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By Victor Kaisar

U SPORTS Volleyball

WolfPack claw back in five sets loss to St. Mary’s Huskies at volleyball nationals

Mar 14, 2026 | 2:25 PM

LANGLEY, B.C. — The best ever season in Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women’s volleyball history has come to an end on the second day of U SPORTS nationals.

The seventh-seeded WolfPack clawed their way out of a two-set deficit, but they couldn’t complete the comeback as they dropped a 3-2 (25-17, 25-16, 21-25, 13-25, 15-12) decision to the St. Mary’s Huskies at the Langley Events Centre Saturday (March 14) afternoon.

The sixth-seeded Huskies tallied the final three points of the final set to earn a spot in Sunday’s 5th/6th place game. They’ll play the winner of the other consolation semi-final between the UBC Thunderbirds and the Montreal Carabins.

Rida Erlalelitepe led the way once again for the WolfPack with 16 kills, while Keira Gent added 13. Libby Meldrum had a game-high 47 assists as well as a game-high 11 digs in the loss.

Esther Wildeboer tallied a game-high 19 kills for the AUS champion Huskies, while Emilia Mikanovich (12) and Alena Piatukhova (10) also finished in the double digits. Taylor Lougheed had 30 assists while Syree Tucker added 10 digs for SMU.

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Saturday’s result marked back-to-back losses for the WolfPack, who dropped to the consolation side of the bracket, after a five-set loss to Sherbrooke in the tournament’s opening game Friday.