SPARTANS HOST IN HOME-OPENING WEEKEND

The defending Canada West champion and No. 1 ranked women's team return to Langley this Friday and Saturday for its home-opening weekend against Winnipeg at the Langley Events Centre.

WEEKEND PREVIEW Friday, Oct. 25 vs. Winnipeg – 6 p.m. (PT) Saturday, Oct. 26 vs. Winnipeg – 5 p.m. (PT)

THE WEEKEND STORY

• TWU returns home after winning both of its games in the season-opening weekend last week, defeating Alberta 3-1 on Friday (Oct. 18) and 3-0 Saturday (Oct. 19).

• The Spartans won last year's season series against the Wesmen, as TWU took both matches in four sets on the road in Winnipeg (Nov. 9-10).

• Winnipeg is coming off a pair of losses to UBC, losing 3-1 on Saturday (Oct. 19) and 3-0 Sunday (Oct. 20) at home.

• Spartans fourth-year outside hitter Hilary Howe (Calgary), who recently represented Canada at the NORCECA Continental Championship, is first in Canada West with an average of 4.57 kills per set.

• TWU third-year setter Dora Komlodi (Calgary) sits in second place for assists per set, at 9.86. Winnipeg's Rylie Dickson sits in seventh, at 8.29.

• The Spartans have won 28 straight matches against the Wesmen. The last time TWU lost to Winnipeg was Nov. 13, 2004 when the Wesmen completed a weekend sweep of the Spartans.

• Winnipeg compiled a 4-20 record last season, finishing 12th in Canada West.

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (2-0) Canada West Standings: T-1st Last Weekend: @ Alberta (W 3-1, W 3-0) Streak: 2W Regular Season Form: W-W

WINNIPEG WESMEN (0-2) Canada West Standings: T-8th Last Weekend: vs. UBC (L 3-1, L 3-0) Streak: 2L Regular Season Form: L-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 British Columbia 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.

-TW- CANADA WEST WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Team Record Sets Streak Points Trinity Western 2-0 6-1 W2 4 Mount Royal 2-0 6-2 W2 4 Saskatchewan 2-0 6-1 W2 4 Thompson Rivers 2-0 6-3 W2 4 UBC 2-0 6-1 W2 4 Regina 1-1 3-5 L1 2 UBC Okanagan 1-1 5-3 W1 2 Alberta 0-2 1-6 L2 0 Brandon 0-2 3-6 L2 0 Calgary 0-2 1-6 L2 0 MacEwan 0-2 2-6 L2 0 0-0 0-0 --- 0 Winnipeg 0-2 1-6 L2 0 2019-2020 TWU Women's Volleyball Roster NO NAME POS HT ELIG MAJOR HOMETOWN LAST TEAM (HIGH SCHOOL) 1 Jayden Bontkes OH 6-0 3 CCOBA Langley, BC King's University (Langley Christian) 2 Kirsten Kampman OH 6-0 1 BUSBB Chilliwack, BC (Unity Christian) 3 Alexis Jonker LS/LIB 5-8 4 HKBHK Surrey, BC Force VC (Pacific Academy) 4 Dora Komlodi S 5-8 3 BUSBB Calgary, AB (Holy Trinity Academy) 5 Michaella Crema OH 6-0 5 BIOBS Surrey, BC Force VC (Surrey Christian) 6 Hilary Howe OH 6-1 4 BUSBA Calgary Dino WVC (EP Scarlett) 7 Olivia Heinen S 5-9 2 GENBA Langley, BC UFV (Langley Christian) 8 Ansah Odoom OH 5-10 2 GENBA Surrey, BC (Lord Tweedsmuir) 9 Meaghan Mealey OH 6-0 2 INTBA Calgary (William Aberhart) 10 Emma Gamache OH/LIB 5-8 2 GENBA Abbotsford, BC (MEI) 11 Jayda Harder MB 6-0 1 HKIN Waldheim, SK (Waldheim) 12 Jessica Bailey MB 6-1 5 PSYBA Surrey, BC Force VC (Pacific Academy) 13 Avery Heppell MB/RS 6-4 3 BUSBB Langley, BC (Langley Fundamental) 14 Tamar Bil OH 6-3 1 GENBA Maple Ridge, BC (Maple Ridge) 15 Savannah Purdy OH 6-2 2 GENBS Victoria (Belmont) 17 Annelise Hielema OH 6-0 3RS BUSBB Calgary, AB Mount Royal (Holy Trinity) 18 Mikaelyn Sych MB 5-11 5 PSYBA Airdrie, Alta. Portland State (George McDougall)

Head Coach: Ryan Hofer (15) Assistant Coaches/Staff: Joel Pesut, Richard Kaufmann, Bryden McTavish, Elodie Li Therapist: Natalie Ghobrial, Katia Sanon Strength & Conditioning/Nutrition: Cole Hergott Student Therapist: Sarah Broos, Joanne Chan SID: Scott Stewart Manager of Media and Marketing: Mark Janzen 2019-2020 Winnipeg Women's Volleyball Roster NO NAME POS HT ELIG MAJOR HOMETOWN LAST TEAM (HIGHSCHOOL) 1 Félixe Sturk-Lussier LS/DS 5-8 3 Arts Winnipeg U of W/College Louis Riel 2 Kalena Schulz LS 5-10 5 Business Winnipeg U of W/Mennonite Brethren 3 Leia Jaworski LS 5-8 1 Kinesiology & AOakbank, MB Springfield Collegiate 4 Taylor Boughton MB 6-1 3 Science Oakbank, MB U of W/St. Mary’s Academy 5 Selva Planincic LS 5-10 1 Science Winnipeg Sturgeon Heights Collegiate 6 Rylie Dickson S 5-9 5 Science Killarney, MB U of W/Killarney Collegiate 7 Mikaela Cameron S 5-8 2 Business Surrey, BC Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary 8 Ashleigh Laube LS 5-10 3 Statistics Winnipeg U of W/Fort Richmond Collegiate 9 Emma Parker RS 5-10 3 Education St. Adolphe, MB U of W/College St. Norbert 10 Kelysian Warmington LS/MB 5-9 2 Science St. Andrews, MB Lord Selkirk Regional Secondary 11 Jessica Friesen MB 6-0 4 Kinesiology & ALockport, MB U of W/Lord Selkirk 12 Bella Gierys LS/MB 5-8 2 Environmental SSt. Andrews, MB Lord Selkirk Regional Secondary 13 Madison Fyvie Libero 5-4 4 Kinesiology & AWinnipeg U of W/John Taylor Collegiate 14 Alexa Wieczorkiewicz RS 5-10 1 Neuroscience Winnipeg River East Collegiate 15 Emily Yaeger RS 5-9 3 Arts Winnipeg U of W/Kelvin High School 16 Lizbeth Hildebrand RS 5-9 1 Education Winnipeg Daniel McIntyre Collegiate 17 Taylor Kleysen RS 5-11 3 Education Winnipeg U of W/Vincent Massey HS 18 Haille Bujan MB 6-4 3 Environmental SWinnipeg Manitoba/Miles Mac Collegiate

HEAD COACH: Phil Hudson ASSISTANT COACHES: Megan Bradshaw, Julie Olfert, Chelsea Wall, Josh Thordarson, Kris Funk, Pat Alexander, Ryan Hudson HEAD ATHLETIC THERAPIST: Jeff Billeck STUDENT ATHLETIC THERAPISTS: Jen Schreibmaier, Keaton Friesen, Manon Tetrault DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Dave Crook MEDIA RELATIONS COORDINATOR David Larkins Trinity Western Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 25, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 2-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 2-0 0-0 2-0 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 10 E Gamache 7 0 0.00 0 0 - 3 0.43 0 0 0.00 1 32 4.57 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 7 O Heinen 7 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 12 1.71 1 3 0.14 0 7 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 13 A Heppell 7 11 1.57 5 33 .182 1 0.14 6 1 0.86 0 5 0.71 5 2 7 1.00 0 0 23.0 6 H Howe 7 32 4.57 15 99 .172 0 0.00 3 0 0.43 6 19 2.71 0 2 2 0.29 0 0 36.0 2 K Kampman 4 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 4 D Komlodi 7 2 0.29 0 8 .250 69 9.86 5 1 0.71 0 21 3.00 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 7.5 9 M Mealey 6 1 0.17 4 9 -.333 1 0.17 0 0 0.00 0 2 0.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 8 A Odoom 7 13 1.86 5 31 .258 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 22 3.14 2 3 5 0.71 0 0 16.5 15 S Purdy 7 19 2.71 6 69 .188 1 0.14 6 3 0.86 1 11 1.57 0 1 1 0.14 0 0 25.5 18 M Sych 7 14 2.00 4 26 .385 2 0.29 2 5 0.29 0 5 0.71 0 5 5 0.71 0 0 18.5 Totals 7 92 13.14 40 276 .188 89 12.71 23 15 3.29 8 125 17.86 7 14 14 2.00 0 0 129.0 Opponents 7 78 11.14 39 258 .151 73 10.43 8 17 1.14 23 123 17.57 8 14 15 2.14 0 0 101.0

TEAM STATISTICS TRINITY WESTERN OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY SET ATT. ATTACK 10/18/2019 at Alberta W, 3-1 22-25 25-22 25-23 25-20 252 Kills 92 78 10/19/2019 at Alberta W, 3-0 25-19 25-14 25-21 250 Errors 40 39 Total Attacks 276 258 Record in 3-set matches: 1-0 Attack Pct .188 .151 Record in 4-set matches: 1-0 Kills/Set 13.14 11.14 Record in 5-set matches: 0-0 SET Assists 89 73 Assists/Set 12.71 10.43 SERVE Aces 23 8 Errors 15 17 Aces/Set 3.29 1.14 SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors 8 23 Errors/Set 1.14 3.29 DEFENSE Digs 125 123 Digs/Set 17.86 17.57 BLOCKING Block Solo 7 8 Block Assist 14 14 Total Blocks 14 15 Blocks Per Game 7.0 7.5 Block Errors 0 0 Ball handling errors 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total - 502 Dates/Avg Per Date 0/0 2/251 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 - Winnipeg Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 25, 2019) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 0-2 0-2 0-0 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 4 T Boughton 7 10 1.43 1 26 .346 2 0.29 1 3 0.14 0 2 0.29 3 6 9 1.29 0 0 17.0 18 H Bujan 7 16 2.29 4 36 .333 2 0.29 1 1 0.14 1 4 0.57 1 1 2 0.29 0 1 18.5 7 M Cameron 2 0 0.00 0 0 - 2 1.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 6 R Dickson 7 4 0.57 1 8 .375 58 8.29 1 1 0.14 0 17 2.43 0 6 6 0.86 0 4 8.0 11 J Friesen 2 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 1 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 13 M Fyvie 7 0 0.00 0 0 - 2 0.29 0 0 0.00 5 18 2.57 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 17 T Kleysen 4 4 1.00 0 6 .667 1 0.25 0 2 0.00 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 4.0 8 A Laube 7 20 2.86 12 59 .136 4 0.57 3 1 0.43 5 20 2.86 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 23.0 9 E Parker 7 14 2.00 11 52 .058 1 0.14 1 1 0.14 2 12 1.71 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 15.0 5 S Planincic 3 2 0.67 2 8 .000 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 2 K Schulz 6 7 1.17 9 46 -.043 0 0.00 0 2 0.00 2 18 3.00 2 1 3 0.50 1 0 9.5 1 F Sturk-Lussier 7 0 0.00 0 0 - 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 2 9 1.29 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 Totals 7 77 11.00 40 241 .154 73 10.43 7 14 1.00 17 102 14.57 6 14 13 1.86 2 5 97.0 Opponents 7 84 12.00 39 244 .184 81 11.57 17 17 2.43 7 103 14.71 2 22 13 1.86 3 0 114.0

TEAM STATISTICS WINNIPEG OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY SET ATT. ATTACK 10/19/2019 UBC L, 3-1 16-25 25-17 23-25 22-25 450 Kills 77 84 10/20/2019 UBC L, 3-0 23-25 21-25 15-25 350 Errors 40 39 Total Attacks 241 244 Record in 3-set matches: 0-1 Attack Pct .154 .184 Record in 4-set matches: 0-1 Kills/Set 11.00 12.00 Record in 5-set matches: 0-0 SET Assists 73 81 Assists/Set 10.43 11.57 SERVE Aces 7 17 Errors 14 17 Aces/Set 1.00 2.43 SERVE RECEPTIONS Errors 17 7 Errors/Set 2.43 1.00 DEFENSE Digs 102 103 Digs/Set 14.57 14.71 BLOCKING Block Solo 6 2 Block Assist 14 22 Total Blocks 13 13 Blocks Per Game 6.5 6.5 Block Errors 2 3 Ball handling errors 5 0 ATTENDANCE Total 800 - Dates/Avg Per Date 2/400 0/0 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 -