Game Information
 
Date: Friday, September 1 & Saturday, September 2
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Hillside Stadium
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Weekend Story
 
KAMLOOPS – The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack men's soccer team will return to the friendly confines of Hillside Stadium this weekend, as they are set to play their first home games of the 2023 season.
 
Taking on the UVic Vikes on Friday and the UBC Thunderbirds on Saturday, the games will be the first for the 'Pack in Kamloops since their historic U SPORTS National Championship run last November.
 
Both games will get underway at 7:00 p.m. and feature three teams that expect to be near the top of the conference.
 
The WolfPack will be looking to get their season on track after suffering a pair of defeats on the road last weekend. TRU fell by identical scores of 1-0 to both the Trinity Western Spartans and Fraser Valley Cascades.
 
For UVic, the game Friday night will be the first of their 2023 campaign after they were on a bye last weekend. The Vikes were slotted ninth in the Canada West Coaches Pre-season poll after a disappointing 2022 season but are just two years away from a Canada West silver medal.
 
A perennial powerhouse UBC squad hit the ground running last weekend when they picked up victories of 4-0 and 5-0 over the UNBC Timberwolves.
 
TRU earned four of a possible six points in games against UVic last year, defeating them 3-0 in Kamloops before settling for a 0-0 tie in Victoria. The WolfPack's most recent game against UBC is one that will live forever in the memories of 'Pack fans. TRU took down the Thunderbirds in a thrilling shootout to claim the first U SPORTS national title in school history.
 
3 Things
 
1: The U SPORTS men's soccer trophy will be at Hillside! There will be photo opportunities with the trophy and free championship pictures handed out.
 
2: TRU was 9-2-1 at home last season between regular season and postseason play.
 
3:  Frozen Paddle will be serving up ice cream Friday night with a beer garden provided by the Kamloops Sports Council.
 
By The Numbers
 
4: Four different members of the 'Pack earned the first start of their TRU careers last weekend.
 
180: Defender Harry Taylor was named the WolfPack Athlete of the Week after patrolling the backline for all 180 minutes of action last weekend, helping TRU to concede just two goals.
 
4: TRU was pegged to finish fourth in the annual Canada West Coaches preseason poll.