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U NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: 1979, '88, '99, '04 | CANADA WEST CHAMPIONS: 1979, '80, '85, '87, '88, '90, '98, 2000, '01, '04 38 ALL-CANADIANS | 83 CANADA WEST ALL-STARS | 24 CANADA WEST AWARD WINNERS | 13 U SPORTS AWARD WINNERS

2018-19 SCHEDULE Fri 10/10 at Brandon L, 3-1 Game Information Sat 10/20 at Brandon L, 3-0 Fri 11/2 at MacEwan W, 3-0 Date...... Fri/Sat, Feb. 15 & 16 Sat 11/3 at MacEwan W, 3-0 Time...... 3:00 p.m. Fri 11/9 vs W, 3-0 Location...... , SK Sat 10/10 vs Calgary L, 3-2 Venue.....Ron & Jane Graham Centre Court at the PAC Fri 11/16 vs TWU L, 3-1 Series...... 6-6 Sat 11/17 vs TWU L, 3-0 SASKATCHEWAN Current Streak...... SSK W 2 MRU Fri 11/23 at UBC L, 3-1 HUSKIES Last Meeting...... Nov. 25, 2017 COUGARS 10-10 SSK 3 vs. MRU 0 15-5 Sat 11/24 at UBC W, 3-1 Fri 11/30 vs UBCO W, 3-1 Sat 12/1 vs UBCO W, 3-0 #5THINGS The matchup will be the final time the Huskies will take the court at the Fri 1/4 at W, 3-2 1 PAC this regular season and fans under the age of 18 will receive a compli- mentary ticket to Friday’s game. Sat 1/5 at Winnipeg L, 3-1 2 Fifth-year outside hitter Colin Fraser will play in his final weekend of regu- Fri 1/18 vs W, 3-0 lar season action this weekend at the PAC. Saskatchewan is in a three-way tie along with the Thompson Rivers Wolf- Sat 1/19 vs Manitoba L, 3-2 3 Pack and for fifth in the Canada West. Fri 1/25 at W, 3-2 Dylan Mortenson and Mount Royal’s Tyler Schmidt are each in the top five 4 in the Canada West in kills this season. Sat 1/26 at Alberta L, 3-1 The Cougars are 7-3 away from home this season, but are 2-4 all-time at Fri 2/8 at TRU L, 3-1 5 the PAC. Sat 2/9 at TRU W, 3-1 Fri 2/15 vs MRU 3 PM STATISTICAL LEADERS #ByTheNumbers (CW Rank) Sat 2/16 vs MRU 3 PM 5 KILLS: Mount Royal’s roster includes five fifth-year 2/22-24 vs Canada West QF 280 players, who are currently completing their 3/1-3 vs Canada West SF Dylan Mortensen (3rd) final season at the U SPORTS level. 3/9 vs Canada West F DIGS: 4.52 3/14-17 vs U SPORTS NTLS Cougars outside hitter Taylor Schmidt leads 137 the conference with 4.52 kills per set this CJ Gavlas (11th) season. ACES: 197 SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: CAMERON DOHERTY 20 Mount Royal libero Johnathan Phillips is PHONE: 306-966-1024 • CELL: 250-818-2408 CJ Gavlas (13th) the Canada West leader with 197 digs this EMAIL: [email protected] season. WEBSITE: HUSKIES.USASK.CA TWITTER: @HUSKIEATHLETICS BLOCKS: FACEBOOK: HUSKIE ATHLETICS 83 19 INSTAGRAM: @HUSKIEATHLETICS Daulton Sinoski (2nd) Mortenson needs a total of 19 kills this week- end to surpass his mark of 299 last season.

2018-19 Huskie Men's Volleyball Game Notes 2017-18Huskie Men's Volleyball Game Notes - 2

UofS Quick Facts: Location: Saskatoon, SK SCOUTING THE COUGARS Enrollment: 19,700 SCHEDULE/RESULTS LEADERS Founded: 1907 Nickname: Huskies KILLS: Huskie Colours: Green, White 276 Conference: Canada West T. Schmidt (4th) President: Peter Stoicheff Chief Athletic Officer: Shawn Burt DIGS: Stadium: Physical Activity Complex 197 J. Phillips (T-1st) Huskie History: All-Time Conference Record: 382-285 ACES: 24 vs MRU: T. Schmidt (T-9th) All-Time: 6-6 BLOCKS: 75 S. Gieske (4th) CONFERENCE STANDINGS Place W-L SW-SL Pts TEAM 1. Brandon 18-2 55-12 36 COMPARISON 2. Trinity Western 16-4 37-17 32 77 (4th) Sets 74 (8th) 3. Mount Royal 15-5 49-25 30 853 (7th) Kills 904 (4th) 4. Alberta 15-5 49-33 30 11.08 (9th) Kills per set 12.22 (4th) 5. Saskatchewan 10-10 40-37 20 350 (10th) Errors 360 (8th) 6. Thompson Rivers 10-10 39-40 20 2102 (6th) Total Attacks 2142 (3rd) 7. Calgary 10-10 23-24 20 .239 (6th) Hit Percentage .254 (4th) 8. UBC 9-11 36-40 18 804 (7th) Assists 846 (4th) 9. Winnipeg 7-13 30-46 14

10.44 (7th) Assists Per Set 11.43 (5th) 10. Manitoba 7-13 31-47 14

99 (6th) Service Aces 94 (4th) 11. MacEwan 3-17 22-53 6

303 (4th) Service Errors 300 (5th) 12. UBCO 0-20 9-60 0

1.29 (6th) Service Aces Per Set 1.27 (7th) 82 (10th) Reception Errors 86 (9th) U SPORTS TOP 10 VRS Last Week 621 (8th) Digs 735 (2nd) 1.Brandon 14-2 +2.69 1 8.06 (11th) Digs Per Set 9.93 (2nd) 2. TWU 9-3 +1.72 3 50 (4th) Block Solo 35 (10th) 3. MRU 11-3 +1.70 5 251 (4th) Block Assist 247 (5th) 4. McMaster 8-2 +1.69 6 176 (5th) Block Total 159 (7th) 5. Laval 9-0 +1.59 2 2.28 (5th) Blocks Per Set 2.14 (6th) 6. Alberta 11-3 +1.27 4

14.6 (8th) Points Per Set 15.6 (5th) 7. Windsor 8-3 +0.90 7 8. Western 7-4 +0.66 8 9. Calgary 7-7 +0.62 - 10. Queen's 7-2 +0.59 -

Huskie Athletics huskies.usask.ca @huskieathletics 2017-18Huskie Men's Volleyball Game Notes - 3 2018-19 HUSKIES ROSTER NO. NAME POS. HT. WT YR. HOMETOWN LAST TEAM 1 Aidan Saladana OH 6-6 210 3 Business Moose Jaw, SK Alberta Golden Bears 2 Russell Lefley MB 6-6 190 1 Kinesiology Saskatoon, SK Marion Graham Falcons 3 Evan Parchomchuk OH 6-4 190 3 Kinesiology Prince Albert, SK Red Deer College 4 Cody Caldwell MB 6-5 180 4 Business Reston, MB 5 Patrick Hunchak L 5-11 170 3 Engineering Saskatoon, SK Huskie Volleyball Club 6 Levi Olson RS 6-2 195 2 Engineering Saskatoon, SK Briarcrest College 7 Dylan Mortensen OH 6-7 190 2 Business Swift Current, SK Team Saskatchewan 8 Luke Wandzura MB 6-5 180 2 Arts & Science Prince Albert, SK Team Saskatchewan 9 Jeff Erickson S 6-0 175 3 Engineering Saskatoon, SK Briarcrest College 10 Colin Fraser OH 6-6 195 5 Business Saskatoon, SK Bishop Mahoney Saints 11 CJ Gavlas S 6-1 165 3 Kinesiology Saskatoon, SK Canadian Jr. Ntl. Team 12 Daulton Sinoski OH 6-8 210 4 Education Prince Albert, SK Team Saskatchewan 13 Connor Murray OH/L 6-0 150 3 Arts & Science Prince Albert, SK St. Mary Marauders 14 Mason Scott MB 6-7 195 2 Ag & Bioresources Oxbow, SK Oxbow Black Knights 15 Mason Issel OH 6-6 200 2 Business Prince Albert, SK Regina Cougars 16 Jake Rapin S 6-5 183 2 Arts & Science Prince Albert, SK Red Deer College 17 Cole Burkart OH 6-6 190 4 Arts & Science Saskatoon, SK NAIT Ooks 18 Dryden Wall L 6-0 175 3 Business Ste. Anne, MB Regina Cougars 20 Nathan Seidel MB 6-5 185 1 Arts & Science Calgary, AB Elite West RS Dayton Patzer OH 6-4 190 1 Education Swift Current, SK Swift Current Colts PRONUNCIATION GUIDE #1 Saladana, Aidan ...... Salad-Ana #12 Sinoski, Daulton...... Doll-ton Sin-Oss-Ski #3 Parchomchuk, Evan...... Par-Chum-Chuck

COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH - NATHAN BENNETT Matthew Erickson (2018-19) 3rd Year Record: 10-10

2018-19: 10-10 Tyler Epp 1st Year

Nathan Bennett joined the Huskies in 2018-19, becoming the sixth head coach in program history. Jordan Nowakowski Bennett joins the Huskies from Thompson Rivers University in , B.C., where he 2ndYear served as an assistant coach with both the WolfPack men's and women's volleyball programs. Bennett, who is from Athabasca, Alta., already has experience in a lead role, having spent two years as head coach of the men's volleyball team at Capilano University in B.C., before joining the Wolfpack. He led the Blues to the Pacific Western Athletics Association (PACWEST) title in his first year, earning the nod as PACWEST Coach of the Year. Ben Jackson Bennett was an accomplished player before moving on to the coaching ranks, winning a 1st Year national championship with the Golden Bears in 1997 and spending 11 years in European professional leagues between 2001 and 2012.

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