Ten matches remain on the TRU WolfPack's schedule and head coach Pat Hennelly said the next two are do-or-die contests.

The season has not gone to plan.

Anything but a weekend sweep of the visiting Manitoba Bisons would be a catastrophic blow to the U Sports volleyball club's post-season aspirations.

Match times are 5 p.m. on Friday and 6:45 p.m. on Saturday at the Tournament Capital Centre.

"It's way too early to predict things, but we want to stay in control and the only way we do that is with wins, pure and simple," Hennelly said.

Sam Taylor Parks, a fifth-year middle from Kelowna, did not expect to be 2-10 in January, sitting tied for second-last in the 12-team Canada West conference. The top eight will qualify for the playoffs.

In October, word from the Pack was they have potential to finish among the top four in conference standings and, who knows, could push through to the Canada West final.

"We just haven't really clicked, which is tough saying, with how far we are into the season" said Taylor Parks, whose WolfPack dropped a pair of matches last weekend to the hometown Winnipeg Wesmen (6-6).

"Our main focus now is a full reset. There is no hiding from the fact the pressure is on. We've just got to step up and face it head-on."

Manitoba (6-6) is in a three-way tie for sixth in the conference and among teams TRU must catch to reach the playoffs.

The WolfPack's remaining schedule: versus Manitoba, at Mount Royal (4-8) of Calgary, versus UBC Okanagan (0-10) of Kelowna, at Grant MacEwan (2-10) of Edmonton and versus Trinity Western (11-1) of Langley.

Buzzsaw Trinity aside, the slate looks favourable, but TRU has done little to suggest second-half salvation is salvageable.

Two wins this weekend might spark reason for belief.

"We're not getting the job done when it counts," Hennelly said. "That's been frustrating for everyone. All I can say is we've got to put wins together."

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