  3 digs
Sam Taylor Parks: 6 for 11
Nimo Benne: 4 for 19 4 digs
Sam Elgert: 19 assists

Mount Royal:
Trent Mounter   13 kills in 26 chances  4 digs
Luis Lange   8 kills in 12 swings
Matt Saly:  6 kills in 11 opportuniteis, 5 service aces, 4 digs
Keal Prince: 23 assists, 5 digs.


UP NEXT:

Thompson Rivers and Mount Royal will end their weekend series tomorrow (Sat Jan 18) . They will hit the court at 5 PM MDT.

The WolfPack will return home after the match to prepare for another chapter in their battle with their closest geographical rivals: the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat on January 24^th and 25^th at the Tournament Capital Centre.

All of the above games can been seen on a pay per view basis on Canada West TV  presented by Co-op by accessing: https://cw.yaretv.com/.   Results will be available on the WolfPack social media platforms and their website  www.goWolfPack.ca.