SPARTANS HOST MOUNT ROYAL AS CONFERENCES TOP TEAMS SQUARE OFF

In a battle of the conference top teams, the No. 1 ranked Spartans women's team play host to No. 5 Mount Royal Friday and Saturday at the .

WEEKEND PREVIEW Jan. 10 vs. #5 Mount Royal (11-1) – Langley Events Centre | 6 p.m. (PT) | WATCH Jan. 11 vs. #5 Mount Royal (11-1) – Langley Events Centre | 3 p.m. (PT) | WATCH

BY THE NUMBERS Trinity Western Team Stats (rank in CW) Points Per Set: 18.3 (1st) Team Hitting Percentage: .271 (1st)

Individual Stats (rank in CW) Kills Per Set: 4.19 – Hilary Howe (2nd) Hitting Percentage: .404 – Avery Heppell (1st) Assists Per Set: 6.94 – Dora Komlodi (12th) Blocks Per Set: 1.30 – Mikaelyn Sych (1st)

Mount Royal Team Stats (rank in CW) Points Per Set: 17.4 (2nd) Team Hitting Percentage: .240 (2nd)

Individual Stats (rank in CW) Kills Per Set: 2.81 – Chantel Park (11th) Hitting Percentage: .330 – Nyadholi Thokbuom (4th) Assists Per Set: 9.68 – Quinn Pelland (2nd) Blocks Per Set: 1.14 – Nyadholi Thokbuom (5th)

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (13-1) Canada West Standings: 1st Last Weekend: vs. Regina (W 3-0, W 3-0) Streak: W5 Regular Season Form: W-W-W-W-W

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (11-1) Canada West Standings: 2nd Last Weekend: Bye Streak: W1 Regular Season Form: W-W-W-L-W

THE WEEKEND STORY

• TWU is coming off a pair of straight set victories on the road over Regina last weekend, improving its conference- best record to 13-1.

• The Cougars are coming off a bye week, splitting a pair of games in their last matchup against (Nov. 22- 23).

• Hilary Howe () leads the Spartans attack, ranking second in conference kills (197) and kills per-set (4.19) this season.

• Nyadholi Thokbuom is a player to watch for Mount Royal, currently ranking fourth in conference hitting percentage (.330), while TWU's Avery Heppell (Langley) is first (.383). • Since 2013, the Spartans are a perfect 18-0 against Mount Royal, losing just six sets over that span. The series also marks the first meeting between the two teams since TWU's conference quarter-final win (Feb. 21-22, 2019) at home.

About Spartan Athletics As official members of U SPORTS, 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.

CANADA WEST WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Place Team Record Sets Streak Points 1 Trinity Western 13-1 40-7 W5 26 2 Mount Royal 11-1 35-9 W1 22 3 Thompson Rivers 10-4 35-19 W1 20 4 Alberta 9-5 30-22 W4 18 5 MacEwan 9-5 29-18 L1 18 6 9-5 32-22 W1 18 7 UBC 6-6 21-21 L3 12 8 6-8 20-28 L1 12 9 UBC Okanagan 5-7 25-27 L2 10 10 Calgary 4-10 16-33 W2 8 11 Brandon 2-12 14-39 L2 4 12 2-12 15-38 L8 4 13 Regina 2-12 9-38 L3 4

USPORTS TOP TEN RANKING Rank School Record ELO Previous 1 Trinity Western 13-1 1808.20 1 2 Ryerson 8-1 1784.36 2 3 Dalhousie 8-0 1777.86 3 4 8-1 1773.26 4 5 Mount Royal 11-1 1701.50 5 6 Brock 7-2 1664.18 6 7 Alberta 9-5 1662.39 9 8 Laval 8-3 1662.26 7 9 Western 7-3 1633.58 10 10 Waterloo 4-4 1626.88 NR 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 Mount Royal Women's Volleyball Roster NO NAME POS HT ELIG MAJOR HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM (Highschool) 1 Cassidy Kitchen OH 6-0 4 Science Terrace, BC Northwest Volleyball Club 2 Sarah McKilican S 5-10 2 Health & Physical Education Comox, BC Waves Volleyball Club 4 Ella Lawrence OH 5-9 1 Health & Physical Education Prince George, BC (Duchess Park HS) 5 Nataliia Klimenova L 5-7 3 Health & Physical Education Severodonetsk, Ukraine ZTMC Orbita 6 Jillian Mah M 5-11 1 Communication Calgary, AB Dinos Volleyball Club 7 Anna Carlson M 5-11 4 Arts Sylvan Lake, AB Cougars Volleyball Club 8 Quinn Pelland S 5-11 3 Business Wanham, AB Central Peace Volleyball Club 9 Kassandra Hordal L 5-7 1 Health & Physical Education , AB Pandas Volleyball Club 10 Carly Davies RS 6-3 4 Science Terrace, BC Prince George Volleyball Club 11 Dholi Thokbuom M 6-2 2 Open Studies Calgary, AB Dinos Volleyball Club 12 Haley Roe OH 5-10 3 Arts Airdrie, AB Dinos Volleyball Club 13 Chloe Shum S 5-9 1 Health & Physical Education London, ON London Volleyball Club 14 Chantel Park OH 5-10 5 Health & Physical Education Blackfalds, AB Olds Broncos Club 15 Nicole Bourget OH 5-10 1 Business Edmonton, AB Renegade Volleyball Club 17 Madison Marshall OH 5-11 3 Health & Physical Education Brooks, AB University of Montana Grizzlies 18 Jessica Osczevski OH 6-0 2 Science Rocky Mountain House, AB Red Deer Volleyball Club 19 Tasha Holness M 6-2 4 Open Studies Calgary, AB Cold Garden Tropikills

Head Coach: Sandra Lamb (21st Season) Assistant Coaches: Sam Fraser, Chris Cheng, Robert Ellis, Brenden Ray, Steve Hart Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jack Boyle Team Manager: Tina Dang Athletic Therapy Student: Neil Mason Director of Athletics & Recreation: Karla Karch Manager: Rob Godfrey Sports Information: Jarron Mueller Trinity Western Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 09, 2020) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 13-1 5-1 8-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 13-1 5-1 8-0 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 12 J Bailey 4 2 0.50 1 4 .250 2 0.50 0 0 0.00 0 1 0.25 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 1 J Bontkes 2 4 2.00 1 13 .231 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 3 1.50 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 4.5 5 M Crema 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 10 E Gamache 47 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 40 0.85 0 0 0.00 16 155 3.30 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 11 J Harder 4 2 0.50 0 2 1.000 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.25 0 0 2.5 7 O Heinen 46 3 0.07 1 6 .333 174 3.78 8 17 0.17 0 51 1.11 0 4 4 0.09 0 0 13.0 13 A Heppell 47 97 2.06 19 193 .404 6 0.13 26 20 0.55 2 31 0.66 7 49 56 1.19 1 1 154.5 6 H Howe 47 197 4.19 63 454 .295 6 0.13 26 16 0.55 30 110 2.34 1 27 28 0.60 2 0 237.5 2 K Kampman 16 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 4 6 0.25 0 5 0.31 0 1 1 0.06 0 0 4.5 4 D Komlodi 47 10 0.21 1 21 .429 326 6.94 15 13 0.32 0 80 1.70 0 13 13 0.28 0 2 31.5 9 M Mealey 46 22 0.48 13 64 .141 2 0.04 1 2 0.02 0 11 0.24 0 11 11 0.24 2 0 28.5 8 A Odoom 46 87 1.89 49 201 .189 1 0.02 7 7 0.15 0 68 1.48 6 27 33 0.72 1 0 113.5 15 S Purdy 47 108 2.30 31 330 .233 7 0.15 24 16 0.51 16 75 1.60 3 24 27 0.57 0 1 147.0 18 M Sych 47 77 1.64 33 171 .257 5 0.11 11 20 0.23 0 30 0.64 5 56 61 1.30 2 1 121.0 Totals 47 609 12.96 213 1461 .271 569 12.11 122 117 2.60 78 620 13.19 22 214 129 2.74 10 5 860.0 Opponents 47 458 9.74 264 1462 .133 430 9.15 78 110 1.66 122 545 11.60 19 124 81 1.72 11 8 617.0

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 609 458 10/19/2019 at Alberta W, 3-0 25-19 25-14 25-21 250 Errors 213 264 10/25/2019 Winnipeg W, 3-0 25-21 25-15 25-21 600 Total Attacks 1461 1462 10/26/2019 Winnipeg W, 3-0 25-18 25-17 25-12 150 Attack Pct .271 .133 11/01/2019 MacEwan W, 3-0 25-19 25-14 25-20 170 Kills/Set 12.96 9.74 11/02/2019 MacEwan W, 3-0 25-16 25-15 25-13 150 SET 11/15/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-0 25-15 25-21 25-17 150 Assists 569 430 11/16/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-0 25-12 25-12 25-22 100 Assists/Set 12.11 9.15 11/22/2019 Saskatchewan L, 3-1 25-21 21-25 18-25 21-25 300 SERVE 11/23/2019 Saskatchewan W, 3-1 19-25 25-16 25-17 25-23 255 Aces 122 78 11/28/2019 at Calgary W, 3-2 25-20 18-25 25-22 17-25 15-13 368 Errors 117 110 11/29/2019 at Calgary W, 3-0 25-22 25-21 25-21 426 Aces/Set 2.60 1.66 01/03/2020 at Regina W, 3-0 25-12 25-21 25-6 125 SERVE RECEPTIONS 01/04/2020 at Regina W, 3-0 25-23 25-16 25-14 200 Errors 78 122 Errors/Set 1.66 2.60 Record in 3-set matches: 10-0 DEFENSE Record in 4-set matches: 2-1 Digs 620 545 Record in 5-set matches: 1-0 Digs/Set 13.19 11.60 BLOCKING Block Solo 22 19 Block Assist 214 124 Total Blocks 129 81 Blocks Per Game 9.2 5.8 Block Errors 10 11 Ball handling errors 5 8 ATTENDANCE Total 1625 1871 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/270 8/233 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 - Mount Royal Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 09, 2020) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 11-1 5-1 6-0 0-0 CONFERENCE 11-1 5-1 6-0 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 15 N Bourget 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 7 A Carlson 27 34 1.26 10 98 .245 6 0.22 4 12 0.15 1 11 0.41 3 21 24 0.89 0 0 51.5 10 C Davies 38 58 1.53 25 198 .167 5 0.13 20 9 0.53 0 100 2.63 2 27 29 0.76 0 0 93.5 19 S Holness 24 48 2.00 17 100 .310 4 0.17 2 12 0.08 0 15 0.63 1 19 20 0.83 0 0 60.5 9 K Hordal 42 2 0.05 0 2 1.000 12 0.29 0 0 0.00 0 82 1.95 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 1 C Kitchen 18 29 1.61 10 82 .232 1 0.06 3 6 0.17 6 31 1.72 0 5 5 0.28 0 0 34.5 5 N Klimenova 44 0 0.00 1 2 -.500 31 0.70 0 0 0.00 13 78 1.77 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 17 M Marshall 40 97 2.42 43 290 .186 9 0.23 8 11 0.20 18 82 2.05 6 12 18 0.45 0 0 117.0 18 J Osczevski 2 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 0 1 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 14 C Park 43 121 2.81 42 333 .237 7 0.16 33 24 0.77 13 115 2.67 3 19 22 0.51 0 0 166.5 8 Q Pelland 44 12 0.27 2 31 .323 426 9.68 14 4 0.32 3 121 2.75 0 16 16 0.36 0 0 34.0 12 H Roe 27 46 1.70 16 108 .278 1 0.04 15 4 0.56 0 42 1.56 0 5 5 0.19 0 0 63.5 13 C Shum 29 0 0.00 1 1 -1.000 5 0.17 6 6 0.21 0 4 0.14 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 6.0 11 N Thokbuom 44 93 2.11 24 209 .330 1 0.02 15 25 0.34 1 18 0.41 8 42 50 1.14 1 0 137.0 Totals 44 540 12.27 191 1454 .240 508 11.55 120 114 2.73 61 699 15.89 23 166 106 2.41 1 0 766.0 Opponents 44 429 9.75 257 1498 .115 398 9.05 61 103 1.39 120 628 14.27 14 122 75 1.70 3 0 565.0

TEAM STATISTICS MOUNT ROYAL OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY SET ATT. ATTACK 10/18/2019 MacEwan W, 3-2 20-25 24-26 25-20 26-24 15-13 282 Kills 540 429 10/19/2019 MacEwan W, 3-0 27-25 25-9 25-17 160 Errors 191 257 10/26/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-2 22-25 23-25 25-20 25-15 15-9 0 Total Attacks 1454 1498 10/27/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-1 25-17 24-26 25-20 25-16 100 Attack Pct .240 .115 11/01/2019 at UBC W, 3-0 25-20 25-23 25-15 427 Kills/Set 12.27 9.75 11/02/2019 at UBC W, 3-0 25-16 25-17 25-15 264 SET 11/08/2019 UBC Okanagan W, 3-0 25-21 25-13 25-20 225 Assists 508 398 11/09/2019 UBC Okanagan W, 3-1 21-25 25-12 25-16 25-11 241 Assists/Set 11.55 9.05 11/15/2019 at Brandon W, 3-0 25-14 25-22 25-15 411 SERVE 11/16/2019 at Brandon W, 3-0 25-18 25-16 25-17 274 Aces 120 61 11/22/2019 Alberta L, 3-2 18-25 25-20 25-20 20-25 13-15 484 Errors 114 103 11/23/2019 Alberta W, 3-0 25-22 25-19 25-21 313 Aces/Set 2.73 1.39 SERVE RECEPTIONS Record in 3-set matches: 7-0 Errors 61 120 Record in 4-set matches: 2-0 Errors/Set 1.39 2.73 Record in 5-set matches: 2-1 DEFENSE Digs 699 628 Digs/Set 15.89 14.27 BLOCKING Block Solo 23 14 Block Assist 166 122 Total Blocks 106 75 Blocks Per Game 8.8 6.3 Block Errors 1 3 Ball handling errors 0 0 ATTENDANCE Total 1705 1476 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/284 6/246 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 -