WolfPack Scorched By Heat In Opener of Women’s Volleyball Series
The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack looked a bit rusty as they were beaten in straight sets by the visiting University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat 3-0 in Canada West women’s volleyball action.
Playing on the Warner Rentals court at the Tournament Capital Centre on Thursday (Nov 26), the scores were 25-17,25-9,25-10. TRU falls to 5-6 on the year while the Heat move to 10-1.
“Our team is slowly but surely developing that killer instinct,” said Heat head coach Steve Manuel. “ They came out tonight and the will of them wanting to do it. They played unbelievable ball tonight. Hats off to the athletes themselves. They played flawless volleyball tonight.”
The Heat were coming off two weekends on the road in Calgary and Brandon. “I am surprised at the level they played tonight but not surprised that they played well. We have a pretty good core and plan with rest even though it was a tough trip back. We gave them a day and a half off completely. We made the decision that rest was more important than prep. It shows how hard they worked in the off season and how hard they have worked to this point to be able to come off back to back road trips and play here on Thursday and pull out a performance like that. It was just awesome.”