SPARTANS RETURN HOME TO FACE MOUNT ROYAL

The No. 1 ranked Spartans return home to open the winter semester hosting Mount Royal Friday and Saturday at the .

WEEKEND PREVIEW Jan. 10 vs. Mount Royal (4-8) – Langley Events Centre | 4 p.m. (PT) | WATCH Jan. 11 vs. Mount Royal (4-8) – Langley Events Centre | 1 p.m. (PT) | WATCH

BY THE NUMBERS Trinity Western Team Stats (rank in CW) Points Per Set: 17.6 (1st) Team Hitting Percentage: .398 (1st)

Individual Stats (rank in CW) Kills Per Set: 3.59 – Eric Loeppky (5th) Hitting Percentage: .430 – Eric Loeppky (1st) Assists Per Set: 10.23 – Derek Epp (1st) Blocks Per Set: 1.53 – Pearson Eshenko (1st)

Mount Royal Team Stats (rank in CW) Points Per Set: 14.2 (8th) Team Hitting Percentage: .211 (8th)

Individual Stats (rank in CW) Kills Per Set: 3.02 – Trent Mounter (9th) Hitting Percentage: .320 – Luis Lange (7th) Assists Per Set: 6.81 – Keal Prince (10th) Blocks Per Set: 0.6 – Luis Lange (26th)

TRINITY WESTERN SPARTANS (11-1) Canada West Standings: T-1st Last Weekend: at Brock (W 3-0), at McMaster (L 3-2, L 3-1) Streak: W10 Regular Season Form: W-W-W-W-W

MOUNT ROYAL COUGARS (4-8) Canada West Standings: 9th Last Weekend: vs. Alberta (L 3-0, L 3-0) Streak: L4 Regular Season Form: W-L-L-L-L

THE WEEKEND STORY • First place TWU returns after an impressive Can Am Tournament (Dec. 28-21, 2019), defeating NCAA champion Long Beach State (3-2), before a pair of sweeps over UCLA and Lewis in Toronto. The Spartans more recently played a trio of exhibition games on the road last weekend, defeating Brock University (3-0) before a pair of losses to No. 4 McMaster (3- 2, 3-1). • Mount Royal comes to town on a four-game losing skid, most recently falling to Alberta in a pair of straight set losses (Nov. 22-23). They have lost 12 consecutive sets dating back to Nov. 15, 2019. • TWU will look to continue its program record consecutive sets streak (30-0), as the Spartans have yet to lose a set in conference play since Oct. 19, 2019 against Alberta. • TWU won both of its meetings against Mount Royal last season, both 3-0 wins in Calgary (Feb. 1-2, 2019). • The Spartans have won seven consecutive games against the Cougars, dating back to Nov. 28, 2015. TWU also holds a 13-2 record over its last 15 games against Mount Royal.

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.

CANADA WEST MEN'S VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS Place Team Record Sets Streak Points 1 Trinity Western 11-1 35-3 W10 22 2 Brandon 11-1 35-6 W6 22 3 UBC 9-3 30-13 W8 18 4 Alberta 8-4 25-15 L2 16 5 Saskatchewan 7-7 26-28 L1 14 6 Calgary 6-6 21-23 W1 12 7 Manitoba 6-6 21-23 L1 12 8 Winnipeg 6-6 19-25 W4 12 9 Mount Royal 4-8 17-26 L4 8 10 MacEwan 2-10 8-32 W1 4 11 Thompson Rivers 2-10 16-33 L3 4 12 UBC Okanagan 0-10 4-30 L10 0

USPORTS TOP TEN RANKING RANK SCHOOL Record ELO Previous 1 Trinity Western 11-1 1883.35 1 2 Brandon 11-1 1820.85 2 3 Laval 7-1 1770.83 3 4 McMaster 7-1 1741.59 4 5 UBC 9-3 1734.95 5 6 Montreal 7-1 1696.75 6 7 Toronto 7-1 1642.84 7 8 Queen’s 4-3 1641.20 8 9 Alberta 8-4 1629.10 9 10 Windsor 4-4 1590.03 10 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 Calgary, 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 Manitoba (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 2019-2020 Mount Royal Men's Volleyball Roster NO NAME POS HT ELIG MAJOR HOMETOWN PREVIOUS TEAM (Highschool) 1 Mitchel Gorman L 6-0 2 Arts Grande Prairie, AB Grande Prairie Volleyball Club 3 Jacob van Geel OH 6-5 1 Athletic Therapy Calgary, AB Canuck VC (Western Canada HS) 4 Chris Byam OH 6-6 1 Health & Physical Education Bow Island, AB Youth National Team (Senator Gershaw HS) 5 Luis Lange M 6-6 2 Business Calgary, AB (William Aberhart HS) 6 Jace Martin M 6-7 2 Open Studies Sylvan Lake, AB Red Deer College Kings 7 Joao Friere OH 6-5 3 Arts Belo Horizonte, BRA Medicine Hat College Rattlers 8 Jace Timmer M 6-6 1 Business Meadow Lake, SK (Carpenter HS) 9 Jackson Brennan S 6-0 3 Business Bragg Creek, AB Canuck VC (Dr. EP Scarlett HS) 10 Godi Jibi M 6-6 4 Science Calgary, AB Ambrose University Lions 11 Trent Mounter OH 6-4 5 Business Perth, AUS SAIT Trojans 12 Tyler Chernishenko L 6-1 1 Business Edmonton, AB (Jasper Place HS) 13 Matt Saly OH 6-2 5 Arts Calgary, AB Elite West Volleyball Club 14 Paul Dionne OH 6-5 2 Health & Physical Education Weyburn, SK Regina Volleyball Club 16 Griffin Butler OH 6-1 1 Arts Edmonton, AB NAVC (Harry Ainley HS) 18 Keal Prince S 6-1 3 Arts Calgary, AB Vancouver Island University Mariners

Head Coach: Shawn Sky (15th Season) Assistant Coaches: Greg Barthel Jace Richards, Chris Webb, Glen Brooker, Andy Hayher Strength & Conditioning Coach: Jack Boyle Athletic Therapy Student: 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 11-1 6-0 5-1 0-0 CONFERENCE 11-1 6-0 5-1 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 27 66 2.44 30 135 .267 2 0.07 18 19 0.67 8 43 1.59 0 10 10 0.37 0 0 89.0 6 M Elser 23 2 0.09 0 4 .500 103 4.48 5 10 0.22 0 14 0.61 2 7 9 0.39 0 2 12.5 20 D Epp 31 10 0.32 0 20 .500 317 10.23 3 19 0.10 1 30 0.97 2 19 21 0.68 0 0 24.5 1 P Eshenko 34 59 1.74 14 110 .409 1 0.03 14 24 0.41 0 9 0.26 4 48 52 1.53 1 0 101.0 10 K Gamache 7 0 0.00 0 1 .000 1 0.14 0 0 0.00 0 8 1.14 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 5 B Hofer 27 57 2.11 19 108 .352 4 0.15 10 12 0.37 11 28 1.04 0 12 12 0.44 0 0 73.0 7 J Howe 33 80 2.42 7 113 .646 3 0.09 7 10 0.21 0 11 0.33 2 21 23 0.70 0 0 99.5 15 J Kern 33 82 2.48 30 155 .335 2 0.06 15 28 0.45 1 41 1.24 2 25 27 0.82 1 0 111.5 8 E Loeppky 27 97 3.59 23 172 .430 5 0.19 9 23 0.33 6 40 1.48 1 13 14 0.52 0 0 113.5 2 C Loewen 38 2 0.05 0 2 1.000 8 0.21 0 0 0.00 4 35 0.92 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 17 I Olfert 24 0 0.00 0 0 - 0 0.00 1 12 0.04 0 2 0.08 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 12 H Rempel 18 16 0.89 10 33 .182 1 0.06 1 5 0.06 0 8 0.44 0 2 2 0.11 1 0 18.0 16 J Schnitzer 10 16 1.60 3 28 .464 1 0.10 0 3 0.00 0 3 0.30 0 14 14 1.40 0 0 23.0 Totals 38 487 12.82 136 881 .398 448 11.79 83 165 2.18 37 272 7.16 13 171 99 2.59 3 2 668.5 Opponents 38 340 8.95 197 886 .161 314 8.26 37 151 0.97 83 187 4.92 12 70 47 1.24 1 1 424.0

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 25-23 600 Kills 487 340 10/19/2019 at Alberta L, 3-2 25-13 25-19 19-25 21-25 13-15 350 Errors 136 197 10/25/2019 Winnipeg W, 3-0 25-14 25-19 25-17 615 Total Attacks 881 886 10/26/2019 Winnipeg W, 3-0 25-18 25-23 25-19 290 Attack Pct .398 .161 11/01/2019 MacEwan W, 3-0 25-12 25-21 25-15 210 Kills/Set 12.82 8.95 11/02/2019 MacEwan W, 3-0 25-15 25-18 25-18 175 SET 11/15/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-0 25-14 25-19 25-20 200 Assists 448 314 11/16/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-0 25-16 25-20 25-18 150 Assists/Set 11.79 8.26 11/22/2019 Saskatchewan W, 3-0 25-19 25-14 25-17 375 SERVE 11/23/2019 Saskatchewan W, 3-0 31-29 25-16 25-23 275 Aces 83 37 11/28/2019 at Calgary W, 3-0 25-23 25-23 25-16 449 Errors 165 151 11/29/2019 at Calgary W, 3-0 25-17 25-14 25-17 563 Aces/Set 2.18 0.97 SERVE RECEPTIONS Record in 3-set matches: 11-0 Errors 37 83 Record in 4-set matches: 0-0 Errors/Set 0.97 2.18 Record in 5-set matches: 0-1 DEFENSE Digs 272 187 Digs/Set 7.16 4.92 BLOCKING Block Solo 13 12 Block Assist 171 70 Total Blocks 99 47 Blocks Per Game 8.2 3.9 Block Errors 3 1 Ball handling errors 2 1 ATTENDANCE Total 1940 2312 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/323 6/385 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 - Mount Royal Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 09, 2020) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES 4-8 3-3 1-5 0-0 CONFERENCE 4-8 3-3 1-5 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 9 J Brennan 22 2 0.09 0 6 .333 109 4.95 1 10 0.05 0 21 0.95 0 1 1 0.05 0 0 3.5 16 G Butler 11 0 0.00 0 1 .000 0 0.00 0 3 0.00 0 4 0.36 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 4 C Byam 42 92 2.19 70 270 .081 5 0.12 14 38 0.33 0 23 0.55 0 13 13 0.31 2 0 112.5 12 T Chernishenko 36 0 0.00 0 0 - 14 0.39 0 0 0.00 14 38 1.06 0 1 1 0.03 0 0 0.5 14 P Dionne 1 3 3.00 1 4 .500 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 7 J Friere 15 8 0.53 8 25 .000 0 0.00 1 3 0.07 2 3 0.20 0 1 1 0.07 0 0 9.5 1 M Gorman 27 0 0.00 0 2 .000 6 0.22 0 0 0.00 8 36 1.33 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 5 L Lange 43 86 2.00 28 181 .320 6 0.14 13 27 0.30 0 18 0.42 4 22 26 0.60 2 0 114.0 6 J Martin 38 57 1.50 9 105 .457 3 0.08 7 15 0.18 1 15 0.39 3 17 20 0.53 1 0 75.5 11 T Mounter 43 130 3.02 54 350 .217 5 0.12 9 47 0.21 19 64 1.49 0 12 12 0.28 0 0 145.0 18 K Prince 42 10 0.24 7 23 .130 286 6.81 15 42 0.36 0 51 1.21 6 13 19 0.45 1 0 37.5 13 M Saly 43 72 1.67 42 202 .149 8 0.19 14 19 0.33 14 74 1.72 1 7 8 0.19 0 0 90.5 8 J Timmer 10 6 0.60 1 12 .417 0 0.00 3 6 0.30 0 1 0.10 0 5 5 0.50 0 0 11.5 3 J van Geel 7 8 1.14 2 16 .375 0 0.00 0 3 0.00 2 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 8.0 Totals 43 474 11.02 222 1197 .211 442 10.28 77 213 1.79 68 348 8.09 14 92 60 1.40 6 0 611.0 Opponents 43 453 10.53 176 1060 .261 429 9.98 68 164 1.58 77 401 9.33 32 133 99 2.29 7 1 619.5

TEAM STATISTICS MOUNT ROYAL OPP DATE OPPONENT SCORE SCORE BY SET ATT. ATTACK 10/18/2019 MacEwan L, 3-2 25-22 26-28 21-25 28-26 11-15 0 Kills 474 453 10/19/2019 MacEwan W, 3-0 25-15 25-12 25-18 104 Errors 222 176 10/26/2019 at Manitoba W, 3-2 29-31 25-17 26-24 23-25 15-12 100 Total Attacks 1197 1060 10/27/2019 at Manitoba L, 3-1 16-25 20-25 26-24 23-25 200 Attack Pct .211 .261 11/01/2019 at UBC L, 3-1 25-23 17-25 16-25 17-25 568 Kills/Set 11.02 10.53 11/02/2019 at UBC L, 3-1 26-28 13-25 25-20 22-25 357 SET 11/08/2019 UBC Okanagan W, 3-0 25-16 25-22 25-19 196 Assists 442 429 11/09/2019 UBC Okanagan W, 3-0 25-21 25-17 25-19 143 Assists/Set 10.28 9.98 11/15/2019 at Brandon L, 3-0 21-25 19-25 20-25 697 SERVE 11/16/2019 at Brandon L, 3-0 14-25 20-25 22-25 593 Aces 77 68 11/22/2019 Alberta L, 3-0 11-25 20-25 21-25 232 Errors 213 164 11/23/2019 Alberta L, 3-0 14-25 20-25 18-25 196 Aces/Set 1.79 1.58 SERVE RECEPTIONS Record in 3-set matches: 3-4 Errors 68 77 Record in 4-set matches: 0-3 Errors/Set 1.58 1.79 Record in 5-set matches: 1-1 DEFENSE Digs 348 401 Digs/Set 8.09 9.33 BLOCKING Block Solo 14 32 Block Assist 92 133 Total Blocks 60 99 Blocks Per Game 5.0 8.2 Block Errors 6 7 Ball handling errors 0 1 ATTENDANCE Total 871 2515 Dates/Avg Per Date 6/145 6/419 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 -