No. 5 Pandas take opening match from No. 6 Spartans

LANGLEY, BC – The No. 6 Trinity Western University women’s volleyball team fell 3-1 to the No. 5 University of Alberta in the opening match of the two match weekend series Friday night at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, B.C. The 19-25, 25-17, 25-20, 25-20 win moves the Pandas to 11-2, while the loss drops the Spartans to 5-6.

The Spartans came out strong to open the match and took the opening set 25-19. TWU led 8-4 and 16-10 at the two breaks.

The Pandas got their game turned around in the second set to even the match at 1-1 with a 25-17 win. Alberta led 8-3 and 16-10.

Alberta maintained their momentum into the next two sets, which they took, by identical 25-20 scores.

The two teams will match up again tomorrow night. Match time at the LEC is set for 5 p.m.

The match was streamed live on TWU’s SpartanTV at gospartans.ca.

Source:

Scott Stewart
Sports Information Director
Trinity Western University