David Larkins / Wesmen Athletics

TRUW TRUW 3-9

WPGW WPGW 6-8

TRUW TRUW

3-9

Final

Jan. 06, 2024

WPGW WPGW

6-8

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
TRUW TRUW	25	27	22	20	(1)
WPGW WPGW	23	29	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 1/7/2024 1:04:00 AM | TRU WolfPack

Strong effort from ‘Pack comes up just shy in Winnipeg

Next Match:

MacEwan

1/12/2024 | 5:30 PM

Full Schedule

Jan. 12 (Fri) / 5:30 PM

MacEwan

History

QUICK FIRE

Nearly every set went the distance as the Thompson Rivers WolfPack women's volleyball team went toe-to-toe with the Winnipeg Wesmen in a 3-1 (23-25, 29-27, 25-22, 25-20) loss on the road.

DIFFERENCE MAKERS

Brooklyn Olfert was electric for the second night in a row. The product of Winnipeg racked up 23 kills and 15 digs in her return to The Peg. Ema Palkovicova added 14 kills and a pair of service aces while Libby Meldrum recorded 47 assists.
Grace Vallis had 17 kills and eight total blocks to lead the Wesmen to victory.
Winnipeg's big advantage in the match came at the net where they recorded 15 blocks to TRU's six.

HOW IT HAPPENED

A 7-2 WolfPack run in the middle stages of the first set paved the way for their lone set victory of the match. A strong serving run from Keira Gent allowed TRU to jump out to an 18-11 lead. The Wesmen rallied to make the set close but a Winnipeg service error gave TRU the victory at 25-23.
The 'Pack had a trio of set points in the second set but the victory wasn't meant to be. Rookie Myah Cressy had a massive solo block and TRU led at 24-23, 26-25 and 27-26 before the Wesmen fought back to take the set with a block at 29-27.
From there Winnipeg was able to close out the match with scores of 25-22 and 25-20 to ensure that the teams split the two matches that they played this weekend.

NOTABLE

Meldrum's 106 assists over the two games this weekend were by far the most of her young WolfPack career.
After not recording 20 or more kills in a match yet this season, Olfert – who was named the TRU Female Athlete of the Year in her rookie campaign – exploded for 47 over the two games in her hometown.
TRU moves to 3-9 on the season with the result.

QUOTABLE – Chad Grimm, head coach

Overall it was a great effort. Brooklyn had another great night for us offensively, we passed the ball really well and did a solid job receiving.
At the end of the day I think we just had troubles stopping their middle and their wing hitters out of system. I think we put ourselves in a good spot defensively and just couldn't close it out.

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