WVB WEB
3
Winner Thompson Rivers WolfPack TRU 6-0,6-0
1
UBC Thunderbirds UBC 4-2,4-2
Winner
Thompson Rivers WolfPack TRU
6-0,6-0
3
Final
1
UBC Thunderbirds UBC
4-2,4-2
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Thompson Rivers WolfPack TRU 25 25 19 25 (3)
UBC Thunderbirds UBC 14 23 25 17 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | TRU WolfPack

WolfPack complete sweep of No. 2 ranked T-Birds to make program history

QUICK FIRE
  • Since joining the Canada West conference in 2005-06, the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team had earned three victories against the UBC Thunderbirds in Vancouver. With a 3-1 (25-14, 25-23, 19-25, 25-17) victory on Saturday, the 'Pack upped that number by two this weekend with a program-first sweep of UBC on the road.
     
DIFFERENCE MAKERS
  • Kamloops local Hail Ward led the way for the WolfPack with a team-high 12 kills and 16 digs in the game. Rida Erlalelitepe added eight kills while middle Maria Dancheva finished the night with eight kills, three service aces and six block assists. For the second night in a row, middle Myah Cressy led the WolfPack's defence at the net, tallying a team-high eight block assists while also recording seven kills on just 13 attacks.
     
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Cressy was dominant in the first set, leading the WolfPack with five kills on three block assists. A 10-2 WolfPack run punctuated by an ace from Dancheva gave TRU a 15-7 lead they would never surrender en route to taking a dominant 25-14 first set victory.
  • Ward led the way with four kills as the WolfPack held on to take a much closer second set. With the match tied 23-23 late, a kill from Erlalelitepe followed by a block from Cressy and Keira Gent gave the WolfPack the lead.
  • While UBC rebounded to take the third set 25-19, the WolfPack ensured there would be no comeback in the fourth. Trailing 15-12, the 'Pack ripped off a remarkable eight-straight points with Libby Meldrum at the service line. That run featured a pair of aces from Meldrum and three blocks from the WolfPack as TRU took a 20-15 lead that sent them to 25-17 set victory.
 
NOTABLE
  • Sitting alone at the top of the Canada West standings, TRU is 6-0 to start a Canada West season for the first time in program history.
  • For the second night in a row, TRU was dominant at the net, recording 17 blocks to UBC's 8.
  • TRU entered the weekend ranked seventh in the nation while UBC was ranked second.

QUOTABLE (WolfPack head coach Chad Grimm)
  • "The whole weekend the team played solid. Our block defence was good, we were really hard to score on. When we serve tough and are able to set up our block and defence we can be a tough team to play."
  • "Offensively we had a few more struggles tonight, it was more of a grind but the girls did a good job of sticking with it."
  • "Obviously nice to get a result and overall it was a great weekend."

UP NEXT
  • The WolfPack will be back in Kamloops next weekend as they welcome the MacEwan Griffins to the Tournament Capital Centre on Friday Nov. 13 and Saturday, Nov. 14 at 7:15 and 4:45 p.m. respectively.
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