Walker Sodaro
0
Thompson Rivers TRU 4-10,4-10
3
Winner Trinity Western TWU 10-2,10-2
Thompson Rivers TRU
4-10,4-10
0
Final
3
Trinity Western TWU
10-2,10-2
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Thompson Rivers TRU 24 16 21 (0)
Trinity Western TWU 26 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Men's Volleyball | | TRU WolfPack

WolfPack start strong in defeat to No. 2 Spartans

QUICK FIRE
  • They came out swinging early but the Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's volleyball team couldn't hold off the No. 2 ranked TWU Spartans in a 3-0 (26-24, 25-16, 25-21) loss Saturday night.
     
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • Veteran Rylan Ibbetson was the leader offensively for TRU, hitting .409 per cent in the game with 11 kills on 22 attacks. Middle Jakob Leinemann added five kills and a game-high six blocks.
  • Kaden Schmidt led the Spartans with 12 kills and five aces in the game.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Six blocks in the first set for the 'Pack powered their strongest frame of the night. With the frame tied at 17-17, the WolfPack used back-to-back blocks from first Leinemann and Walker Sodaro and then Leinemann and Alex Howard as well as a kill from Lincoln Wagner to grab a 22-18 edge. Another kill from Leinemann and one from Ibbetson gave TRU set point at 24-22 but that was as close as TRU would come as the Spartans responded with four-straight points to take the frame 26-24.
  • After TWU took the second set 25-16, the WolfPack fought back in the third. Ibbetson had four kills in the set and setter Walker Sodaro added another three but the Spartans took command of the set at 21-16 en route to pulling out the set and match victory.

NOTABLE
  • Now sitting at 4-10 on the season, the WolfPack remain in a playoff spot in the ultra-competitive Canada West conference.
  • With 370 sets played in his WolfPack career Ibbetson now ranks third in the WolfPack's program record books and is just two behind Daniel Eikeland Rod for second.
     
UP NEXT
  • TRU will get another shot at TWU tomorrow evening in a game that gets underway at 5:00 p.m. in Langley.
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