Emphatic victory for WolfPack over No. 2 ranked Thunderbirds

TRU Wolfpack TRU 5-0,5-0

UBC Thunderbirds UBC 4-1,4-1

TRU Wolfpack TRU

5-0,5-0

Final

Nov. 06, 2026

UBC Thunderbirds UBC

4-1,4-1

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
TRU Wolfpack TRU	25	25	25	(3)
UBC Thunderbirds UBC	22	23	16	(0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 11/7/2026 12:01:00 AM | TRU WolfPack

Next Match:

at UBC

11/7/2026 | 5:45 PM

Full Schedule

Nov. 07 (Sat) / 5:45 PM

at UBC

History

QUICK FIRE

The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team earned a statement victory Friday night, handling the UBC Thunderbirds in straight sets, 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-16) on the road.
The game was a match between two of the top teams in the country, with the Thunderbirds entering the weekend ranked second in the nation and the WolfPack seventh.

DIFFERENCE MAKERS

Rida Erlalelitepe was outstanding on the night. The product of Izmir, Turkiye, finished the game with 12 kills and no attack errors for a ridiculous .571 hitting percentage. Keira Gent also tallied 12 kills while Hail Ward had 10 kills and eight block assists. Middle Myah Cressy also had a night to remember with one solo and eight assisted blocks.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The WolfPack blew what was a close set wide open with a 7-0 run in the middle of the first. Cressy and Ward combined for three blocks in that run to give TRU a 15-7 edge. UBC got back to within one at 18-17 but the WolfPack attack was too much for the hosts to handle late as Erlalelitepe had three kills late to send TRU to the 25-22 victory.
TRU somehow picked up their offensive intensity even more in a second set that saw them hit .467 per cent as a team. The WolfPack's three-headed attack of Erlalelitepe, Gent and Ward had five kills apiece to send TRU to a 25-23 win.
A final score of 25-16 in the third actually favoured UBC as the WolfPack ended the match with a dominant third set. A 10-1 TRU run gave them match point at 24-11 and while the T-Birds fought off five match points, the WolfPack ended the set and the match thanks to a kill from Ward.

NOTABLE

Sitting alone at the top of the Canada West standings, TRU is 5-0 on the season with 15 sets won and only 3 lost so far this year.
This was the second time in the last three regular season games between the teams that the WolfPack have bested the Thunderbirds.
TRU was dominant at the net, recording 13 blocks to UBC's 3.

QUOTABLE (WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm

"Really proud of the group tonight. We talked about being emotionally engaged from point one and not trying to live in a past or a future point, just trying to play the point that's in front of us and I thought the girls did an excellent job of that."
"Like any match there were momentum swings, when you're playing a good opponent they are going to make runs but we stayed calm and together as a group."
"I thought the bench did an awesome job of keeping the energy up."
"We made life tough for them with our block and defence so overall, I'm really proud of the group for how they came out and competed hard against a top opponent."

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