Men's Volleyball 2017-2018 Canada West Champions
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men’s volleyball 2017-2018 canada west champions 2017-18 Trinity Western University Men’s Volleyball Team Back Row: (L-R) Ben Josephson, Jacob Kern, Jesse Elser, Pearson Eshenko, Aaron Boettcher, Adam Schriemer, Riley Vander Meulen, Kaden Gamache, Garrett Markham, Mike Grypma, Ben Ball, Front Row: Madi Wolitski, Jackson Howe, Ben Lieuwen, Derek Epp, Mark Antoniuk, Carter Bergen, Eric Loeppky, Maddux Greves, Colton Loewen NUMERICAL ROSTER No Name POS HT WT Elig Course Home Town High School 1 Pearson Eshenko MB 6-8 210 3 HKBHK Banff Youth Team Canada (Dr EP Scarlett) 2 Carter Bergen LIB 6-0 190 4 PSYC Winnipeg Winman VC (MBCI) 3 Jesse Elser OH 6-8 185 1 MCOBA Calgary, AB Canada JR (Dr EP Scarlett) 4 Maddux Greves Set/OH 6-3 185 2 UNDC Calgary, AB Canuck Dinos (William Aberhart) 5 Mark Antoniuk Lib 5-11 178 5 BBA Langley, BC FVVC (Langley Christian) 6 Cameron Slomp S 6-3 187 RS UNDC Edmonton Team Alberta (Edmonton Christian) 7 Ben Lieuwen OH 6-3 185 4 GENR Abbotsford, BC FVVC (MEI) 8 Eric Loeppky OH 6-5 200 2 EDUC Steinbach, MB Canada JR (Steinbach) 9 Riley Vander Meulen OH 6-8 210 4 HKBHK Edmonton FogVC (Edmonton Christian) 10 Kaden Gamache OH 6-6 180 2 GENBA Abbotsford, BC FVVC (MEI Secondary) 12 Adam Schriemer S 6-7 220 5 COMM Winnipeg Team Manitoba (MBCI) 13 Colton Loewen OH 5-10 185 1 BBA Abbotsford, BC Force VC (MEI) 14 Aaron Boettcher MB 6-8 185 4RS GENR Surrey, BC FVVC (Elgin Park) 15 Jacob Kern OH 6-6 205 3 HKBHK Edmonton Youth Team Canada (Jasper Place) 17 Jackson Howe MB 6-5 190 1 FA Calgary, AB (Dr. EP Scarlett) 18 Garrett Markham OH/MB 6-5 190 1 RELS St. Catharines, ON Lakeside VC (Eden Christian) 19 Jordan Koslowsky S 6-1 180 3 INTBA Abbotsford Team BC (MEI Secondary) 20 Derek Epp S 6-6 195 2RS HKBHK Saskatoon, SK UofS (Marion Graham) STAFF NAME PRONOUNCIATION Head Coach: Ben Josephson (11) Mark Antoniuk AN-TOE-nee-uk Asst. Coaches: Joel Jansen (11), Ben Ball (6), Steve Rogalsky (2) Aaron Boettcher BETCH-er Admin Assistant: Jen Josephson Ben Lieuwen LOO-in Head Athletic Therapist: Natalie Ghobrial, Adam Schriemer SHRIME-er Riley Vander Meulen VAN-der MEW-lin Student Therapists: Madi Wolitski, Carter Perran, Eric Loeppky LEP-KEY Manager: Mike Grypma, Maddux Greves GREEVS SID: Scott Stewart Pearson Eshenko PEARCE-on E-SH-en-co Asst. SID: Mark Janzen Jesse Elser L-ser Kaden Gamache K-den GA-mash Jordan Koslowsky KOS-law-ski 2018 TWU Men’s Volleyball Media Guide Page 2 2018 CIS Championship Preview he Trinity Western men’s continued on an almost otherworld- While much of the limelight has volleyball team will be pursu- ly upward trajectory, as the second- found its way upon TWU’s young ing history this weekend, as year star was named a Canada attackers, third-year Jacob Kern the Spartans look to become West First Team All-Star after an has stepped into the starting lineup Tthe first team in the Spartans illus- MVP-type year. Loeppky finished this year and consistently been a trious history to win three straight U the regular season with the second pillar of strength for TWU. His 2.89 SPORTS championships. most points per set in the country, kills per set had him second on the With the Spartans in the midst of an at 5.0, while earning a .362 hitting Spartans, solidifying TWU’s outside unprecedented era of dominance percentage, which was good for attack. – TWU has won five consecutive third in U SPORTS. His work from In the middle, the high-flying duo banners, including three straight the service line was also impres- of third-year Pearson Eshenko Canada West championships and sive, as he finished with the second and first-year Jackson Howe has back-to-back U SPORTS titles – most aces per set (0.61) in all of created a tandem that, in terms TWU has one more mountain to U SPORTS. In five playoff games, of sheer size and block touch, is climb to put the finishing touches Loeppky has been even better, unmatched across U SPORTS. on the greatest three-year run in improving his kills per set from Eshenko finished the year 10th in U the history of U SPORTS men’s 4.05 in the regular season to 4.50 SPORTS with 1.07 blocks per set, volleyball. No team has ever won in the playoffs, while hitting .397. while Howe was 16th overall with both the conference and national 1.00 blocks per set. championships in three consecu- Playoff Finish: Canada West champions Defensively, TWU’s Bergen tive years. Regular season / playoff records: 22-2/ 5-0 has been a steadying force Leading the way on a relatively Last U SPORTS Championship: 2017 in the back row. He is a vocal young roster – TWU has two and emotional leader and will rookie starters and a second- Total U SPORTS Championships: 5 play a key role in any success year starter – has been setter the Spartans have at nation- Adam Schriemer. The team’s lone U SPORTS RANKINGS als. fifth-year starter, who was named Top Ten: 1st The five-time U SPORTS the Canada West Player of the Kills per Set: 12.81 (1st) champion Spartans will return Year, has done a masterful job in to McMaster University this guiding this year’s group to both Hitting %: .311 (1st) weekend looking to once a program-best 22-win regular Assits per Set: 12.20 (1st) again enjoy the now-familiar season and yet another confer- Service Aces: 164 (2nd) confines of Burridge Gymnasi- ence crown. Aces per Set: 1.86 (3rd) um. With two of the Spartans Schriemer, who finished his regu- Digs: 778 (10th) five national championships lar season career fifth all-time in coming on McMaster’s home Canada West history, with 3,448 Digs per Set: 8.84 (20th) court – in 2006, TWU won career assists, had a conference Blocks per Set: 2.40 (9th) its first-ever title by beating leading 10.57 assists per set, Points per Set: 17.1 (1st) Alberta, while in 2016, the while guiding TWU to a Canada Home attendance avg: 445 (6th) Spartans beat the host Ma- West best .311 hitting percentage. rauders in the final – TWU After helping TWU to the regular has dreams of making more season title, he took his game Individual Leaders history in Hamilton. to yet another level in the post- Kills per set: Eric Loeppky 4.05, season, as last year’s U SPORTS Jacob Kern 2.89, Jesse Elser 2.84 tournament MVP averaged 11.22 Blocks per set: Riley Vander Meulen 1.18, Even though we’ve been lucky enough to be at this tourna- assists per set in the Spartans Pearson Eshenko 1.07, Jackson Howe 1.00 five Canada West playoff con- ment a number of years in a tests. Assists per set: Adam Schriemer 10.57 – row it never gets old. It’s just While Schriemer’s surrounding led Canada West as exciting this year as it was cast may be young – libero Carter Digs per set: Carter Bergen 2.19 the first time we got the chance Bergen is TWU’s only other start- Aces per set: Eric Loeppky 0.61, to go. It’s the final weekend of the year and we get to be one er who is beyond his third year of Jesse Elser 0.48 eligibility – the Spartans burgeon- of 8 teams still playing. The ing talent is amongst the very best Meanwhile, the first-year Elser put thing we often talk about is how in the country. together one of the most dominant much fun it is to get one more On the outside, the three-pronged rookie seasons the program has week together. This team really attack of Eric Loeppky, Jesse Eflser ever seen, hitting .301 while earn- enjoys being together and by be- and Jacob Kern have been nothing ing 2.84 kills per set. His 0.48 aces ing at nationals we max out the short of outstanding this year. per set also put him fifth in Canada time we can spend before we have Loeppky, who was last year’s U West throughout the regular sea- to call it a season. We can’t wait SPORTS Rookie of the Year, has son. to get going. - Ben Josephson 2017-18 TWU Men's Volleyball Trinity Western Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 12, 2018) All matches Trinity Western Combined Team Statistics RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 27-2 15-1 12-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 22-2 10-1 12-1 0-0 NON-CONFERENCE 5-0 5-0 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 1 Pearson Eshenko 102 150 1.47 43 272 . 3 9 3 9 0.09 18 52 0.18 0 23 0.23 16 93 109 1.07 2 1 - 17 Jackson Howe 83 95 1.14 27 173 . 3 9 3 5 0.06 13 38 0.16 1 36 0.43 9 76 85 1.02 5 0 - 8 Eric Loeppky 106 437 4.12 120 861 . 3 6 8 37 0.35 64 124 0.60 18 145 1.37 12 56 68 0.64 2 0 - 12 Adam Schriemer 105 56 0.53 17 116 .