SPARTANS CONTINUE HOMESTAND AGAINST MACEWAN

The defending national champion Trinity Western men's team continues its homestand this weekend, taking on the MacEwan Griffins Friday and Saturday at the .

WEEKEND PREVIEW Friday Nov. 1st vs. MacEwan – 8 p.m. (PT) Saturday Nov. 2nd vs. MacEwan – 7 p.m. (PT)

THE WEEKEND STORY • TWU continues its homestand after winning both games during its home-opening weekend last week, defeating 3-0 on Friday (Nov. 1) and Saturday (Nov. 2). • The Spartans won both matches against the Griffins last season, with TWU winning both games in straight sets on the road in (Feb. 8-9). • MacEwan comes to town after a bye week, which came after splitting games on the road at Mount Royal (W 3-2, L 0-3). • Spartans outside hitter Eric Loeppky (Steinbach, Man.) enters the weekend leading West with a .455 hitting percentage. • Teammate Pearson Eshenko (Banff, Alta.) leads the conference in blocks per set, averaging 1.86, while setter Derek Epp (, Sask.) sits first in assists per set, at 10.43. • TWU is 10-0 all-time against MacEwan. • MacEwan compiled a 3-19 record last season, finishing 11th in Canada West.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (3-1) Canada West Standings: T-1st Last Weekend: Streak: W2 Regular Season Form: W-L-W-W

MACEWAN GRIFFINS (1-1) Canada West Standings: T-7th Last Weekend: Bye Streak: 1L Regular Season Form: W-L

About Spartan Athletics As official members of , the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, , cross country and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes in the Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) in men's hockey and as an independent team in men's rugby. The men's and women's hockey programs will begin playing in Canada West and U SPORTS in 2020-21. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 12 U SPORTS team championships and 27 Canada West team championships and two BCIHL championships. 2019-2020 TWU Men's Volleyball Roster NO NAME POS HT WT ELG MAJOR HOME TOWN LAST TEAM (HIGH SCHOOL) 1 Pearce Eshenko MB 6-8 207 5 HKBHK Banff, AB Canada B (Dr EP Scarlett) 2 Colton Loewen LIB 5-11 177 3 BUSBA Aldergrove, BC Force VC (MEI) 3 Jesse Elser OH 6-8 195 2 MCOBA , AB Canada JR (Dr EP Scarlett) 5 Brodie Hofer OH 6-6 215 2 BUSBB Langley, BC Canada JR (Langley Christian) 6 Mathias Elser S 6-6 175 1 BUSBA Calgary, AB Canada JR (Dr EP Scarlett) 7 Jackson Howe MB 6-5 205 3 BUSBA Calgary, AB Canada B (Dr. EP Scarlett) 8 Eric Loeppky OH 6-5 201 4 EDUC Steinbach, MB Canada SR (Steinbach) 9 Brennan Gardner LIB 6-1 190 4 BUSBA Langley, BC FVVC/Briercrest BB (Langley Christian) 10 Kaden Gamache OH 6-6 180 4 EDUC Abbotsford, BC FVVC (MEI) 12 Henry Rempel OH 6-5 190 1 HKBHK Swift Current, SK Canada Youth (Swift Current) 15 Jacob Kern OH 6-7 200 5 HKBHK Edmonton, AB Canada JR (Jasper Place) 16 Jordan Schnitzer MB 6-6 180 3 BUSBA Surrey, BC FVVC/Briercrest (Pacific Academy) 17 Isaiah Olfert OH 6-4 168 1 EDUC Winnipeg, MB Team (Dakota Collegiate) 18 Linden Bontkes MB/O 6-8 205 4 BUSBA Langley, BC FVVC/Redeemer (Langley Christian) 20 Derek Epp S 6-7 200 3 HKBHK Saskatoon, SK Canada B/UofS (Marion Graham)

Head Coach: Ben Josephson (13) Assistant Coaches: Joel Jansen (13), Ben Ball (8), Adam Schriemer (1), Jordan Or (1) Director of Scouting: Joel Jansen (13) Wellness Director: Nick Del Bianco Director of Technology: Glen Lieuwen Athlete Mentorship Coach: Rob Betsworth Manager: Jordi Koslowsky Team Administrator: Jen Josephson Therapist: Natalie Ghobrial, Katia Sanon Student Therapists: Eric Petrie, Missy Bowman SID: Scott Stewart Manager Marketing and Media: Mark Janzen 2019-20 MacEwan Men's Volleyball Roster NO. NAME POS HT WT ELIG FACULTY HOMETOWN LAST TEAM 1 Daniel Hebert LB 5-10 150 1 Science St. Vincent, AB NAVC 2 Dominic Losier OH 6-4 175 2 Commerce Calgary, AB Elite West (Ernest Manning) 3 Jordan Peters OH 6-5 200 4 Commerce Edmonton, AB NAVC (Harry Ainlay) 4 Ethan Happer MB 6-5 170 1 Science Edmonton, AB FOGU18 (Harry Ainlay) 5 Jefferson Morrow OH 6-3 180 1 Arts Wynnum, AUS Brisbane Bears (Iona ) 6 Noah Johnson MB 6-6 200 2 Commerce Edmonton, AB NAVC U18 (Edmonton Christian) 7 Jonathan Mohler S 6-4 182 4 Science Edmonton, AB NAVC (Strathcona Composite) 8 Olamide Ajayi OH 6-2 180 1 Arts Edmonton, AB FOG (St. Francis Xavier) 9 Max Vriend OH 6-8 220 5 Commerce Barrhead, AB 20U Junior National Team 10 Tyler Jodoin OH 6-4 180 3 Science St. Lina, AB Team (Mallaig School) 12 Alexei Walisser OH 6-5 200 4 Commerce Peace River, AB Lakeland College 13 Keenan Koss MB 6-6 185 2 Arts Calgary, AB Elite West (Ernest Manning) 14 Nolan Shannon LB 6-0 170 1 Arts Calgary, AB Canuck (Calgary Christian) 15 David Morgan LB 6-2 186 4 Commerce Brisbane, AUS Grande Prairie Regional College 16 Thomas Watchman S 5-9 140 1 Commerce Edmonton, AB NOOKS U18 (Jasper Place) 17 Mark Alexander MB 6-7 195 3 Arts Edmonton, AB NAVC (Jasper Place) 18 Mark Ritter OH/LB 6-3 190 4 Communication Studies Edmonton, AB Red Deer College 19 Jordan Krause OH 6-3 200 3 Commerce Sherwood Park, AB FOG (Strathcona Christian) 20 Brody Robinson S 6-3 165 1 Arts Hamiota, MB 204 Club

Head Coach: Brad Poplawski (9th season) Assistant Coaches: Eirik Thomassen, Jordan Taylor Sports Psychologist: Erin Brennan Strength Coach: Jeremy Potter Head Athletic Therapist: Jennifer Dunn Student Therapists: Maya Savage Athletics Director: Ken Schildroth Sports Information: Jefferson Hagen Trinity Western Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 31, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 3-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 3-1 2-0 1-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## PLAYER SP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SE SA/S RE DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE POINTS 18 L Bontkes 1 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 3 J Elser 9 19 2.11 7 42 .286 0 0.00 4 3 0.44 3 11 1.22 0 2 2 0.22 0 0 24.0 6 M Elser 8 0 0.00 0 0 - 7 0.88 0 2 0.00 0 1 0.13 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 20 D Epp 14 2 0.14 0 7 .286 146 10.43 3 11 0.21 1 12 0.86 1 8 9 0.64 0 0 10.0 1 P Eshenko 14 28 2.00 8 49 .408 0 0.00 4 10 0.29 0 5 0.36 2 24 26 1.86 0 0 46.0 5 B Hofer 8 17 2.13 4 28 .464 2 0.25 4 3 0.50 4 9 1.13 0 4 4 0.50 0 0 23.0 7 J Howe 13 23 1.77 0 31 .742 1 0.08 0 4 0.00 0 8 0.62 1 5 6 0.46 0 0 26.5 15 J Kern 14 35 2.50 12 67 .343 1 0.07 6 14 0.43 1 9 0.64 1 14 15 1.07 0 0 49.0 8 E Loeppky 13 46 3.54 11 77 .455 1 0.08 3 13 0.23 1 13 1.00 1 3 4 0.31 0 0 51.5 2 C Loewen 14 1 0.07 0 1 1.000 3 0.21 0 0 0.00 3 9 0.64 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 17 I Olfert 14 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 1 9 0.07 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 12 H Rempel 5 3 0.60 1 5 .400 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 16 J Schnitzer 1 1 1.00 1 2 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 1.5 Totals 14 175 12.50 44 309 .424 161 11.50 25 70 1.79 13 77 5.50 6 61 37 2.61 0 0 236.5 Opponents 14 126 9.00 70 299 .187 117 8.36 13 52 0.93 25 62 4.43 6 26 19 1.36 0 0 158.0

TEAM STATISTICS TRINITY WESTERN OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY SET ATT. ATTACK 10/18/2019 at Alberta W, 3-0 25-9 25-17 25-23 584 Kills 175 126 10/19/2019 at Alberta L, 3-2 25-13 25-19 19-25 21-25 13-15 350 Errors 44 70 10/25/2019 Winnipeg W, 3-0 25-14 25-19 25-17 615 Total Attacks 309 299 10/26/2019 Winnipeg W, 3-0 25-18 25-23 25-19 290 Attack Pct .424 .187 Kills/Set 12.50 9.00 Record in 3-set matches: 3-0 SET Record in 4-set matches: 0-0 Assists 161 117 Record in 5-set matches: 0-1 Assists/Set 11.50 8.36 SERVE Aces 25 13 Errors 70 52 Aces/Set 1.79 0.93 SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors 13 25 Errors/Set 0.93 1.79 DEFENSE Digs 77 62 Digs/Set 5.50 4.43 BLOCKING Block Solo 6 6 Block Assist 61 26 Total Blocks 37 19 Blocks Per Game 9.1 4.8 Block Errors 0 0 Ball handling errors 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total 905 934 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/452 2/467 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 - MacEwan Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 31, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

ATTACK SET SERVE DIG BLOCKING ## PLAYER SP K K/S E TA PCT A A/S SA SE SA/S RE DIG DIG/S BS BA TOTAL BLK/S BE BHE POINTS 08 O Ajayi 1 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0.0 17 M Alexander 7 3 0.43 2 13 .077 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 2 0.29 0 5 5 0.71 0 0 5.5 04 E Happer 2 1 0.50 1 3 .000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 2 2 1.00 0 0 2.0 06 N Johnson 3 0 0.00 2 5 -.400 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 0.5 19 J Krause 6 4 0.67 0 6 .667 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 2 1 0.17 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 4.0 07 J Mohler 3 0 0.00 0 1 .000 20 6.67 0 0 0.00 0 8 2.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 15 D Morgan 8 0 0.00 0 0 - 5 0.63 0 0 0.00 1 22 2.75 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 05 J Morrow 3 3 1.00 4 11 -.091 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 5 1.67 0 3 3 1.00 0 0 4.5 03 J Peters 3 6 2.00 4 19 .105 1 0.33 0 2 0.00 6 3 1.00 0 1 1 0.33 1 0 6.5 18 M Ritter 6 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 1 2 0.17 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 09 M Vriend 3 11 3.67 5 23 .261 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 4 1.33 0 1 1 0.33 0 0 11.5 16 T Watchman 3 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.33 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.67 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 Totals 8 77 9.63 37 196 .204 75 9.38 4 30 0.50 21 82 10.25 0 20 10 1.25 4 0 91.0 Opponents 8 93 11.63 32 226 .270 87 10.88 21 40 2.63 4 66 8.25 1 24 13 1.63 3 0 127.0

TEAM STATISTICS MACEWAN OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY SET ATT. ATTACK 10/18/2019 at Mount Royal W, 3-2 22-25 28-26 25-21 26-28 15-11 0 Kills 77 93 10/19/2019 at Mount Royal L, 3-0 15-25 12-25 18-25 104 Errors 37 32 Total Attacks 196 226 Record in 3-set matches: 0-1 Attack Pct .204 .270 Record in 4-set matches: 0-0 Kills/Set 9.63 11.63 Record in 5-set matches: 1-0 SET Assists 75 87 Assists/Set 9.38 10.88 SERVE Aces 4 21 Errors 30 40 Aces/Set 0.50 2.63 SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors 21 4 Errors/Set 2.63 0.50 DEFENSE Digs 82 66 Digs/Set 10.25 8.25 BLOCKING Block Solo 0 1 Block Assist 20 24 Total Blocks 10 13 Blocks Per Game 5.0 6.5 Block Errors 4 3 Ball handling errors 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total - 104 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 2/52 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 - CANADA WEST MEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Team Record Sets Streak Points Trinity Western 3-1 11-3 W2 6 3-1 11-6 W3 6 Alberta 3-1 9-6 W3 6 Calgary 3-1 10-7 W2 6 Brandon 2-0 6-2 W2 4 Mount Royal 2-2 9-8 L1 4 MacEwan 1-1 3-5 L1 2 Manitoba 1-1 5-4 W1 2 UBC 1-3 6-10 L2 2 Winnipeg 1-3 4-10 L3 2 UBC Okanagan 0-2 1-6 L2 0 Thompson Rivers 0-4 4-12 L4 0