Spartans rally to take WolfPack to open final weekend of Canada West WVB

Feb 17, 2018 | 6:59 AM

KAMLOOPS — The Thompson Rivers University WolfPack jumped out to a 2-0 lead but couldn’t hold on as they dropped a five set decision to the visiting Trinity Western University Spartans.  The scores on the Warner Rentals court at the Tournament Capital Centre were 22-25,23-25,25-19,25-22,15-10.

The victory snapped Trinity’s four match losing streak as the teams entered the final weekend of the Canada West regular season.

The Spartans were led by Hilary Howe with 18 kills.  TRU’s man gun was Yevgeniya Nyukhalova with 20 kills.

Trinity Western had 17 team blocks to TRU’s 9.   TRU had 11 service errors to Trinity’s 13.