The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men's volleyball team got a little victory on Valentines Day.   The Pack took a set off the defending national champion and number one ranked Trinity Western University Spartans.

TRU won the first set but then dropped the next three to the first place team in Canada West.  The scores were  27-29, 25-14, 25-23,25-21.

That first set loss was only the 10^th one Trinity Western has suffered all season as they move to 20-1 on the year. Thompson Rivers falls to 7-14.

The Spartans were led by Jesse Elser  (2^nd year, outside hitter, Calgary, AB) and Jacob Kern (5^th year, outside hitter, Edmonton, AB) . Both had 13 kills.  Mathias Elser (1^st, year setter, Calgary, AB)  had 12 kills.   Derek Epp (3^rd year, setter, Saskatoon, SK)  notched 46 assists for the Spartans.  Jesse Elser had 11 digs for the winners.

Thompson Rivers was led by Nimo Benne (1^st year, outside hitter, Castricum, Netherlands). He had nine kills and six digs.    Sam Taylor Parks (5^th year, middle, Kelowna, BC)  had nine kills.  Kyle Behiels (5^th year, middle, Edmonton, AB) had seven kills and two blocks.

Charlie Bringloe (5^th year, outside hitter, Waterloo, ON) had four service aces, a block and five digs. He was named "The Den Leader of the Pack" player of the match
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Friday's match was the WolfPack's annual  # I Believe You night which brings awareness to survivors of sexual abuse.  Check out their Public Service Announcement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-pfA7rMXCU  
 
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: 
https://youtu.be/nJS_ekyBOTE
 
WHAT THE COACHES SAID::

TRU head coach Pat Hennelly (14^th season):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1228565128632664064 
 
TRU outside hitter Charlie Bringloe (5^th year, Waterloo, ON ):

 https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1228565072156315648 

 
Trinity Western head coach Ben Josephson (13^th season) (4^th season):
https://twitter.com/GoTRUWolfPack/status/1228565105157099525 
 
 
UP NEXT:

The two teams will play again at the Tournament Capital Centre. Start time is 6:45 PM.  The WolfPack will honor their four graduating players before the match: Kyle Behiels (middle, Edmonton, AB), Charlie Bringloe (outside hitter, Waterloo, ON), Joshua Mullaney (outside hitter, Calgary, AB) and Sam Taylor Parks (middle, Kelowna, BC).

The above match can been seen on a pay per view basis on Canada West TV  presented by Co-op by accessing: https://cw.yaretv.com/.  James Matthews will be handling the play by play honors with former WolfPack setter Katie Matthews (Woo) on commentary and CFJC TV's Dylana Milobar acting as the in game host.  Results will be available on the WolfPack social media platforms and their website  www.goWolfPack.ca.