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WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL (CANADA WEST)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
TWU SPARTANS (3) AT THE SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CLAN (1)
(25-19, 25-18, 22-25, 25-11)

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SPARTANS MAKE IT TWO STRAIGHT OVER CLAN

BURNABY, British Columbia –The Trinity Western University Spartans won their second game in a row to start the 2009-10 season, defeating the Simon Fraser University Clan women’s volleyball team 3-1 (25-19, 25-18, 22-25, 25-11) . With the win the Spartans improve to 2-0 on the year, while the Clan fall to 0-2.  

“We played solid tonight. We had a little dip with errors in the third set. But was very impressed on how the girls came back. They came back calm and composed and let SFU know how we are going to play them,” commented TWU head coach Ryan Hofer. “It is good to get this game behind us and we now look towards preparing for UBC this weekend.”

In the first set, the Clan led 8-6 at the first break following a Colleen Douville (Creston, B.C.) kill. The Spartans however rallied midway through the set, tying the game at 14-14, and capitalized on a Lauren O’Reilly (Langley, B.C.) ace and a Douville attack error to lead 16-14 at the second break. With the score 19-17 for the Spartans, TWU scored five points in a row to get to set point, a stretch that featured two kills from Lauren O’Reilly, and finally won the set on a kill by Kara Jansen Van Doorn (Langley, B.C.).

In the second set, the Spartans flew out to an 8-3 lead, and led 16-7 due to the strong service game of Carmen Dyck (Creston, B.C.), who had two service aces during that stretch. The Spartans extended their advantage to 19-8 after two SFU errors, and won the second set 25-18 on a kill by Ismay Schon.

In the third set, Trinity Western jumped out to a 6-2 lead before the Clan rallied to tie the game at 7-7 following a kill by Chelsea Elvy (Powell River, B.C.). SFU tied the game on two straight Stephanie Senges (Surrey, B.C.) aces; however TWU took a 16-15 advantage into the second break. SFU led 19-17 lead following a Cheryl Windhorst (Surrey, B.C.) ace, and won the set 25-22 after a Kim Klassen (Abbotsford, B.C.) attack error.
The Clan’s momentum was short lived, as the Spartans led 8-5 at the first break in the fourth set following a block by Jansen Van Doorn and Amy Leschied (East Selkirk, B.C.), and then outscored the Clan 8-to-1 to lead 16-6 at the second break following a kill by Lauren O’Reilly. TWU closed out the set and the match on an attack error by Kristjana Fridfinnson (Calgary, AB) to win the fourth set 25-11.

“We are doing some good things, and for our team it’s a matter of maintaining consistency,” said SFU head coach Lisa Sulatycki following the game. “But we need to keep our energy at a high level throughout the game; our team is learning how to win, and we took a step forward tonight.”

For the Spartans, Jansen Van Doorn led with 13 kills, while O’Reilly finished with 37 set assists, and Amy Leschied added a team high 15 digs.

“Amy Leschied was fantastic. She hit some big balls and hit a high percentage and served well and it was good to see her come out of her shell,” commented Hofer on his second year outside hitter.

 For the Clan, Fridfinnson, Adams and Douville each had eight kills, while Senges added 22 set assists, and Brooke Halvorsen (Surrey, B.C.) added 22 digs.

The Clan are back in action next weekend when the travel to Calgary to face the Dinos, while the Spartans host UBC.

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