Game Information
Date: Friday, Jan. 30
Time: 7:15 p.m. PT
Location: TCC Gym
Tickets
Date: Saturday, Jan. 31
Time: 4:45 p.m. PT
Location: TCC Gym
Tickets
Weekend Story
KAMLOOPS – One last weekend inside the TCC is ahead for a Thompson Rivers WolfPack men's volleyball team that will host the Alberta Golden Bears for a pair of important games as they continue to battle for postseason spot.
Facing the Bears at 7:15 p.m. on Friday and 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, the WolfPack will be looking to improve their playoff chances while also honouring a quartet of graduating student-athletes.
The WolfPack (6-10) are coming off a weekend sweep in their last action as they earned back-to-back victories of 3-0 and 3-1 over the UFV Cascades.
Rylan Ibbetson was named the WolfPack Athlete of the Week for recording 33 kills in just seven sets en route to career kill 700 – just the sixth player in program history to reach that mark.
Prior to the game on Friday night the WolfPack will honour graduating student-athletes:
Rylan Ibbetson,
Tyson Koop,
Mason Sodaro and
Owen Waterhouse. All four graduates have left an indelible mark on the program, the university and the greater Kamloops community.
Alberta (9-5) split a pair of games with the Winnipeg Wesmen in their last action. The Bears are 1-3 in the second semester.
The WolfPack won the most recent match that the teams played, defeating Alberta by a score of 3-2 back in October of 2023.
3 Things
1: Fryer's Express will be serving up hot food inside the TCC all year long.
2: The WolfPack's graduating player ceremony will happen on court in the TCC prior to their game on Friday night.
3: TRU is tied for eighth in the conference with four games left to play. The top 10 team in the Canada West will play in the postseason.
By The Numbers
698: The four graduates have played 698 sets for the 'Pack between them.
3: Fifth-year outside
Rylan Ibbetson's is top five in program history in three different categories – kills, digs and sets played.
.408%: WolfPack middle
Jakob Leinemann is third in the conference with a hitting percentage of .408.
