Game Information

Date: Friday, Nov. 5 - Saturday, Nov. 6
Time: 6:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m.
Location: Langley, B.C. 
Watch Live: On campus: at The Den // Online: Canadawest.tv

KAMLOOPS – It's a return to action this weekend for a Thompson Rivers WolfPack women's volleyball team that is coming off their best season in program history in 2019-20.
 
Taking on the perennial powerhouse Trinity Western Spartans in Langley, the WolfPack will play their games at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. TRU will need to get off to a hot start against a Spartan squad that was pegged to finish second in the Canada West Coaches Poll.
 
The 'Pack will feature a roster with plenty of new faces from the team that Finished the regular season with a record of 16-8 and went all the way to the Canada West semifinals in 2019-20. A total of 11 of the 17 players on TRU are in their first year of eligibility.
 
Playing in five preseason games in the build-up to the season the WolfPack picked up a pair of wins over the MacEwan Griffins by identical scores of 3-0, but fell to the Alberta Pandas twice (3-0, 3-1) as well as the Calgary Dinos (3-1).
 
Facing a schedule of only B.C. schools this season, the WolfPack will face the Spartans, UBCO Okanagan Heat, UBC Thunderbirds, Fraser Valley Cascades and Trinity Western Spartans four times each in 2021-22.

WolfPack Season Preview

2019-20 CW regular season record: 16-8, 5th place
2019-20 post-season record: 3-2, Lost CW bronze
Head coach: Chad Grimm (8th season) / 71-73 (Career CW reg. season record)
Last CW championship / total CW championships: N/A best finish 4th in 2019-20
Last U SPORTS championship / total U SPORTS championships: N/A
 
2019-20 CW regular season ranks:
Points per set: 16.2, T-5th
Kills per set: 11.74, 7th
Hitting percentage: .196, 5th
 
2019-20 CW regular season leaders:
Kills: 284 – Kendra Finch, OH
Digs: 288 – Kendra Finch, OH
Blocks: 91 – Kseniya Kocyigit, M
Aces: 32 – Kseniya Kocyigit, M
Assists: 464 – Anastasiia Muzyka, S
*Returning

Key additions (name / position / eligibility / hometown / last team):
Seray Altay / OH / 1st-year / Istanbul, TUR / Besiktas
Kate Lamothe / M / 1st-year / Winchester, ON / Ottawa Mavericks
Hadley Schmidt / S / 1st-year / Warman, SK / St. Joseph HS
Brooklyn Olfert / OH / 1st-year / Winnipeg, MB / Dakota Collegiate
 
Key losses (name / position / hometown / years with program):
Kseniya Kocyigit / M / Byarosea, BEL / 1
Avery Pottle / M / Uxbridge, ON / 4
Olga Savenchuk / OH / Donetsk, URK / 2
Abby Spratt / S / Calgary, AB / 4
 
Key performer:
Katie Ludvig
Libero
4th-year
Kamloops, BC
 
Kamloops product Katie Ludvig will be counted on the lead the defensive efforts of the WolfPack this season. The fourth-year libero racked up 135 digs in 58 sets of action in 2019-20 and will be one of the standout performers on a WolfPack women's team looking to build on a program-best fourth place Canada West finish when they were last in action.